DOH adopts names for orphan roads in Mercer County
Mercer County and state crews are signing and mapping hundreds of orphan roads taken into the Division of Highways system. About 125 signs remain to label the roads with new names, aiding emergency responders. 911 Director Bob Hoge noted the county led in adding orphan roads and praised the signing program for quicker locations during emergencies.
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Division of Highways System
Mercer County
DOH
911 Advisory Board
Buddy Campbell
E-911 Communications Center
911
Bob Hoge
Campbell
Hoge
County Commission
Joe Coburn
Rudolph Jennings
Mercer's Fiber Readiness Signals Telecomm Revolution
Bluefield officials hear Citizens Communications is ready for high speed fiber services with two fiber rings around Mercer County and the city. Rich Umberger, WV operations director, says the plan includes DSL and a backbone network, with six megs incoming information and growing capacity for customers.
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Bluefield
Rich Umberger
West Virginia
Citizens Communications
Bluefield Economic Development Commission
Mercer County
Umberger
At&t
Citizens
Slow down on Mercer County roads urged during bad weather
Mercer County officers urge drivers to slow for rain and snow at busy intersections and I-77 along Flat Top Mountain near Camp Creek. Troopers cite steep grades and speed as crash factors, noting crashes also frequent at the Airport Road junction of U S 460 and Route 19.
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Mercer County
Camp
Flat Top Mountain
Camp Creek
U.S. Route 460
Route 19
Airport Road
Watkins
Walking through History Sanders House tour in Bluefield
LUEFIELD Va In a walk through time officials in Tazewell County toured the 1896 Sanders House in Bluefield now proposed as a gateway visitor center for Southwest Virginia and a museum. The two story 18 room structure, begun in 1892 by Walter M Sanders for his bride Vici A Greever, has withstood the test of time.
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Luefield
Tazewell County
Sanders
Bluefield
Southwest Virginia
Walter M. Sanders
Vici A. Greever
Leatherwood
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Tourism director job plan advances in Tazewell County
The Tourism Committee in Tazewell County moves to draft the job description duties and salary for a new tourism director. It aims to advertise the position in January 2001, funded by revenue from the two percent hotel and motel tax approved earlier this year. The post is expected to be part time.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
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