Groundbreaking set for Mercer-Summers Water Supply Project
The $36.8 million project aims to serve 45 000 people in two counties with a 5 million gallon per day plant at True a Bluestone Lake intake and Athens booster. Leaders Caperton Rahall attend ceremony at Bluestone with shuttle to Route 20 area. Phase 1 to 20 24 months, piping includes 24 inch main between Hinton Princeton and removal of old plants.
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Harris
Hinton
Bluestone Bridge
Route 20
WVAWC
Chris Jarrett
True
Bluestone Lake
Athens
Pipestemn
Princeton
Jarrett
Caperton
Rahall
Weather Outlook: Cloudy to Partly Sunny Day
Today remains cloudy early and turns partly sunny with improving skies. Tonight it clears mostly as temperatures fall to the upper 30s. A-6 weather package notes light winds and no precipitation expected.
First Snow Spotted in Snowshoe and Baltimore Storm Toll
The first winter snowflakes appeared in Snowshoe Pocahontas County with flakes ice pellets and sleet reported by Four Seasons Country residents. Meanwhile Baltimore endured a damaging thunderstorm with winds to 60 mph tearing roofs from rowhouses, overturning trees, injuring none besides flying glass striking a woman’s daughter, and leaving many buildings damaged as Fire Chief Hector Torres reported.
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Pocahontas County
National Weather Service
Baltimore
Hector Torres
Correctional officer cleared in key paper
Josh Small, awaiting parole revocation, claimed correctional officer Pamela Smith helped him escape by providing a key. Internal investigators at Southern Regional Jail found no evidence Smith aided in the escape or provided handcuff or shackles access.]]>
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Beckley
Josh Small
Southern Regional
Pamela Smith
Richard Lee Donley
Princeton
Green Valley
Dudley Burgess
Graham Students Propose Town Changes During Mock Council
Graham High School students, part of the annual Student Government Day in Bluefield, debated town issues at a Mock Town Council meeting. They suggested relocating a fire house to the Chicago House VFW property, moving the Autumn Jamboree downtown, and extending Harmony Acres operations from June to Labor Day.
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Luefield
Graham High School
Chicago House
VFW
Harmony Acres
GHS
Bluefield
Greater
Bankers and development boards clash over ethics rule
West Virginia ethics chief Rick Alker urged legislative change after a dispute over whether bankers may serve on local development authorities while their banks do business with the authority. The controversy touched Mercer County and Bluefield after a Rotary talk, with questions raised by Paul Cole and former member Al Modena.
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Bluefield - Bank
Mercer County Development Authority
Rick Alker
West Virginia Ethics Commission
Alker
Ethics Commission
West Virginia
Bluefield Rotary Club
Bership
Cole
Development Authority
al Modena
Princeton Mercer Chamber honors tireless quintet and leaders
The Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce held its annual banquet at Concord College ballroom honoring Joanna Bill Fredeking as Citizen of the Year for 1994 for her 21 years in education and service to local and state councils. Sherwood Montrosse named Volunteer of the Year for driving downtown revitalization and civic service. Claudio and Lydia Montrosse and Dr. Jerry eking recognized for notable community contributions. Fredeking serves on city council and education committees. Sherwood previously taught and led schools and now runs Princeton TeleCable amid ongoing community projects and planning efforts.
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Athens
Princeton- Mercer County
Russell
Fredeking
Sherwood
Princeton
Princeton TeleCable
SummerFest
Governor's Literacy Council
Princeton Community Hospital Board
Salvation Army Board
Mercer County Horsemen's Association
the Knob School Council
Music In the Square
Phi
Princeton-Mercer Chamber
Bill Sherwood
Joanna Fredeking
Dr. Oe
Concord College
Jeny
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Todd Stringer
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