Meet and Eat Luncheon and Local Meetings Schedule
Today features a RSVP Meet and Eat luncheon at Greenview United Methodist Church Green Valley with E C Browning on detecting bogus money. Mercer County Association of Retired School Employees meets at Fink s Cafeteria Princeton for a book review. Various council and board meetings plus performances at Concord College Athens Bluefield College and more.
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Greenview United Methodist Church
Green Valley
E.C. Browning
Mercer County Association of
Fink’s
Princeton
Tazewell County
Mercer County Board of Education
LSIC
Mercer County Technical Education Center
The
West Virginia Dance Company
Concord College
Alexander Fine Arts Center
Athens
Jamie Baker
Bluefield College
Population Growth Praises City Water and Streets
Crabtree lauds the city's infrastructure as state-of-the-art with ample sanitary capacity and improvements in water pressure. He notes the city’s population trend mirrors historic levels, with 1950 census around 26,000 and 1999 figures closely matching a 1910 estimate.
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Crabtree
Area police praise national 0.08 drunk driving law
President Clinton signed a 0.08 blood alcohol standard to be required by 2004, threatening loss of federal highway funds for noncompliant states. Local police expect easier DUI enforcement and a drop in alcohol related deaths, with 15,786 nationwide fatalities last year linked to drunk driving.
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Bluefield
Clinton
West Virginia
Tom Helton
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Helton
T.R. Watkins
Watkins
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Accident victims treated after Virginia crash near Princeton
Jeannie Clemons 18 of Princeton faces DUI and failure to maintain control charges after a Saturday crash on Old Bluefield Princeton Road. The 1986 Buick Century left the road, slid down a embankment, struck a tree and forced extrication of injured passengers. Clemons and three others were taken to Princeton Community Hospital with Clemons later listed in serious condition at Roanoke Memorial and Mitchem in satisfactory condition at Wake Forest. Pack and Caldwell were treated and released.
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Princeton
Virginia
Old Bluefield
Jeannie M. Clemons
J.E. Coulter
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Richard Pack
Derek Caldwell
Serena
Sheila Mitchem
Clemons
Princeton Community Hospital
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Mitchem
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem
N.C
Pack
Caldwell
Deborah Griffith
PCH
Princeton Rescue Squad
East River Volunteer Fire Department
Fatal crash near Hurley leaves two dead, one critical
The Sunday crash on Route 647 near Guesses Branch killed Robert Lee Little, 34, and Kimberly Sue Little, 31, both of Hurley, and critically injured Isaac McCoy, 20, of Guess Fork. State police say the driver is undetermined as investigators reconstruct the scene.
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Pontiac
Guesses Branch
Hurley
Robert Lee Little
Kimberly Sue Little
Isaac McCoy
Guess Fork
Crouse
Federal funds advance Grundy flood and river projects
Funding allocations include 75000 for surveys in Grundy redevelopment area and 800000 to finish a non structural flood proofing report for Buchanan and surrounding structures along the Levisa Fork. Dickenson County gets 700000 for a Detailed Project Report, and 150000 supports River Navigator admin costs for the New River designation. A further 165000 funds a Powell River Feasibility study on ecosystem restoration amid acid mine drainage from historic coal mining.
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Grundy
Crabtree
Corps
Buchanan County
Levisa Fork
Dickenson County
Russell Fork
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
West
River Navigator
New River
Powell River
The
Community cleanup aims at pond construction and water control
Robb described efforts to construct ponds and neutralize waters before they flow into adjacent streams and the Powell River, detailing plans to reduce runoff and protect downstream ecosystems.
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Powell River
Robb
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Greg Jordan
Daily Telegraph
Old
Princeton Road
Leonard Scott
Leonard
Scott
State Division of Highways
Buddy Campbell
B.K
G. Crouse
McCoy
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport
Tenn
Shane Duncan
PA. Skeens
A-1
Connie Cyphers
Michele Prinzbach
Yi Princeton
BRMC
Riaz A. Rana, M
Dr. Rana
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Cherry Street
Bluefield, W.V
James L. Miller
First Community Bank
N.A
Mercer Street
FDIC
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