Weekend events highlight New River Gorge Bridge Day and regional happenings
Today October 21 features Fayetteville Bridge Day activities and 9 a.m. open house at Blacksburg’s National Weather Service. A Burkes Garden hike departs Dunford Farm at 10 a.m. with a mountain view and pastry tasting, followed by a $10 cookout. Also at Richlands Middle School the National Dance Company of Ireland performs Celtic Rhythm. The Bluefield College Homecoming crafts fair and silent auction run 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Proceeds support BC Alumni Scholarship Fund. Charleston hosts West Virginia Quilters Inc displays at the Civic Center with lectures and Little Quilts auction slated for Oct 21-22.. Mercer Mall hosts the Appalachian Artist Association Fall Show.
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National Weather Service
Blacksburg
Burkes Garden
Dunford Farm
Chestnut Ridge
Chestnut Knob
Mountain Top
National Dance Company of Ireland
Celtic Rhythm
Richlands Middle School
Bluefield College
West Virginia Quilters Inc
Charleston Civic Center
Joyce Mori
The
West Virginia Quilters, Inc
FDIC seeks sanctions denial in Keystone bank case
The FDIC asks a West Virginia court to deny sanctions against Bowles Rice for representing Terry Church and to require the firm to pay FDIC costs. The filing notes a TRO freezing funds of Keystone associates, questions Bowles Rice knowledge of funds origins, and cites a $1.7 million trust deposit plus $150,000 from Paramount Title in the Church matter.
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Bluefield
Federal Deposit Insurance Agency
FDIC
Bowles Rice McDavid Graff and Love
PLLC
Terry Lee Church
First National Bank of Keystone
Bowles Rice
Ing
Terry Church
Church
Michael H. Graham
Harry Potter
FNB Keystone
OCC
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Keystone
Potter
Paramount Title Corporation of
Tampa
Fla
Horizon Gas
U.S
David A. Faber
Southern District of
West Virginia
Waynesburg College
Terry L. Church
Ground breaks for I 73 74 Interchange at Route 460 52
Officials led by Highways Commissioner Sam Beverage signaled the start of construction of the I 73 74 interchange at U S Route 460 and Route 52 as Trumbull Construction Co begins work in early November. Governor Rahall praised the project as a future link for West Virginia’s coalfields, promising jobs and regional growth.
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Sam Beverage
Armory Gymnasium
U.S. Route 460
John Nash
Trumbull Construction Co
West Virginia
Rescue team frees crash victims near Athens Road
Three patients were transported after a severe entrapment crash as the Princeton Rescue and Athens fire departments, with Bluefield Rescue support, pried open the vehicle. It took about 26 minutes to remove occupants and 45 minutes from call to hospital arrival. Gunn was not trapped. Traffic halted during the rescue. Lt. R.A. Hill aided Mercer County Sheriff's operations.
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Blankenship
Robert Wynn
Princeton Rescue
Bluefield
Wynn
Gunn
Athens Road
R.A. Hill
Mercer County
Cox Art Complex Dedicated at Bluefield College
Bluefield College held a ribbon cutting for the Donald and Maria Cox Art Complex. Don Cox and wife Maria pledged 250000 for the project, with nephew Dr Jim Lyle delivering the keynote. Officials credited donors and the renovation’s transformation of a boiler building into an art space for students and aspiring artists.
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Don Cox
Maria
College
Jim Lyle
Jackson Medical Center
Ripley
Lyle
MacMillan
Betty and
Stelia Corte
Richmond Foundation
Mickey Pellillo
Paul Grigsby
Bill Carrell
Shroyer
Bluefield College
Donald and Maria Cox
Diane Shott
T. Keith Edwards
James M. Kyle
Daniel MacMillan
Walter Shroyer
Yau-Sun Wong
Tazewell Seeks Rural Development Funding For New Sewage System
Spencer administrator of the county Public Service Authority says a Rural Development funding application will be submitted by year end. The project targets 10000 residents along a four lane corridor and will prevent septic failures that could contaminate Bluestone River. It will serve multiple communities and spur residential and commercial growth while safeguarding drinking water.
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Spencer
Public Service Authority
Bluestone
Bluefield
House
Senate
Hawks
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Fayetteville
Appalachian Artist Association
Mercer Mall
King Coal Highway
Coalfield Expressway
Underwood
Rahal
K.A. Ammar Jr
Nelson Walker
Rahall
K.A
ISTEA
Anderson
Terry Basham
A-1
Bill Archer
Tazewell
Assonts
Ouglag
Brick Street
Princeton
Elas
Wid Cian
Hartford
Me Areetel
Federal Street
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