Bluefield Students Run City in Mock Government Day
Bluefield High School students acted as city leaders during a Student Government Day at city hall sponsored by the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce. They debated street fee increases, two adjacent acres atop East River Mountain, humane society issues, and possible reuse of the Fox and Thompson building on Bland Street, with mayor for a day Christy Crawford and city manager Heather Hodges leading discussions.
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Hassan Baig
Gerald Steele
Heather Hodges
Bluefield
Tom Vidovich
Jeff Keezan
Burt Clark
Bluefield High School
City Hall
Luefield
Bluefield Board of Directors
East River Mountain
Mercer County Humane Society
Fox & Thompson
Bland Street
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
City of
John Feuchtenberger
Overlook
West Virginia
Wvva Television
Virginia
Livingston Wins House Speaker Backing as GOP Shapes Control
Rep. Bob Livingston won unanimous Republican support to become House speaker and vowed tax cuts and Social Security protection. J C Watts, the lone Black GOP member, earned a leadership post as Republicans reorganize after midterm losses, with Gingrich stepping aside and Livingston declaring firm control ahead of the Jan 6 Congress convening.
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Washington
Bob Livingston
House
Congress
J.C. Watts
Livingston
R-La
Appropriations Committee
Newt
Gingrich
Florida
Gerald Solomon
R-N.y
Deer season off to deadly start in Virginia
Virginia's hunting season is deadly with four deaths this month in accidents. West Virginia rifle season runs Nov 23 to Dec 31. Locally two Virginia deaths occurred early in the season: a Bland County black powder accident on opening day and a Tazewell County squirrel hunting fatality in late September.
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Bluefield
Virginia
West Virginia
Bland County
Tazewell County
Commonwealth
Love, patience, and care define Mercer teacher of the year
Mercer County’s 1998-99 Teacher of the Year Carol Christensen of PikeView speaks at a luncheon at the Princeton Elks Club about what makes a good teacher. She says love for students and the job, patience, humor, and compassion are essential, with teaching as a vocation.
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Love
PikeView
S Christensen
Mercer’s Best
Mercer County
Carol Christensen
Rachel
Mercer's
Grinceton
Princeton Elks Club
PikeView High
Christensen
Thomas Carruthers
Princeton Senior High
Mary Gaspersich
Mercer
Leader in Jewish fight for Nazi booty in Bluefield
Douglas Bloomfield, a syndicated columnist and Washington lobbyist for the World Jewish Congress, spoke in Bluefield to raise funds for United Jewish Charities. He urged donors to view contributions as votes toward restoring property for Holocaust victims and preserving memory, citing recent progress over five years in resolving Nazi property issues.
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Bluefield
United Jewish Charities
Douglas Bloomfield
Washington
World Jewish Congress
Princeton
Helicopters Crash in Gulf Killing At Least 18
Two private helicopters collided and crashed Wednesday over the southern Gulf of Mexico. Petroleos Mexicanos said at least 18 people were killed in the accident while they were flying between two oil platforms. Associated Press.
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Gulf of Mexico
Petroleos Mexicanos
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Eric DiNovo
Bluefield State College
Cyndi Nuckols
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Whitethorn
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