Health officials urge mosquito precautions for West Nile season
Bluefield health officials warn West Nile virus and La Crosse Encephalitis rise with summer. Homeowners should empty standing water from containers and gutters, drill bottle caps, ensure screens, and remove water pits. Officials note 2003 had first West Nile human and animal cases in the state, 2004 had none, and La Crosse cases remain rare but present mainly late summer into fall.
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West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources
Haddy
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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Smith
West Nile
la Crosse
Adria Hairston
Ahairston
Bottonline.com
Central American professionals to tour Bluefield area
Economic development professionals from Central and South America will visit May 7 through May 11 to learn strategies for promoting development in their countries. The study tour, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and administered by the Academy for Educational Development, is implemented locally by the Center for International Understanding at Bluefield State College.
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Bluefield
Central and
South America
U.S. Department of State
Academy For Educational Development
Washington, D.C
Center For International Understanding
Bluefield State College
Sudhakar Jamkhandi
U.S
Hemisphere
Jamkhandi
Central
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Sue Carr
Man found guilty on four counts of firearm possession
A federal jury in Bluefield convicted James Boyd Southern, 51, formerly of Princeton, on all four counts charging illegal possession of firearms stolen from two burglaries in 2003 within a 50 mile radius. The verdict followed a two day trial and comes as Southern faced prior probation for a 1981 murder. Sentencing is set for August 18 in Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Moundsville
James Boyd Southern
Princeton
Southern
U.S
Joshua Hanks
Matoaka prepares for mayor and council race in June
Eleven candidates seek five Matoaka town council seats with six filing before the deadline and five as write ins. A mayoral race features two contenders, Billy H. Stables and Rick Dove, as Mayor Jack Coburn steps down after years in office. Also running are Michelle Lyons Douglas Hawks Joy Hurst Patty Graham and Frank Caruso with incumbents Hawks and Hurst.
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Matoaka
Jack Coburn
Billy H. Stables
Rick Dove
Coburn
Michelle Lyons
Douglas Hawks
Joy Hurst
Patty Graham
Frank Caruso
Hawks
Hurst
Steve Hardwell Jr
Bill Atwood
Stables
Coburn Eyes Mayoral Bid as Five Seats On Matoaka Ballot
Coburn steps down from mayoral post to seek one of five council seats in Matoaka. Write-in candidates for council include Blankenship Godfrey Winterrowd Phillips and Graham. Incumbent Recorder Marsha Howell runs unopposed. Voters go to town hall on June 14 with new officials to take office July 1, 2005.
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Matoaka
Cleone
Toni) Blankenship
Oden Godfrey
Ernest E. Winterrowd
Sharon Kay Phillips
Eric Graham
Marsha Howell
Woman wounded in Brushfork mobile home park shooting
A Bluefield woman was shot in the leg at the Meadlow Lane Mobile Home Park near Brushfork. Matthew Garrett of 218 Meadow Lane Lot 3 was charged with malicious wounding after the 8 p.m. Wednesday incident. He was arraigned Thursday with bond set at $5,000. the victim has been released from the hospital.
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Bluefield
Brushfork
Matthew Garrett
Meadow Lane
Lot 3
Meadlow Lane
R.E. Combs
Mercer County
Harold Buckner
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