MSHA instructor pleads guilty in false training claim
Raymond C. Dawson, an MSHA approved trainer in Raysal, admitted to making false statements to a Mine Safety and Health Administration investigator. He contracted to provide training for Griffith Construction at Brooks Run Mining Cucumber Mine. Sentencing set for August 25 in Beckley, judge Irene C. Berger ordered $10,000 bond.
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Gator
U.S. Department of Labor
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Raymond C. Dawson
Raysal
Dawson
Griffith Construction Co
Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC
Cucumber
McDowell County
MSHA
Griffith Construction
U.S
Irene C. Berger
West Virginia
U.S. District Court
Beckley
Obama salutes bin Laden raid troops at Fort Campbell
President Obama met the U S commandos who carried out the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and awarded the unit a Presidential Unit Citation. He praised the SEALs and helicopter crews while warning that the war on terror continues and Afghan forces remain in combat.
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Barack Obama
U.S
Osama bin Laden
America
Obama
Army
bin Laden
al-Qaida
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Taliban
NATO
Maj
Luis Ortiz
Bagram
Joe Biden
Defense
Robert Gates
Pentagon
Geoff Morrell
White House
Ground Zero
New York
101St Airborne Division
Washington
Indianapolis
Adm
William McRaven
Joint Special Operations Command
Biden
160Th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
5Th Special Forces Group
Cairo
Bluefield VA Clean Up Enters Second Week Citywide Program
Bluefield residents advance in the town cleanup with a two week trash collection followed by brush pickup. Town Manager Mike Watson says the program is popular and to expect totals on overall tonnage after all areas are serviced. Public works crews separate metals for later hauling as participation remains strong.
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Bluefield
Bluefields
Mike Watson
Watson
Public Works Department
Bluefield Clean Sweep zones outlined for May pickup schedule
The city divides Bluefield West Virginia into four pickup zones with distinct weeks May 9 13 and May 16 20 for debris collection. Residents must place items at curb by 8 am on the Thursday of their zone and exclude hazardous materials construction debris large tires and loose material.
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Cumberland Road
East Cumberland Heights
Mercer
Bland Street
West Cumberland Road
Washington Street
Bluefield
East End
North Side
North College
Crescent View
South College
Pine Hill Park
Hockman Pike
West Graham
West Virginia
Virginia opens third veterans cemetery in Dublin
Virginia dedicated SW Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Dublin as the state's third such facility. The $7.2 million site joins Suffolk and Amelia cemeteries with state and local officials present. First burials planned later this month or in early June. advocates say more than 80,000 veterans live in southwest Virginia.
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Dublin
Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Suffolk
Amelia
Roanoke Times
Pat Green
Princeton Fire Department Hosts Second Bicycle Rodeo Today
The Princeton Fire Department will hold its second annual Bicycle Rodeo and Safety Program at the Princeton Municipal Building from 11 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Today. Peterstown Baptist Church presents a concert at 3 p.m. featuring Jeanie Catherine Adkins and Cindy Spangler Adkins not 7 p.m. as listed.
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Princeton Fire Department
Princeton Municipal
Mike Bowling
Fairview Christian Community Church
Rt. 19
Beckley Road
Princeton
Grant and Johnston Prepare for Shiloh Battle in 1862
In February 1862 Ulysses Grant leading the Army of the Tennessee with about 40,000 men presses toward Shiloh Meeting House to link with the Army of the Ohio and strike into Confederate territory to seize rail lines at Corinth, Mississippi. Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston with roughly 45,000 troops at Corinth aims to preempt the union merge and stop the invasion.
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Ulysses Grant
Tennessee
Grant
Shiloh Meeting House
Army of the
Ohio
Corinth
Miss
Albert Sidney Johnston
Johnston
Shelby Foote
Henry
Donelson
Hornet's Nest Battle Ends as Union Holds Line
Confederate forces surge on April 6 but falter after a three day march. Sherman dismisses scouts while Grant redeploys after heavy fighting. Hornet's Nest holds, Johnston mortally wounded, and Union counterattack drives Confederates from the field. Casualties near twenty four thousand across both sides. battlefield described as a pavement of dead men.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
Foote
Grant
Tennessee River
Ane
Johnston
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Wolf Creek Golf Course
Route 614
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