Scouts arrival prep in Bluefield for 2013 jamboree
Volunteers from Citizens Conservation Corps and AmeriCorps cleaned the former freight station on Bluefield Avenue as a dress rehearsal for the 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree in Fayette County West Virginia. The project included debris removal and education on local history to prepare scouts for service across nine counties.
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Citizens Conservation Corps
CCC
AmeriCorps
Bluefield Avenue
Boy Scouts of American
West Virginia
Fayette County
Justice Golembeck
Golembeck
Lotito City Park
Kincaid
Duncan to visit McDowell for Reconnecting initiative town hall
U S Secretary Arne Duncan will visit McDowell County on Thursday to meet with residents teachers and students as part of Reconnecting McDowell. Janet Bass of the American Federation of Teachers says a 7 p.m. town hall at Mount View High School will discuss progress and future needs with community partners. The event follows a ribbon cutting for three new homes funded to support revitalization and housing for teachers and students.
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USS
Department of Education
Arne Duncan
McDowell County
McDowell
Janet Bass
American Federation of Teachers and
Reconnecting
Duncan
Mount View High School
Bass
American Federation of Teachers and Reconnecting
Council of the Southern Mountains
Aflcio
Kate Coil
Kcoil
Bdtonline
Federal grant funds regional job growth in southern West Virginia
A $70,000 federal grant from the Economic Development Authority to Region I Planning and Development will fund basic operations as part of an economic strategy for six southern counties Mercer McDowell Monroe Raleigh Wyoming Summers. Region I will use the money to extend water and sewer to attract business, support a revolving fund and expand business parks while coordinating private investments and local projects. U S Rep Nick Rahall Senator Jay Rockefeller and Senator Joe Manchin announced the funding as part of efforts to create jobs and economic growth in West Virginia.
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Rinceton
Region I Planning and Development Council
West Virginia
U.S. Economic Development Authority
Nick Rahall
Dw.va
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
Joe Manchin
Dave Cole
Region I
Cole
Mercer
McDowell
Monroe
Raleigh
Wyoming
Summers
Wyoming County
West Virginia American Water
Bluestone Lake
Princeton
Summers County
Mercer-Summers
Oakvale
Mercer- Summers
Eads Mill Road
Oakvale Road
West
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Jeanne Schmauss
CDE
PCH
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LPC
BSN
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Education
Princeton Community Hospital
Yprinceton “ Community Hospital
Pchonline.org
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Monte Vista
Courthouse Road
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