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Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia

29 Oct 2000

Page 9

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

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Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 2000

Page

9

New 540 area code split eyed for Southwest Virginia

Virginia regulators plan a three way division of the 540 region to head off exhaust of numbers by October 2002 with Roanoke and Southwest Virginia receiving new codes within five years. About 620000 customers would be affected as Bland Bluefield Tazewell Grundy Wise Cumberland Gap Bristol and other towns fall under new codes. Debra Ellenberg says geography should guide the split.

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Richmond Virginia 540 Southwest Virginia Roanoke Ken Schrad Va. State Corporation Commission Schrad Bland Bluefield Tazewell Grundy Wise Cumberland Gap Bristol Marion Wytheville Meadows of Dan Martinsville Roanoke Valley Salem Blacksburg Pulaski Floyd Rocky Mount New Castle Bedford Fincastle Covington Clifton Forge Lexington SCC Deborah V. Ellenberg Ellenberg Appalachian Mountains
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The Coalwood Way shines over a coalfield family tale

Homer Hickam returns to McDowell County in The Coalwood Way a memoir that broadens the focus from rockets and Von Braun to the inner space of family and community. The book revisits familiar Coalwood figures as tragedy courage and triumph unfold within the Hickam era.

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Luefield Homer Sonny” Hickam West Virginia McDowell County Coalwood Way Hickam Delacorte Press Werhner von Braun Coalwood Big Creek Missile Agency
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Volunteers brighten East River Playground in Make a Difference Day

More than 50 volunteers led by Mercer County WECAN scrubbed, painted, and repaired the East River Playground on Make a Difference Day. They installed new basketball goals and safety signs, cleared trash and glass, and refreshed the site with blue, green, and red paint. Local officials joined the effort and praised the transformation benefiting neighborhood children.

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Luefield East River Mercer County WECAN Chamber of Commerce WE Can Kathrn Kandas Wal-Mart Bluefield Kandal Karen Disibbio Ron Crabtree Doris Sue Kantor Robin Leffler Kandas Lori Haines Caitlyn Kahle Jonathan Kade Ollie Law Augusta Street College Avenue
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Tracing a tragedy Raleigh County 911 transcripts B-2

Transcripts from the 911 calls on July 2, 1999 document the Maplewood Apartments incident in Prosperity where Melanie Winfrey was killed by former partner Rodney Robinson before he fatally shot himself at a Fayette County strip mine. The Register-Herald obtained the tapes via FOIA, summarizing key moments and sightings with public safety responses.

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Aleigh County Raleigh County Maplewood Prosperity West Virginia Rodney Robinson Melanie Beth Winfrey Fayette County Winfrey Register- Herald Amy Bennett Ma’am Bennett Landers Comer Electric
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