Mispronunciation sparks media scramble over local campus shootings
The Big Apple press chased updates on the Appalachian School of Law and Virginia Tech incidents while our Grundy region paper, closest to the events, faced influxes of outside inquiries. A Chamber event next door muddled the lines of communication during the incident week, with both local and national outlets seeking information.
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Appalachian School of Law
Grundy
Virginia Tech
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Adventure Communications
Unsolved West Virginia Cold Case Ties New York Calls
McDowell County homicide case from 2002 appears linked to a series of inquiries from New York media. The Daily Telegraph staff, including editor Samantha Perry and reporter Katy Coil, navigated confusing identity shots while verifying connections to a Central Park rape suspect. Charles Owens notes the AP moved a detailed piece. NY calls ceased.
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Katy
McDowell County
Samantha Perry
Barbara Flick
Barbara Flake
Teresa
Flick
Flake
New York Post
New York
New York Daily News
Associated Press
Tazewell County
Central Park
West Virginia
J.R. Pauley
Princeton
Welch
Pauley
Big Apple
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Bible Verse
An excerpt from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph shows Darryl Hudson as publisher and Samantha Perry as editor with a Bible verse from Psalms 1 1 AKJV quoted in the text featuring counsel sin scorn. The snippet presents the newspaper’s leadership and a quoted scripture.
Alpha Natural Resources to Cut Production and 1,200 Jobs
Alpha Natural Resources will cut 16 million tons of production and lay off 1,200 workers company wide, with 400 immediate cuts by closing four West Virginia mines, three in Virginia and one in Pennsylvania. Most displaced workers may be rehired elsewhere. 150 WV and three PA workers are not offered other opportunities.
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Alpha Natural Resources
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alpha
Kevin Crutchfield
Associated Press
Ted Pile
AP Alpha
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Obama
West Virginia Center On
Center
Sean O’leary
America
Washington
Greenway Along Brush Creek Suggested For Parks Plan
Carolyn Musick of Princeton proposes a county greenway along Brush Creek or a Glenwood Park with mountain bike trails. A single car width right of way could host a year round walking jogging and biking trail funded by grants and volunteers from local businesses carpenters and clean up crews, modeled after improvements in Are and Mr Airy.
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Brush Creek
Glenwood Park
Are
Airy
N.C
Black mulch at playgrounds sparks parent complaint
A parent letter criticizes black mulch around school playgrounds saying children return home covered in dirt like coal miners and urges the Board of Education to take action. asks other parents to complain as well.
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Board of Education
Romney blunderbuss line crosses red line in Middle East crisis
Romney and advisers allegedly distorted facts during a dangerous regional crisis to win votes. Republican foreign policy experts publicly repudiated the move as incendiary politics with patriotism, while Romney’s remarks about “47 percent” and other groups drew sharp scrutiny from voters and commentators alike.
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Mitt Romney
Romney
Middle East
Barack Obama
Romney attacks over Libya Benghazi protests starkly different from Reagan era restraint
Political analyst Van Martin Schram argues Romney’s harsh critique of Obama over the Benghazi and Cairo embassy protests marks a departure from prior Republican restraint. He contrasts Romney with Ronald Reagan’s calm response and notes Obama’s administration faced criticism for its initial reactions.
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Teresa Jeffery
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Coal Country
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Martin
Schram
Ronald Reagan
General Electric
United States
Mohammad
Egypt
Cairo
U.S
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Libya
Christopher Stevens
Tion
Richard Williamson
Jimmy Carter
Iran
Reagan
United
George H. W. Bush
Martin Schram
Scripps Howard News Service
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