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When I go hiking around Glenwood Park, I like to take one of those plastic shopping bags with me so I can collect any trash I see along the wa…
I write to voice my enthusiasm for the pumped storage hydroelectric project Dominion Energy is investigating in Tazewell County.
I would like to suggest that Graham High School’s colors be returned to the pre-1973 school colors of maroon and gray, with the addition of th…
I like to consider myself a defensive driver. It’s not that I’m paranoid about driving or anything like that. It is simply a matter of trying …
There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about the economic challenges facing McDowell County, but one long-awaited project now under cons…
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2 p.m., memorial service at the Christ United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, N.C.
7 p.m., at Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield. Burial will follow on Monday at 11 a.m. at Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Va.
2 p.m., from the Burns Wornal Chapel of the Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton. Burial will follow at Brown Cemetery near Princeton.
Jim Jenkins, 80 of Princeton died Wednesday, August 14, 2019. Arrangements by Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton. View complete obituary at www.bailey-kirk.com.
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