Reflections on Dixie Alley Tornado Toll and Resilience
Kate Coil, Daily Telegraph reporter, recalls growing up in Dixie Alley Alabama and Missouri, describing personal experiences with EF4 damage in 2009, community aid from Red Cross and Islamic center, and how disasters reveal character while urging Joplin and Birmingham to rebuild stronger.
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Joplin
Birmingham
Ala
Dixie Alley
Alabama
Missouri
Bluefield
Princeton
Janet
Red Cross
Bluefield Daily News Staff and quotes
A list of newsroom leaders appears with positions including publisher news editor sports editor managing editor city editor and senior editor. The text ends with a biblical quote about calling on the Lord and not doing as commanded.
Mountain Festival StarFest kicks off Memorial Day weekend in Bluefields
Bluefields hosts the Cole Chevy Mountain Festival offering free family activities at Lotito Park and midway this Memorial Day weekend. Highlights include Eudora Farms, James H. Drew Carnival, Rock It the Robot, and a Beach Party with the Collegians. Downtown Chicory Square Concert series begins at noon with Bluefield High School Marching Band and Ridge Runner train rides adding to the holiday fun.
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Eas
Bluefields
Cole Chevy Mountain
Memorial Day
Lotito Park
Midway
Eudora Farms
James H. Drew
Rock It the Robot
Collegians
City Park
Chicory Square
The
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield High School
Bobby Jenks
Bluefield
Lotto Park
Veterans urged to oppose VA cuts and protect care
A veteran voices concern over House Budget Committee plans to save $6 billion yearly by canceling VA health enrollment for non service connected and higher income veterans in groups 7 and 8. He warns of reduced access, cites Beckley VA Center registration denials, and calls for action to keep outpatient care available in Mercer County and nationwide.
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House Budget Committee
Congress
Mercer County
Beckley VA Medical Center
Hancock
Usaf Ret
Bluefield
Letters to the editor on public matters invited
The Daily Telegraph invites readers to submit letters on public interest topics by email at editor bottonline.com.
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Daily Telegraph
Bottonline
Teen driving tragedy prompts calls for safer habits
Jaletta Albright Desmond notes May 20 as the deadliest teen driving date per IIHS data and recalls Parker Bragg, a Hough High sophomore, killed in a May 22 crash. The piece urges graduation season awareness, graduated licensing enforcement, and parental modeling to curb teen fatalities. It cites Kyle Busch speeding near Troutman and BR AKES founder Doug Herbert's teen safety program as examples.
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Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Parker Bragg
Hough High School
McCord Road
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Parker
ITHS
Anne McCartt
NPR
Michele Norris
McCartt
Huntersville
IIHS
GEICO
Centers For Disease Control
National Center For Health Statistics
Doug Herbert
Jon
James
Herbert
B.R.A.K.E.S
Putonthebrakes.com
Kyle Busch
Troutman
Busch
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