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Comprehensive News Feed for Oakvale, WV.

Results 1 - 20 of 199 in Oakvale, WV

  1. Long-time Mercer educator retires

    Jul 11, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... as principal of Bluefield Middle School for five years, principal of Montcalm Elementary School and was principal of Oakvale High School during its last two years of existence. Akers worked in personnel for the county for around eight years. He left ...

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    Related Topix: Lashmeet, WV, Montcalm, WV, Princeton, WV, Mercer County, WV

  2. Mercer, McDowell counties: School bus time limits in effectRead the original story

    Jul 2, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... with the construction of the middle school project. If the new school is built, the existing Athens, Spanishburg, Oakvale and Lashmeet/Matoaka schools will be reconfigured into K-5 facilities, with grades 6 through 8 going to the new middle school. ...

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    Related Topix: Spanishburg, WV, Athens, WV, Lashmeet, WV, Matoaka, WV, West Virginia

  3. Mercer, McDowell counties: School bus time limits in effectRead the original story

    Jul 2, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... with the construction of the middle school project. If the new school is built, the existing Athens, Spanishburg, Oakvale and Lashmeet/Matoaka schools will be reconfigured into K-5 facilities, with grades 6 through 8 going to the new middle school. ...

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    Related Topix: Spanishburg, WV, Athens, WV, Lashmeet, WV, Matoaka, WV, West Virginia

  4. Mercer, McDowell counties: School bus time limits in effect

    Jul 2, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... with the construction of the middle school project. If the new school is built, the existing Athens, Spanishburg, Oakvale and Lashmeet/Matoaka schools will be reconfigured into K-5 facilities, with grades 6 through 8 going to the new middle school. ...

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    Related Topix: Athens, WV, Spanishburg, WV, Lashmeet, WV, Matoaka, WV, West Virginia

  5. Make Mercer Shine: Committee, citizens set to clean county

    Jun 13, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... statewide Make It Shine campaign to clean up public property, including a walking trail in Bramwell, a stream near Oakvale, campus grounds at Concord University, and more. Plus, County Commission-ers report they're closer than ever to establishing ...

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    Related Topix: Bramwell, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Bluefield, WV

  6. Air Force recruits celebrate Memorial Day before trainingRead the original story

    May 23, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... offerings and real-world, quality experience provided by the Air Force drew her to sign up. Samantha Connor, of Oakvale, spent part of the day Saturday watching over Prince's young children on a swingset while the men worked on starting the fire to ...

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  7. School reconfiguration - Public comment vital to Mercer proposalRead the original story

    May 19, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... construction of a proposed new PikeView Middle School. If the new school is built, the existing Athens, Spanishburg, Oakvale and Lashmeet/Matoaka schools will be reconfigured into K-5 facilities. The school system will hold public hearings at all ...

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    Related Topix: Mercer County, WV, Spanishburg, WV, Matoaka, WV, Opinion

  8. School reconfiguration - Public comment vital to Mercer proposalRead the original story

    May 19, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... construction of a proposed new PikeView Middle School. If the new school is built, the existing Athens, Spanishburg, Oakvale and Lashmeet/Matoaka schools will be reconfigured into K-5 facilities. The school system will hold public hearings at all ...

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    Related Topix: Mercer County, WV, Spanishburg, WV, Athens, WV, Lashmeet, WV, Matoaka, WV, Opinion

  9. Witt, Iris Virginia WilliamsRead the original story

    May 17, 2008 | News & Record Syndication Feed

    ... by Dr. Eugene Hunsinger. She was married to the late Charles Ovid Witt for 26 years. Iris was born Dec. 1, 1918, in Oakvale, West Virginia, to the late Henry Thomas and Viola Tiller Williams. She retired from State Farm Insurance Company after 40 ...

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  10. School board sets schedule for PikeView Middle School debates

    May 9, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... Building Authority granted Mercer County $12.5 million in April to aid in building the proposed middle school. Oakvale, Spanishburg, Athens and Lashmeet/Matoaka schools would be affected. The elementary schools will not be closed, but students in ...

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    Related Topix: Mercer County, WV, Spanishburg, WV, Athens, WV, Lashmeet, WV, Matoaka, WV

  11. Voters will decide four-way race for County CommissionRead the original story

    Apr 25, 2008 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

    ... as a teacher in early 1975 and has worked in Mercer County education ever since. Akers has served as principal at Oakvale, Montcalm Elementary, Bluefield Middle and Princeton Senior High schools. "I guess the most interesting thing is that I've ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Montcalm, WV, Matoaka, WV

  12. Alumni of All-Black Schools to Join.....

    Apr 20, 2008 | The Intelligencer

    ' What began as a family reunion of sorts in 2005 has blossomed into a full-scale historic event for alumni of West Virginia's all-black schools.

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    Related Topix: Morgantown, WV, Steubenville Metro, Weirton, WV, West Virginia

  13. Roadways cleaner after group's Eart.....Read the original story

    Apr 19, 2008 | Martinsburg Journal

    ' Bill Klingelsmith still vividly remembers his first trips to the Eastern Panhandle, in his early days as plant manager with Quad/Graphics. "I remember thinking how beautiful the mountains were and how lovely ...

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    Related Topix: Dunlow, WV, Ivydale, WV

  14. Charles Town to be featured on PBSRead the original story

    Apr 19, 2008 | Martinsburg Journal

    ' The city of Charles Town will soon be the subject of "Road Trip to History," a PBS program aired in Virginia and West Virginia that documents the history of a different town each week.

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    Related Topix: Wayne, WV, Kearneysville, WV, West Virginia, East-Lynn, WV, Dunlow, WV

  15. A Taste of West VirginiaRead the original story

    Apr 19, 2008 | Martinsburg Journal

    ' Treats for the tongue from wine to honey tantalized the tastebuds of visitors to a corner of the Eastern Panhandle on Saturday.

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    Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival, Washington, DC Metro, Honey, Walkersville, WV

  16. Board eyes selling hospitalRead the original story

    Apr 18, 2008 | Martinsburg Journal

    ' Morgan County Commission members agree that now's the time to consider possibly selling War Memorial Hospital.

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    Related Topix: Morgan County, WV, Dunlow, WV, Walkersville, WV, Ivydale, WV

  17. Journal/Eagles' meet is full of tra.....Read the original story

    Apr 18, 2008 | Martinsburg Journal

    'Appetizers were served Wednesday at the Jefferson High School track. Some very tasty morsels were delivered during the Apple Valley League meet.

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  18. WVU School of PE to celebrate anniversary with Dan & Betsy Brown Lecture SeriesRead the original story

    Apr 18, 2008 | WVU Today

    WVU alumnus and former assistant director and special agent in charge of the Presidential Protective Division, Secret Service, Robert DeProspero will present a lecture on people who have been responsible for ...

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  19. Woman is Brutally BeatenRead the original story

    Apr 17, 2008 | WTRF-TV Wheeling

    Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 ; 11:27 AM Updated Thursday, April 17, 2008 ; 07:15 PM Investigators need your help in finding those responsible.

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    Related Topix: Moundsville, WV, Marshall County, WV, Smithville, WV

  20. Subdivision wins appeal for permitRead the original story

    Apr 17, 2008 | Martinsburg Journal

    ' Developers of a controversial 152-home community in part of the Shepherdstown Battlefield area won an appeal Thursday after a lengthy court battle involving the denial of a conditional use permit.

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    Related Topix: Dunlow, WV, Smithville, WV, Walkersville, WV, Ivydale, WV