Memorial Day salute in Bluefield honors heroes at Chicory Square
Nearly 100 residents heard Colonel Derek C. Swope praise sacrifice and perseverance as he urged Americans to keep God in their lives. He noted prosperity but warned against human worship and repeated wars, reflecting on history from 1901 onward.
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Bluefield
Chicory Square
Derek C. Swope
77Th Brigade
West Virginia Army National Guard
Swope
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Mercer County
America
Maya Angelou
Atlanta
Angelou
Hillside Chapel & Truth Center
Dog saves neighbor after fall in McDowell County hollow
Nathan Stacy, 68, fell from a ladder while cleaning leaves at his remote McDowell County home and fractured his left leg. His dog Brownie waited a quarter mile away with Nathan’s maroon cap until Earl Stacy arrived to summon rescue, then Nathan was taken to HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Princeton. Doctors say swelling prevents casting as the leg heals after surgery.
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Luefield
Nathan B
Stacy
McDowell County
Brownie
Paynesville
Nathan
Stateline Ridge
Earl Stacy
Polly Stacy
Nathan Stacy
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital
Princeton
Wallid H. Azzo
Earl
Mike
Emily
Grundy
Wallid H Azzo
M.D
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
First Lady Sandy Wise Urges Early Reading in WV
West Virginia First Lady Sandy Wise, after 25 years as Staff Director for a Congressional Social Security Committee, promotes reading to children as young as six months. She travels the state with her two kids, Robert, 13, and Alexandra, 11, stressing talking to kids and storytelling to spark lifelong learning.
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Princeton
Congressional Social Security Committee
West Virginia
Sandy Wise
Wise
Robert
Alexandra
Mountain Festival ends another successful year
BLUEFIELD the James H Drew Exposition concludes the 2001 Comcast Mountain Festival with well attended events and good weather. Organizers Sharon Borich and Davis Jarrell praised crowds at beach and bluegrass nights and noted the Bradley W Jackson Golf Tournament set attendance records with 99 participants at Fincastle Country Club. Colonel Derek C Swope spoke at the American Legion Memorial Day ceremony.
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Bluefield
James H. Drew
Sharon Borich
Borich
Davis Jarrell
Derek C. Swope
77Th Brigade
West
Jarrell
Fincastle Country Club
Gas price snapshot from Bluefield to Princeton region
A regional Sunday price check shows Bluefield West Virginia Joy Food Store at 1.51 for regular and 1.59 for unleaded plus, Bluefield Virginia Tim’s at 1.45 regular and 1.65 super, Corner Mart at 1.45 regular and 1.53 unleaded plus. Tazewell Ron’s Kwik Stop offers 1.47 regular and 1.55 unleaded plus. Princeton Pilot Food Mart Rogers Street 1.49 regular 1.59 unleaded plus Coastal Mart South Walker Street 1.49 regular 1.59 unleaded plus.
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Bluefield
W.va
Joy Food
Bluefield Avenue
Tim’s
U.S. Route 460
Corner Mart
Tazewell
Ron
Princeton
Pilot Food Mart
Rogers Street
Coastal Mart
South Walker Street
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America the Beautiful
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Daily
Virginia
Paradise Spas
Jin
Docu
USA
RT. 460
Courthouse Road
Abby
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