Sanitation officials urge compliance with new pest ordinance
Mercer County health officials address public concern over cleaning debris at homes under the new pest management ordinance. Sanitarians will assess properties, offer aid, and allow time for compliance before possible penalties. Officials stress enforcement and safety over cost, with help from the County Commission when possible.
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Princeton
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Cle
Mike Sale
Mercer County Health Department
Karen DiLibbio
Mercer County
County Commission
Sales
Developments in homicide case with three suspects
West Virginia police report significant progress in the Gary woman Lory Ann Keaton death case. Thomas Joseph MacPhee, 37, and Danny England, 51, face first degree murder charges after preliminary hearings found probable cause. Donald Thomas MacPhee’s bond is set at 5000 dollars and he may be released with state restrictions. Evidence and ongoing follow up remain, with a hunter having found clothing and hair possibly linked to Keaton earlier.
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Princeton
Gary
West Virginia
T.D. Bradley
Welch
Thomas Joseph MacPhee
MacPhee
Hensley
Long Branch
N.J
Lory Ann Keaton
Danny England
England
Bradley
Keaton
Donald Thomas MacPhee
Donald MacPhee
Wilmore
McDowell County
Michigan
Westchester
McDowell
Michael Brooks
Kenna Amos
Kamos
Bottonline
Tazewell plans regional industrial park gains momentum
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors advances a regional industrial park project with six engineering proposals. A committee including County Administrator Jim Spencer and Earl Griffith will study location and site development, with input from the towns of Tazewell Bluefield Richlands and Panhandle. Four of five county towns back the plan as the group seeks an engineering firm to identify sites and feasibility and to assess water and sewer needs.
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Azewell
Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Jim Spencer
Northwestern
Earl Griffith
Tazewell
Bluefield
Richlands
Pocahontas
Neering Firm
Spencer
Jimmy Durham
Durham
Lawmakers urge option of leaving WTO over steel tariffs
Washington lawmakers sympathetic to the steel industry urged considering exiting the World Trade Organization if the WTO upholds its ruling against U S tariffs on steel imports. The Bush administration appeals the decision while tariffs remain in place, with a final ruling expected by September.
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Washington
United States
World Trade Organization
Phil English
R-Pa
Congressional Steel Caucus
Bush Administration
WTO
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Heather Volk Memorial Scholarship Award At Bluefield High
Alese Mar received the Heather Dawn Volk Memorial Scholarship at Bluefield High School awards night. Heather Volk, BHS alumna of 1989, died at 19 in 1999. The fund honors her memory for a deserving BHS student.
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Bluefield
Alese Marchant
Heather Dawn Volk
Bluefield High School
BHS
Kimberly Dawne Best
University of North Carolina In
Greensboro
Heather Volk
West Virginia workers' comp fraud bill eyed by lawmakers
The draft measure aims to curb abuse in workers' compensation by adding civil penalties and an inspector general with subpoena power. Lawmakers note most cases labeled abuse lack prosecutable evidence, urging administrative remedies rather than criminal charges while planning a possible special session after June meetings.
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Jordan
IRS
House
Bob Kiss
D-Raleigh
Wise
West Virginia
Obituaries Funeral Services Schedule Across Local Area
Obituaries list funeral times and locations for Elvira Bird Jimmy Junior French George Lambert Jesse Moore Clyden Pauley and Jennings Rose. Rites span Woodlawn Bluewell Mercer Bluefield Pocahontas Blacksburg Jaeger Cedar Bluff with burials at Maple Hill Walnut Grove Moore Family Cemetery Jaeger Memorial Cemetery and other area plots.
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Elvira Bird
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Jimmy Junior French
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
Bluefield
Walnut
Jaeger
Roderfield
Jennings Edward Rose
Singleton Funeral Service
Cedar Bluff
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Mark Edward Skewes
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Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Roland’s, Inc
Pepsi
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Green Valley
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Alumacraft Boat Sale
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