Local Events and Meetings Brief
Gun Show and flea market at Fort Chiswell High School hosted by Roger Repass. A.A. meetings across Bluefield and Princeton include open sessions at 421 Scott St and First Presbyterian, 208 Tazewell Ave, plus noon at Sacred Heart in Princeton and a closed meeting at the MIBC Building. Comcast Mountain Festival to take place at Bluefield City Park with contact number 304 327 7184.
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Fort Chiswell High School
Roger Repass
Fellowship
Scott St
Bluefield
Uptown
First Presbyterian Church
Tazewell Ave
Princeton
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Harrison St
MIBC
South 9Th St
Bluefield City Park
Gas Prices Hold Steady Across Local Stations
Prices at Swift Mart and Pop Shop No. 7 show narrow gaps with high test at Swift Mart at 1.61 dollars and Pop Shop No. 7 at 1.60 dollars. In the past week Pop Shop No. 7 cut regular unleaded four cents from 1.48 dollars on May 11 to the current listing, while several regional stations hover near 1.44 dollars, below the projected national average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Mart
Red Cross seeks donations to aid flood victims in Mercer County
East River Mountain Area Chapter of American Red Cross helped with flood relief in Mercer County and urged public donations. Chapter leader Charlene Meade said funds support disaster victims, fire and storm responders, and 24/7 services to armed forces families without government funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County
East River Mountain Area
American Red Cross
Office of Emergency Services
Bill Craft
East River
Red Cross
Charlene Meade
East River Mountain
Craft
Recovery efforts in Mercer County face flood damage limits
Mercer County and state officials monitor flooding as emergency centers stay open. despite widespread damage to homes and businesses, total flood losses have not triggered federal aid. Red Cross distributes cleaning kits in Oakvale while a water tanker serves wells contaminated by floodwaters. Campgrounds at Camp Creek State Park and Bluestone Wildlife Management Area close indefinitely as Bluestone Lake rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
OES
National Guard
Emergency Services
FEMA
Wise
Rep
Rahall
Sen
Byrd
Rockefeller
Clay Carney
State Office of Emergency Services
Carney
West Virginia
Red Cross
Oakvale
Marsh Fork
Blue Jay
Camp Creek State Park
Bull Falls
Indian Creek
Bluestone Wildlife Management Area
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
WMA
Rob Levine
Bluestone Lake
Oakvale volunteers serve hot dogs and water after flood
Chief Harry Via led about 25 Oakvale Volunteer Fire Department members, spouses, and friends at the fire station Saturday to aid flood victims. They distributed around 450 hot dogs and set up a water tanker for fresh water, while coordinating 30 cleaning kits from the East River Mountain American Red Cross to meet rising needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Via
Oakvale
Via
East River Mountain
American Red Cross
Doctor Suspected Of Writing Prescriptions Without Examining Patient
Grundy jurors heard Elswick claim that Dr. Sutherland sometimes phoned in prescriptions for painkillers without examining him and even wrote prescriptions in others’ names. The case is tied to a broader Southwest Virginia health care fraud probe that has led to three physician convictions and a 307 count indictment against a former Bluefield doctor, with multiple federal agencies conducting the investigations.
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Sutherland
Elswick
Virginia
Vasu Arora
Grundy
Dinkar Patel
Denny Lambert
Dante
U.S
Rick Mountcastle
Bluefield
Freeman Lowell Clark
Bland County
Abingdon
Ramseyer
Derailment causes fuel spill along Main 1 line
Crews work after a derailment at milepost 359.8 causing about 1000 gallons of fuel loss. Environmental agencies were contacted and a Bio Tech environmental team deployed to clean the spill. Main 2 remained in operation during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Environmental Protection Agency
Bio Tech Environmental Protection
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eric DiNovo
Acme Fresh Markets
Dan Smith
Stella Ford
Richlands
Roger Belcher
Ms. Ford
Westgate
Acme Fresh
A-1
Mercer
Virginia State Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drug Enforcement Administration
Internal Revenue _ Service- Criminal Investigation Division
U.S. Department of Labor Office
Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
Attorney General
S Vean
Efield
Holy Ghost
Grace Full Gospel Church
Nam
North Tazewell
R. A. Fiher
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Shahid Munif
Westwood Commons
Bluefield Area Foundation
Bluefield Area Foundation, Inc
P.O
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Bible In the Schools
P.O. Box
Mountaineer Trail Club
Riigeceqdciene i
Sale Pric
Cat, Inc
Qouglag Portin
Ince
Brick Street
Douglassportinggocods
Pyes
Sun Lee
Freight & Setuy
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