Whitesville remembers UBB miners six years after blast
In Whitesville families like the Davises honor 29 dead miners from the Upper Big Branch explosion near Montcoal on April 5, 2010. Relatives and friends, including Gary Quarles and Roy Mead from Clintwood, place flowers and wreaths at a memorial as they call for accountability and justice.
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Raleigh County
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Massey Energy
Massey
West Virginia
Cory Davis
Timothy Davis
Griffith
William
Carl “Pee Wee” Acord
LaDonna Fosters
Grover Skeens
Foster
Don Blankenship
Blankenship
Las Vegas
Coal River Road
Roy Mead
Clintwood
Mead
Doug Griffith
William Griffith
Carl Acord
Mercer County Commission candidates race grows with four vying
County voters face another four candidates seeking their party’s nomination for one Mercer County Commission seat. Moye urged voters to educate themselves on each contender’s positions on key issues and to participate, noting it will be an exciting year and that the vote is a voice.
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Mercer County Commission
Moye
Cleanup volunteers rally for Mercer County litter drive
Bluefield residents and volunteers from Mercer County join Keep Mercer Clean efforts on Facebook to tidy trails and roads. Participants include parents with children Kaden and Kamrin, Tabitha Farley, and local candidates, as deputies coordinate traffic and electric signs warn motorists during the cleanup along Courthouse Road.
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Hurricane Ridge
Kaden
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Musick
Tabitha Farley
Princeton
Three Strikes Conviction Brings Life Term for Zig Howard
Tammy Howard testified that her husband Zig Howard subjected her to relentless verbal and physical abuse, choking and a close knife threat. The jury sentenced him under Virginia’s three strikes law to life for abduction and ten years for attempted malicious wounding, with authorities noting prior violent convictions.
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Zig Howard
Arrington
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The
Commonwealth
Virginia
Buchanan County
PSA data agencies water sewer connections and hearing date
The PSA reports 6 285 residential and 328 commercial water connections and 2 354 residential and 228 commercial sewer connections, serving about 16 341 residents with safe drinking water and 6 120 with reliable sewer service. A public hearing on the proposed rate increase is set for Monday May 2 at 5 30 p m at the PSA Office in Tazewell Virginia. Visit www bctonline com for updates.
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Tazewell
San Francisco adopts first fully paid parental leave law
San Francisco becomes the first U S city to require six weeks of fully paid parental leave for new mothers and fathers. The unanimous Board vote backs a measure supporters say addresses income inequality though small business owners warn it adds city mandates. A final board vote and mayoral approval are required.
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AN Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Scott Wiener
Ed Lee
Lee
Fire damages residence on Mink Farm Road near Princeton
A Tuesday evening fire at 444 Mink Farm Road near Princeton caused damage to the home of owner William Ray Dickerson who was away at the time. Assistant Chief Charlie Blankenship said the cause is undetermined as Princeton and Green Valley- Glenwood Fire Departments responded alongside East River VFD. No injuries were reported.
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Princeton
William Ray Dickerson
Charlie Blankenship
East River
Green Valley
Glenwood
West Virginia county clerks reject online voter registrations
Kanawha County Clerk Vera McCormick and Cabell County Clerk Karen Cole refuse to process online registrations citing security concerns and absence of a required physical signature. They object to questions in the process that halt registration if answers are incorrect and note declines from about 1,300 potential voters statewide and 30 to 40 in Kanawha daily, with many later submitting paper forms.
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West Virginia
Kanawha
Vera McCormick
Cabell
Karen Cole
Charleston Gazette Mail
Cole
McCormick
Natalie Tennant
Kanawha County
Manchin to Meet Obama Nominee Garland in DC
U S Senator Joe Manchin will meet with President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in his Washington Senate office. McConnell says the Senate will not consider a nominee before the next president. Garland has sided with EPA regulations and supported review of a DC gun rights decision while facing ads from the Judicial Crisis Network.
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Obama
Supreme Court
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U.S
Joe Manchin
Barack Obama
Senate
Washington
Merrick Garland
Antonin Scalia
Mitch McConnell
Garland
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Environmental Protection Agency
Judicial Crisis Network
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Sparky” Quarles
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