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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 2016
Page
1
Tigers Declared Spartans De Section Title
A brief sports note reports Tigers claiming a title and Spartans drawing a section title. Details are sparse with readable names and general outcome, focusing on the teams and declaring a sectional distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
Spartans
LePage Names New Dog Veto In Maine Veto Tradition
Governor Paul LePage, famed for hundr ed vetoes, has adopted a Jack Russell mix named Veto. The dog replaces the late Baxter and serves as a mascot of policy defense while aides joke about veto deliveries from the governor’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Maine
Paul LePage
LePage
Jack Russell
Baxter
Veto
Peter Steele
Steele
Magistrate Candidates and Local Events Highlight Week
The week features candidate activity for magistrate seats with community discussions noted alongside a teen Easter walk titled Teens' Easter walk. Other items include a Heroes Week observance and a Believe movie filming report, plus a structure fire incident in Bluefield drawing emergency response and investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Back tax payment tops 1.6 million in McDowell County
McDowell County collects 1.6046 million in back taxes from Mid-Val Coal Sales Inc 80 percent to the Board of Education and 20 percent to the county commission. Sheriff West notes the funds help offset looming July 1 budget cuts and staff layoffs. Justice’s tax payment of 900000 plus earlier 2.1 million over two years cited as context. Monroe County reports all Justice taxes paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
McDowell County
Martin B. West
Mid-Val Coal Sales, Inc
Cindy Thompson
West
McDowell County Board of Education
McDowell County Commission
West Virginia
Jim Justice
Justice
Sheriff's Department
Monroe County
Sanders and Trump campaign stops in West Virginia Charleston rally
Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders visits McDowell County for a rural poverty event at Five Leaves and Two Fishes Food Bank in Kimball while Republican Donald Trump plans a 7 p.m. rally at the Charleston Civic Center. Sanders requested the Kimball stop and the food bank’s director confirms organizers pushed for the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
McDowell
Trump
Charleston
West Virginia
Donald Trump
Donald J. Trump
Charleston Civic Center
Civic Center Drive
McDowell County
Five Leaves and Two Fishes Food Bank
Kimball
U.S. Route 52
Food Bank
Linda McKinney
Bland budget boosts teacher pay with no tax hike
Bland County proposes a 2016 17 budget that raises teacher and county employee pay at no tax increase for residents. The overall budget rises about 180000 with higher health insurance costs covered by state funds from a revised funding index. The school board budget would rise to 8244433 from 8066811 as state adjustments supply the extra dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland
Bland County
Eric Workman
Mercer drug roundup nets multiple arrests
Mercer County law enforcement led a drug roundup on April 28 with 31 arrests or warrants served by the Southern Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. Suspects faced charges including intent to deliver controlled substances with drugs such as Oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydromorphone, heroin, and Suboxone. Hearings began in Bluefield Magistrate Court with some waivers. several defendants were remanded to the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luefield
Mercer County
Southern Drug and Violent Crime Task Force
Scott Ash
Beaver Oasis
Peoplle
Sandra Dorsey
Susan Honaker
Bluefield
Princeton
Amos McCoy Ross Jr
Timothy Jordan
Southern Regional
Timothy Jones
Robert “Joe-Joe
Edward
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