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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 2009
Page
1
Saturday October 3 2009 entry from Bdtonline.com notes a local item or brief. The readable fragments reference a regional occurrence without full context or names, suggesting a brief public notice or community bulletin in the diary-like page.
Spokesman Gagah Prakosa says voices heard under destroyed buildings hinder extraction as rescuers work in Padang western Indonesia after a major earthquake that killed at least 715 and left thousands missing. A teenager is later pulled alive from a collapsed college building about 40 hours after the quake.
West Virginia Daily numbers include Daily 3 6 2 7 and Daily 4 4 4 9 4. Virginia Pick 3 6 1 8 and Pick 4 2 2 9 6 reported.
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West Virginians face tighter budgets as a 12.1 percent AEP rate increase raises the average monthly bill by 5.70 to 53.10. Mercer Mall shoppers express concern about rising costs while officials prepare for three more years of increases under Public Service Commission action and broader environmental debates in Washington. Local residents worry about tougher finances and higher energy bills as regional neighbors in Bluefield, Virginia, also feel the impact.
New census data from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy shows Bluefield area poverty at 21.4 percent in 2007, dipping to 21.1 percent in 2008. The region had the state's lowest median household income at $33,654 and among the highest uninsured rates, with no data for the current year.
Craig Hammond of the Bluefield Union Mission notes Bluefield’s estimated area poverty total of 33,654 is the lowest in the state, comparing favorably to Beckley Charleston Huntington Clarksburg Morgantown Wheeling Weirton and Parkersburg. He calls the census data encouraging and says the poverty rate has dropped signaling a turning point for Bluefield.
An unknown white male robbed the New Peoples Bank in Bluewell Friday at about 10:30 a.m. He was 6'2", 170-180 pounds, wearing a gray jacket and a camouflage mask with facial hair, carrying a bag. No injuries were reported. Detective R M Combs leads the investigation.
Detective Eric Mullins of the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office, wounded in a 2007 Bluefield traffic stop, was named the 2009 Deputy of the Year by the Virginia Sheriff's Association. Sheriff H S Caudill praised his professionalism and service.
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