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Saturday Jul 4 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Energy Express boasts: Student skills sustained over summer

In the summer months, when local children can typically be found playing at city parks and swimming in community pools, it seems a rare sight to see them instead at school, working on their reading and writing skills.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

1 killed in ATV accident

A Mercer County man died early Sunday morning of injuries he received in an ATV accident near Matoaka, authorities said.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Police chief unseats mayor in Iaeger race

A police chief in a small McDowell County town has unseated an incumbent mayor, according to unofficial election returns.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Voters determine council, mayoral races in region

Mayor Robert M. Richardson Jr., of Athens was unopposed for re-election Tuesday, and as a result will retain the seat he has held for 26 years.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Ground preparation for PVMS will begin late summer 2009

Site work could begin as early as next month on the new PikeView Middle School project.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Afternoon Update: More election results released from area towns

Election results from a number of additional towns across southern West Virginia were released Wednesday morning.

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Tue Jun 09, 2009

WVNS-TV

Election Day Across The Area

Voters are heading to the polls in Virginia and in more than a dozen communities across West Virginia.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Afternoon Update a " Voters determine town elections, Democratic primary, Tuesday

Voters will determine a Democratic primary in Virginia Tuesday, and town elections across Mercer and McDowell counties in West Virginia.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Mercera s 2009-10 Teacher of the Year from Lashmeet/Matoaka

Lashmeet/Matoaka School kindergarten teacher Debbie Six learned Friday that she is Mercer County's 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Spring storms sweep through region

A line of thunderstorms passing through the area - some violent at times - raced through Four Seasons Country Wednesday afternoon, bringing reports of some downed trees and isolated power outages in parts of the region.

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Sun May 24, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Remember those who made the supreme sacrifice

Several veterans organizations, civic groups and communities in Mercer County will be hosting events on Memorial Day to honor men & women of the U.S. military who made the supreme sacrifice by giving their lives in defense of American freedom.

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Thu May 14, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Lawmakers fighting for flood funds

Many of southern West Virginia's residents touched by recent flooding are picking up their lives, but others like Patricia Blackwell of the Matoaka area are still struggling with the high water's aftermath.

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Mon May 11, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Floods wreak havoc

Not again. Flood-weary southern West Virginia got another dose of nature's fury late Friday night and early Saturday morning as heavy rains that dumped from three to four inches of rain on the region's steep mountain slopes, causing isolated flooding in parts of Mercer and Monroe counties and widespread flooding in McDowell and Wyoming counties.

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Sun May 03, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

, Bluefield, WV

Mercer County Sheriff's deputies and investigators with the state Fire Marshal's office were on the scene of a fire early Friday morning that claimed the life of a Mercer County man.

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Tue Apr 21, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

County receives $6M more for PikeView Middle

Mercer County Schools have received the second half of a $12.5 million state School Building Authority grant aimed at creating a new county middle school.

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Mon Apr 06, 2009

Huntington News

Gigantic Boulder Lands on Route 10 in Mercer County

April 6, 2009 Gigantic Boulder Lands on Route 10 in Mercer County By Craig Hammond A giant boulder recently fell on to State Route 10 outside of Matoaka in Mercer County.

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Sat Mar 28, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Trail head rides in to Mercer

The Hatfield-McCoy Trail system could roll into Mercer County this fall and open for riders as early as spring 2010.

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Thu Mar 26, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Hatfield-McCoy Trail head coming to Bramwell area

A new destination for visitors took a step closer to fruition Wednesday when the Mercer County Commission approved a location for the Hatfield-McCoy Recreational Trail.

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Tue Mar 10, 2009

Logan Banner

Students make difference in Legislature

Senator H. Truman Chafin recently commended the work done by many of West Virginia's young people at the State Legislature through the West Virginia Legislative Page Program.

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Thu Mar 05, 2009

WVNS-TV

Rock Slide in Mercer County

The rocks in the road slowed traffic in the Lashmeet area. It happened just before 12 thirty Thursday afternoon near Lashmeet.

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