ABB Bland facility earns VPP Star for safety culture
ABB Bland facility in Bland County earns the VPP Star after three years of effort by 350 employees. Milford Stern presented the VPP Star flag. ABB aims to keep workers safe at home and work while expanding with 30 new hires planned. The site joins North America’s second Star facility, with local officials praising safety leadership and community impact.
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Bland
ABB
Asea Brown Boveri) Inc
Milford Stern
Virginia
VPP
Blue Grass Trail
Mark D. Ball
U.S
North America
New Berlin
Wisc
Ball
Boston
McDowell County
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
Bluefield State College
North Carolina
APP
Bland County
Eric Workman
J.W
Morefield
Phillip P Puckett
D-Russell
Puckett
John Cardwell
Cardwell
del Misenheimer
ABB Bland
Courtney Malveaux
Virginia Department of Labor
Carrie Cantrell
Hill
DEQ hosts public hearing on water quality outcomes in Cedar Bluff
The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public forum at Cedar Bluff Town Hall on May 12 from 6 30 to 8 30 p m about the restoration plan for Plum Creek Middle Creek and Coal Creek in Tazewell County The DEQ identified sources of contamination and proposed a total maximum daily load while a local work group reviews solutions Residents may submit comments by June 13 via mail or email and details are online at www deq virginia gov Allen Newman of the DEQ Southwest region noted only surface water was tested and pollution stems from septic systems and farming activities The meeting will present findings and DEQ guidelines for restoring water quality in the three creeks
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Cedar Bluff
Tazewell County
Clinch River
Department of Environmental Quality
Plum Creek
Middle Creek
Coal Creek
DEQ
Allen Newman
Southwest
The
Daily Telegraph
Newman
Virginia
Allen. Newman
Deadmore Street
Bluefield VA farmers market returns with Care Crops support
The downtown Bluefield farmers market reopens Friday at 8 a.m. and runs each Friday through October at Walnut and Tazewell. Sponsors fund the Care Crops program to buy fresh food for the Bluefield Union Mission, with Villa Italian Restaurant as seasonal sponsor and New Graham Pharmacy as first weekly sponsor. The program previously yielded nearly a ton of food for the mission.
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Luefield
Virginia
Walnut and
Tazewell Avenues
Bluefield
Craig Hammond
Ridgecrest Shopping Center
New Graham Pharmacy
Hammond
Charles Owens
Cowens
Marsh Memorial Carillon concert at Concord Athens campus
The Marsh Memorial Carillon will be featured in a free 6:30 p.m. concert on Concord University’s Athens campus on Thursday. Guest carillonneur David Breneman, current carillonneur at Luray Singing Tower, will perform a 45 minute program including Mountain Peaks and a Johan Franco piece.
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Athens
Marsh Memorial
Concord University
David Breneman
Luray Singing Tower
Luray
Reformation Lutheran Church
New Market
France
Montreal
Canada
Breneman
Concord
Fine Arts Center
Tazewell County Schools seek bids for ADA upgrades and repairs
At their May 9 meeting the Tazewell County School Board will hear bids to replace sidewalks at Tazewell Middle School Abbs Valley Elementary and Graham High to improve ADA compliance. Additional projects include replacing a coal fired boiler at Tazewell Middle School a hot water storage tank at Richlands High School and door hardware across 14 schools.
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Tazewell Middle School
Richlands High School
Simpson
Tazewell County School
Grant the Soldier Not the Politician in His Era
The article recalls Ulysses S. Grant as a strong battlefield commander famed for bold tactics in the Mexican American War with praise from officers, including Robert E. Lee. It notes later views on his presidency as flawed, yet highlights his war acumen and the respect of peers like William Sherman.
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Grant
Robert E. Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
Grant Defeats at Fort Henry Fort Donelson Change War Mood
A fragmented reminiscence notes Ulysses S Grant’s March 1862 victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, forcing Confederate surrender of 12,000 troops. The setbacks lift Union spirits, justify Kentucky staying in the Union, and set Grant on a path to wider war aims and further victories.
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Fort Henry
Grant
Bullen
Shelby Foote Grant
Kentucky
Tennessee
Lee
Election dispute sent to state court of appeals
Mercer County Commission race in 2010 ended with Republican A Gene Buckner declared winner but ruled ineligible. Court rulings tied residency to the magisterial district of candidacy at filing and election. The case moves to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for final determination.
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State Court of Appeals
Rinceton
Mercer County Commission
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
A. Gene Buckner
Bluefield
Bluewell
Buckner
Mike Vinciguerra, Jr
Vinciguerra
Mercer County
Joseph C. Pomponio, Jr
11Th Judicial Circuit
Greenbrier County
Pomponio
State Supreme Court
W.va
William Stafford
Princeton
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