Three Die In Route 20 Head-On Crash Near Princeton
West Virginia State Police investigate a Thursday evening collision on Route 20 two miles north of Eads Mill Road that left three local residents dead. Howard Gunn, 34, Athens, was hospitalized after the Thunderbird left the road and struck an Oldsmobile driven by Gloria Duncan, 58, Princeton. Gloria Duncan, her husband Drexel Duncan, 64, and her mother Mary Faye Blankenship, 83, Princeton, died during treatment at Princeton Community Hospital. Gunn remained hospitalized and under evaluation.
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Route 20
Eads Mill Road
Howard Gunn
Athens
Gloria Duncan
A.W. Webb
Duncan
Drexel Duncan
Mary Faye Blankenship
Tazewell sewer project gains $1 million boost
A $1 million federal funding increase will aid a public sewer system serving over 10,000 people along the Bluefield Divides in Tazewell County. Included in the Energy and Water Appropriations bill, the project on U.S. Route 19 460 spans from the Comfort Inn area to the Divides near the Tazewell County Landfill. The $8 million project seeks Rural Development funds for additional support later this year.
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Tazewell County
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Senate
Clinton
U.S
Charles Robb
D-Va
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Groundbreaking for John Nash Boulevard Interchange Lifeline
Gov. Cecil H. Underwood led 600 residents and officials at Brushfork Armory as the King Coal Highway project broke ground. He called the project a lifeline for southern West Virginia and praised collective effort by lawmakers, residents, and U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall II.
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King KB Coal
West Virginia
Cecil H. Underwood
Brushfork Armory
John Nash
West Virginia Department of Transportation
Samuel H. Beverage
Cecil Underwood
Nick J. Rahall II
Leonard Anderson
Mercer County
Joe Coburn
Brushfork National Guard Armory
Eric DiNovo
Bluewell
Brushfork National Guard
Bluefield College dedicates art complex in Virginia
Bluefield College dedicates the Don and Maria Cox Visual Arts Center on a clear Friday. President Daniel MacMillan calls the day among the most exciting, recounting a 1996 idea by art professor Walter Shroyer. Calvin coal-mining ruins and a work study past are noted alongside donor Peggy Sutphin's $80,000 contribution.
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Bluefield College
Don and Maria Cox
Daniel MacMillan
Walter Shroyer
T. Keith Edwards
Edwards
Shroyer
Walter
Peggy Sutphin
Barbara Price
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