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Welch News

Local news for Welch, WV continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

3 hrs ago | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Welch project takes aim at damaged, decaying structures

City officials are continuing to make progress on a long-term demolition project targeting dilapidated and flood-damaged structures in Welch.

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7 hrs ago | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Welch project takes aim at damaged, decaying structures

City officials are continuing to make progress on a long-term demolition project targeting dilapidated and flood-damaged structures in Welch.

2 comments

Thu Jul 24, 2008

WVNS-TV Ghent

McDowel County Play About Coal Mine History is Back

Jean Battlo's "Terror of the Tug" takes center stage this weekend. Other Stories by Jessica Lilly WELCH -- Actors in McDowell County want to invite you to see a piece of history.

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Another step forward - Welch continues to rebound

From the demolition of unsafe structures to the construction of new sewer lines, McDowell County's largest city is making progress.

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Wed Jul 23, 2008

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Welch project takes aim at damaged, decaying structures

City officials are continuing to make progress on a long-term demolition project targeting dilapidated and flood-damaged structures in Welch.

2 comments

Mon Jul 21, 2008

money.aol.com | RaggedyAnn

Dems Pursue 2nd Economic Stimulus Bill

Democrats controlling Congress ratcheted up expectations Tuesday for additional legislation to jump-start the dragging economy.

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Related Topix: George Bush, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Building on success - Housing development spurs - New Hope'

Building on success - Housing development spurs 'New Hope' Bluefield Daily Telegraph xIt was only a few decades ago when news reports continued to headline the mass exodus of residents from McDowell County, a ...

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Related Topix: Bluefield College, Bluefield, WV, Bluefield State College, Mountain State University, Opinion

Fri Jul 18, 2008

www.wvva.com | RaggedyAnn

Court ruling stayed in Keystone Bank-related case

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed its decision to strip a $2.4 million damage award from a man who says his association with the failed First National Bank of Keystone cost him his banking ...

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Related Topix: US News, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Bluefield, WV, Beckley, WV, Financial Services, Accounting

The Times West Virginian

New prison, coal production fuel housing needs

Jobs at a new federal prison and in coal mines are fueling a need for housing in one of West Virginia's poorest counties.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons

Wed Jul 16, 2008

news.yahoo.com | RaggedyAnn

Jackson used N-word in crude off-air remarks

In additional comments from that same conversation, first reported by TVNewser, Jackson is reported to have said Obama was "talking down to black people," and referred to blacks with the N-word when he said ...

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, African-American

wvgazette.com | RaggedyAnn

Corrections to investigate alleged strip search

State Division of Corrections investigators will look into allegations that a prison work crew from a McDowell County correctional facility were stripped and searched last week along the side of the road in ...

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www.bdtonline.com | RaggedyAnn

Suspect arrested in McDowell County drug case

Police seized drugs, guns, cash and more from a McDowell County residence following a task force investigation, officials said Tuesday.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

WTRF-TV

WV Bank on Financially "Troubled" List.

Ameribank has ties to branches in Ohio Valley. Story by Jim Forbes Email Bio Other Stories by Jim Forbes One West Virginia bank is on a list of ten banks, nationwide, to be "in trouble," financially.

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Related Topix: Ohio Valley College

Mon Jul 14, 2008

news.aol.com | RaggedyAnn

'Satirical' Obama Cover Stirs Controversy

Barack Obama's campaign says a satirical New Yorker magazine cover showing the Democratic presidential candidate dressed as a Muslim and his wife as a terrorist is "tasteless and offensive." The illustration on ...

88 comments

Related Topix: Terrorism, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Sun Jul 13, 2008

www.bdtonline.com | RaggedyAnn

New development could rise from McDowell flood village

State officials believe new hope for housing can emerge from an old flood village in McDowell County.

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Related Topix: Mountain State University, FEMA, US News, Federal Prisons

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Register-herald.com

2001 floods revisited -- Wyoming 911 director: This was our Katrina

It was a nightmare come true - the devastation of the horrific July 8, 2001, flood.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Weather, Wyoming County, WV

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Fredericksburg.com

Roses celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Rose, Emerald and Dollie, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 22.

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Related Topix: Davy, WV, US Military, Fort Knox, Fort Rucker, US Army, Carlisle Barracks, Presidio of Monterey

Sun Jul 06, 2008

www.topix.net | RaggedyAnn

Children's Item Consignment Sale August 13 - 17 2008 8 am to 8 pm - Topix

Make money, support charities, save money, recycle, help local families and clear out clutter of no longer needed children's items from your home.

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Related Topix: Bluefield, WV

Sat Jul 05, 2008

news.aol.com | RaggedyAnn

Vanished Lincoln Bust Baffles Historians

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, AP Posted: 2008-07-05 09:09:46 Filed Under: Nation News SCRANTON, Pa.

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Related Topix: Ice Skating, Winter Sports

Tue Jul 01, 2008

www.parentdish.com | RaggedyAnn

The new milk jug makes its debut

Would you use the new milk jug ? Or, are you wedded to the cardboard cartons of what is soon to be the past? I remember when I was a kid and we got milk delivered to our house every week in a glass bottle.

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