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Mercer County Commission distributes American Rescue Plan grants
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 16—PRINCETON — Creating a permanent home for the Mercer County Fair and providing new ambulances to area rescue squads were among the American Rescue Plan grants approved last week by the ...
American Rescue Plan funds help pay for new Princeton Rescue Squad ambulance
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 1—PRINCETON — A new advanced life support ambulance will help the Princeton Rescue Squad in the fight against COVID. The Princeton Rescue Squad and Bluefield Rescue Squad joined in writing ...
Pikeview High School seniors win patriotism essay contest
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 23—PRINCETON — Two seniors at PikeView High School were awarded $1,000 apiece after winning essay contests that let them express their patriotism. Mountain Memories Veterans Retreat, a nonprofit ...
Interstate 77 bridges dedicated to late Sgt. William J. Thompson
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 20—PRINCETON — Interstate highway bridges that were known only by a series of numbers now bear the name of a veteran who served his country in Iraq and kept serving fellow veterans battling ...
Investigation of murder-suicide which took an 11-year-old girl's life continues
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDec. 8—BLUEFIELD — A community was coping with tragedy Thursday as the West Virginia State Police continued investigating a murder-suicide which took the life of an 11-year-old girl Wednesday ...
First responders training exercise planned for Wednesday at Graham Middle School
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 18—BLUEFIELD, Va. — Police vehicles and ambulances with lights and sirens going and even aircraft will be focusing early Wednesday on a local school. It may look as if the worst has happened ...
American Legion presents its Distinguished Citizenship Award
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNov. 10—BLUEFIELD — A Mercer County resident who asks God every day to help him make his community a better place to live was honored Thursday when he was named the recipient of the 2023 Riley-Vest ...
Winter storm covers the region and more snow expected later this week
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 17—By GREG JORDAN and SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — More snow and frigid cold with dangerous wind chills were expected for later this week while highways crew and ...
Investigation underway after shootings leave two dead and two injured
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDec. 7—GREEN VALLEY — Troopers and crime scene investigators were dispatched Wednesday after a shooting left two people dead and another two injured on New Hope-Ceres Road in Mercer County.
Middle school students learn the benefits and demands of a nursing career
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJun. 28—BLUEFIELD — Learning how to examine a baby, learning how ambulances and helicopters transport patients and how rescue squads handle medical emergencies are all part of an academy showing ...