Mercer voters nominate candidates in Mercer County primary
Mercer County voters go to the polls to nominate Democratic and Republican party candidates with 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. polling hours and a four year term board of education race. The county lists 27,675 voters across 62 precincts and includes independents and libertarians on the ballot.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Mercer County Board of Education
Senate
House of Delegates
Board of Education
Council OKs new shopping center in Bluefield
Bluefield Virginia town council unanimously approved the final site plan for a 298 891 square foot shopping center on a 48 359 acre parcel after a public hearing. Residents voiced concerns about traffic flow and an environmental study. The developer Wyatt Development plans to donate the Sanders farm house to the Graham Historical Society if maintenance standards are met. Water rates face a proposed 42 percent increase over five years, to be discussed in a budget workshop.
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Bluefield
Planning Commission
Tom Chaffins
Nancy Ann Greene
College Drive
Barbara Bates
The
Graham Historical
Wyatt Development
Aiken
S.C
Sanders Farm
Matt Canady
Ti’ll
Canady
Commission
J.C. Higginbotham
Lang Hurley
Funeral for a Friend
Emergency pagers rang across Bluefield at 12 22 p m as Lt Bobby Brannon of the Bluefield Fire Department gave his life in the line of duty on May 4 2000. Dispatcher Tommy Anderson saluted his sacrifice with a final call from Christ Episcopal Church.
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Anderson
Virginias
Bobby Brannon
Bluefield
Roadwork set to start on Coalfields Expressway in July
WV officials say construction on the Coalfields Expressway near Welch in McDowell County will begin mid to late July after a shortened NEPA permit timeline. Engineering work ends soon, Corps permit anticipated after a 30 day public comment period, with bidding for the Welch section and adjacent Indian Ridge Industrial Park slated for June 13.
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ELCH
McDowell County
West Virginia Division of Highways
Welch
Coalfields Expressway Authority
Richard Browning
Browning
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Highway Department
Randy Epperly
Indian Ridge
Coalfields Expressway
Gordon Lambert
Lambert
Telegraph Register-Herald win advertising honors
The West Virginia Press Association Advertising Awards Banquet honored the Daily Telegraph and Beckley Register-Herald for general excellence in Division One. The Register-Herald won first place, the Telegraph took second, while the Princeton Times and Montgomery Herald earned other top placements.
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Charleston
Daily Telegraph
The
Beckley Register-Herald
West Virginia Press Association
Holiday Inn
Charleston House
Register-Herald
Steve Smith
Thomson
West Virginia
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Mercer and
McDowell
Brannon
Bill Archer
John Nelson
el Grubt
Robby Brannon
Charles Owens
Virginia
Telegraph
Texas
New England
New York City
Central Park
American Red Cross
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