Click It or Ticket: Mercer law enforcement to step up patrols
Mercer County deputies and local agencies will boost patrols May 22 to June 6 as part of the national Click It or Ticket campaign. Deputy A M Ballard noted seat belt usage saves lives and that not wearing a belt is a secondary offense in West Virginia, with child restraints also a focus through primary offenses.
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Princeton
A.M. Ballard
Mercer County
Ballard
West Virginia
Princeton City Police
Princeton Fire Department
Bluefield City Police
Bluefield Fire Department
Tazewell police join national seat belt campaign
The Tazewell Police Department participates in Virginia’s 2011 Click It or Ticket campaign running May 22 to June 6 to enforce seat belt laws. Chief Greg Layne says the effort aims to keep residents safe and urges all motorists to buckle up. Police from Bland County, Virginia State Police, and local agencies join, with emphasis on seat belt and child safety seat violations.
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Tazewell
Pazewell
Virginia
Layne
Bland County
Virginia State Police
Virginia Department of Transportation
Virginia unemployment falls to 6.1 percent in April
Virginia's seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped to 6.1 percent in April, below the national 9 percent. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 27,300, with 55,412 Virginians on regular unemployment benefits in April, down from March. Nationwide, 39 states posted rate declines as hiring accelerates.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Employment Commission
U.S
Labor Department
Historic Pocahontas Inc. to see 5,000 cut in funding
At a regular meeting Historic Pocahontas Inc. learned the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors plans to reduce funding for 2011-12 by 5000 dollars, leaving 5500 for next year. The group discussed rent from the Center for Christian Action and noted deeded property to Bluestone Junction Tourist Train Inc. from the West Virginia side of the old Pocahontas Branch.
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Historic Pocahontas Inc
Pocahontas
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Thomas Childress
Jim Campbell
Childress
Center For Christian Action
West Virginia-side
Norfolk & Western
Mercer County
Bluestone Junction Tourist Train Inc
Vernon Fields
Mercer County Group
Bramwell
East Water Street
Bill Archer
Barcher
West Virginia bears cleanup burden as meth labs outpace funds
A West Virginia agency has shouldered most meth lab cleanup after federal COPS program money dried up in February. The DEP has handled chemicals from about 60 labs, using overtime and fuel budgets with no extra funds, while officials warn the temporary fix won’t last.
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Charleston
West Virginia
The
Charleston Gazette
Richlands Christian Academy teacher joins Library of Congress program
Ciji Jackson of Richlands Christian Academy in Richlands is chosen from hundreds of applicants to attend the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute in Washington, D.C. May 23 to 27. The five-day program lets K-12 educators work with Library education specialists to learn how to use primary sources in class and explore digitized historical artifacts on the Library’s website.
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Richlands
Ciji Jackson
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C
Deadliest Day in American War History Highlighted
The piece argues Sept 17, 1862 at Antietam was the bloodiest single day, with 3,600 dead and 19,000 wounded or missing, and contrasts Civil War casualties with modern population growth while citing quotes from Nelson Miles and historian Edwin Bearss. It surveys Shiloh, Stones River, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and Cold Harbor casualties and projects modern equivalents.
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Antietam
Maryland
America
Pearl Harbor
New York City
Washington, D.C
U.S
National Park Service
James McPherson
Nelson Miles
Valley of Death
Shiloh
Stones River
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Cold Harbor
Edwin Bearss
South
United States
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