Traditional service set for Memorial Day
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Steve Dean, well-known Gilmer businessman and aviation veteran, will be keynote speaker  at  this  year’s Memorial Day service on the south lawn of the Upshur County Courthouse at 9 a.m. Monday. ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Artists and activists have handed out 10,000 pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Ethiopian Foreign Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom attend a joint press conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.


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“PUBLICITY HOUND” Major demonstrates how to use the Wag’N 02 Fur Life™ mask to revive a pet overcome by smoke or other toxic fumes. With Major, a 9-year-old German shepherd, is his handler, Longview Animal Control Officer Jacqui Lynch, and Gilmer firefighter Shelby Henderson.
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Breathing masks give pets chance for survival
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Upshur County’s pets who are rescued from burning homes will now have a better chance of survival, thanks to the generosity of a number of businesses and individuals. Every volunteer fire departme...
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