Coal Show draws crowd and boosts local support
At Brushfork Armory crowds park in an orchard with donations benefiting Montcalm Pentecostal Church and the Salvation Army. Coal miners and visitors travel from Wyoming and McDowell counties to the event, with Mercer County CVB noting all motel rooms booked and 1,120 rooms available.
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Martin
Montcalm Pentecostal Church
David Cline
Panther
Wyoming
McDowell County
Courtney Neese
Mercer County Convention and Visitors Bureau
CVB
Mercer County
Neese
Bill Archer
Barcheria Bottonline
Medal of Honor for Marine Dakota Meyer Heroic Afghan Firefight
Marine corporal Dakota Meyer defied orders to rescue teammates under Taliban fire in Afghanistan in 2009. He received the Medal of Honor from President Obama, saved 36 lives, and killed at least eight insurgents during a six hour ambush. Meyer later expressed grief over fallen comrades while maintaining humility.
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Dakota Meyer
Afghanistan
Meyer
Barack Obama
Dakota Mever
Obama
White House
Mever
Iraq
Kentucky
Greensburg
White House Rose Garden
Michael Johnson
Virginia Beach
Aaron Kenetick
Roswell
James Layton
Riverbank
Calif
Edwin Wayne Johnson Jr
Columbus
Army
Kenneth W. Westbrook
Shiprock
N.M
Dakota
Col
Richard Hooker
Hooker
CBS
60 Minutes
Marfork Coal sues tree-sitters over West Virginia protest
Marfork Coal Co seeks compensatory and punitive damages from Radical Action for Mountain People’s Survival members for a 30 day July to August tree-sit at the Bee Tree mine on Coal River Mountain. A request for a restraining order was postponed. defendants include Kolins MacDougal Schewel Walk.
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Beckley
Alpha Natural Resources
Bee Tree
West Virginia
Coal River
Marfork Coal Co
Raleigh County
Robert Burnside
Register-Herald
Bit
Marfork
Becks Kolins
Ardmore
Catherine- Ann MacDougal
Gloucester
Mass
Elias Schewel
Philadelphia
Junior Walk
Whitesville
Radical Action For
MacDougal
Kolins
Three transported after Green Valley two-vehicle crash
A two-vehicle crash at Maple Acres Road and Route 123 near Swampfox Motorsports in Green Valley at 3:10 p.m. sent three people to a local hospital. Jeff Duty, 22, of North Tazewell was uninjured while Lawrence Gibson Jr, 53, of Bluefield and two female passengers were treated by responders.
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Green Valley
Maple Acres Road
Route 123
Swampfox Motorsports
Swampfox
Joe Parks
Mercer County — Sheriff's Department
Jeff Duty
North Tazewell
Parks
Lawrence Gibson Jr
Bluefield
Princeton
Gibson
Free child safety seat checks set for Bluefield and Princeton
Officials from the Coalfields Highway Safety Program offer free seat inspections today from 10 a.m. to noon at a Kmart on Cumberland Road Bluefield and again Saturday Sept 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mark Woods State Farm in Princeton. The checks verify proper installation and appropriate seat size, with common errors including loose installation and using seats for wrong sizes.
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Bluefield
Kmart
Cumberland Road
Dave Cook
Coalfields Highway Safety Program
Mark Woods State Farm Insurance Agency
Princeton
Honaker Avenue
Cook
Trinity United Methodist Church
Bids for Mercer water project in Oakvale area announced
Oakvale Road Public Service District in partnership with Oakvale town Mercer County Commission and West Virginia American Water reports bid results for the Mercer Summers Phase IVA water project serving about 325 customers. Low bids include Rover Construction 1 845 159, Pro Contracting 1 931 914, and Mid Atlantic Storage Systems 251 600. Ground breaking set for Sept 22 in Oakvale.
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Oakvale
Mercer County
Oakvale Road
Mercer County Commission
West Virginia American Water
Mercer Summers
PSC
Cials
Pro Contracting, Inc
Rover Construction, Inc
Pro Contracting. Ie
Mid Atlantic Storage Systems, Inc
Oakvale Psd
Ogg Am
West Virginia massage board revokes former chairman license
Allegations of inappropriate sexual contact prompted West Virginia Massage Therapy Licensure Board to revoke the license of ex chairman Dewayne Vass, who had been fired in 2004. The board cited a sexual misconduct complaint after an investigation and hearing, with the case referred to other agencies. Vass, who runs Healthcare Therapy Services in Princeton and Beckley, denies wrongdoing and appeals. The board had suspended his license in May 2010 and ordered him to pay several costs.
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Massage Board
EAP
West Virginia
Massage Therapy Board
Dewayne Vass
Massage Therapy Licensure Board
I Ts
Vass
Princeton
Beckley
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Fairview Christian Community Church
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