October 28 2009 BDTonline Update
Local online bulletin from bdtonline.com dated Wednesday October 28 2009 reports community news items, brief notices, and upcoming events affecting residents and businesses in the area.
28 Oct 2009
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 2009
Page
1
Local online bulletin from bdtonline.com dated Wednesday October 28 2009 reports community news items, brief notices, and upcoming events affecting residents and businesses in the area.
The report notes a serious aviation safety and security breach as Northwest pilots, distracted by a new crew-scheduling program on laptops, flew 150 miles past Minneapolis after morning showers. Former NTSB Chairman Edim Hall condemns the incident as significant, not innocuous.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph names Rhonda Watson as primary contact after William Randy Deason steps down as publisher. A search for a new publisher is underway. Frank Wood of The Register-Herald notes CNHI owns both papers. Deason led since October 2002.
West Virginia Daily 3 numbers 9 8 3 and Daily 4 6 4 2 3 posted. Virginia Pick 3 3 2 4 and Pick 4 1 6 8 0 listed.
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WV Chamber President Steve Roberts told Bluefield Rotary that federal cap and trade would raise energy costs and threaten coalfield jobs in southern West Virginia. He urged senators to vote against the climate bill and warned of increased electricity prices. He also criticized the card check bill, noting labor unions’ opposition.
The Senate approved the confirmation Tuesday of Judge C. Berger to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in Bluefield. Berger, from Berwind in McDowell County, was nominated earlier this year. U.S. Senators Byrd and Rockefeller, both Democrats, supported the nomination.
City Manager Andy Merriman urged Bluefield officials to raise residential and commercial garbage rates after noting sanitation costs exceed budgeted funds. He did not specify a new level but provided a comparison with neighboring localities to illustrate current charges for collection services.
James Strother his wife Carol and Briaunna step from a car to their Ridge Street residence as volunteers guide them with blindfolds removed. Jeff Livingston of Century 21 Select Properties hands them the key and invites a tour during a staged reveal following a rapid week of utility work and interior finishing.
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