McDowell County search and rescue called off
McDowell County officials halted the search and rescue mission after confirming all missing persons are accounted for. Recovery shifts begin with debris pickup by the National Guard while emergency housing efforts continue and housing projects near the Coalfields Expressway are considered. The flood death toll stands at seven.
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Bitter Hollow
Tug Fork
Dry Fork
Buchanan County Sheriff's Department
Hurley
McDowell County
National Guard
County Commission
Gordon Lambert
Carl Urps
Arps
Charles Owens
Cowens
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West Virginia National Guard
Mercer county cleanup continues amid rain fears
Mercer County residents press on with flood cleanup as more showers loom and authorities warn of possible severe storms. Matoaka and Montcalm areas receive aid from OES and Red Cross while sewer repairs and debris removal proceed with National Guard support and water deliveries.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Summers
Matoaka
Pipestein
Sandstone
OES
Jack Coburn
Lyle Huntington
Oakvale Road
Red Cross
Montcalm
Matoaka Town Hall
Blacksburg
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
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Man charged after mercy and tazewell county robberies
William Jim Catron 29 of Bluefield was arrested after a string of early morning robberies across Mercer County West Virginia and Tazewell County Virginia. He faced two felonies in Virginia robbery and use of a firearm and aggravated robbery in West Virginia. Police described a green Tracker style vehicle and a white male victim in the Comfort Inn parking lot. Catron was jailed awaiting arraignment and authorities planned to search the impounded vehicle for a weapon.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Tazewell County
William Jim Catron
Ridgemont
West Virginia
Martin Green Valley
J.E. Parks
Parks
Virginia
Chevron
College Avenue
Jack Asbury
John Murray
Murray
Comfort Inn
West
Graham
Catron
Asbury
Tazewell
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
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Bluefield High School Beaver Band Spring Concert
The Beaver Band at Bluefield High School will perform its spring concert on Tuesday May 21 at 7 30 p m in the Bluefield High School Auditorium with free admission AARP Chapter 116 and Princeton Chapter AARP hold separate meetings on May 21 at local churches, inviting public attendance and a covered dish lunch.
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Bluefield
Bluefield High School
AARP
Trinity United Methodist Church
College Avenue
Princeton
First United Methodist Church
Schell Hall
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Letitia A. Neese
John Nelson
American Cancer Society
Carrie White
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Gilbert E
Gene” Bailey
Mercer County Board of Education
Gene Bailey
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