Fatal rear end crash near Oakvale kills two adults
Two people died and several injured in a three vehicle rear end collision on Route 460 near the Harman Branch intersection Saturday evening. The Mercer County Sheriff's Office reported one person was entrapped and rescued by fire and EMS crews. Three injured victims were transported to hospitals, with two later pronounced deceased at separate facilities in Princeton and Giles County.
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Mercer County
Sheriff’s Office
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Princeton Community Hospital
Giles County
Roanoke
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Perry
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State dilapidated structures bill gains $10 million funding
Northfork funding will support pilot projects to demolish dilapidated and abandoned structures in West Virginia. Senator Chandler Swope highlighted the bill’s role as local governments prepare to tear down eyesores while celebrating the Elkhorn Phase II Water Project bringing water to McDowell County communities including Northfork Keystone Powhatan Upland and Kyle.
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Chandler Swope
Swope
McDowell County
Keystone
Powhatan
Upland
Kyle
Child Abuse Prevention Month Memorial at Courthouse
In Princeton, April marks Child Abuse Prevention Month with blue pinwheels displayed in front yards and at business entrances. The blue pinwheel symbolizes a safe childhood every child deserves, as the region observes the annual Children’s Memorial at the courthouse.
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Capito visits McDowell County for Elkhorn Phase I water project
U S Sen Shelley Moore Capito toured McDowell County to celebrate the Elkhorn Phase I Water Project delivering clean drinking water to Northfork and Keystone residents. She visited the Five Loaves & Two Fishes Food Bank in Kimball, met Linda and Bob McKinney, and learned about the Appalachian Water Project's solar distillers aided by DigDeep.
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Shelley Moore
Capito
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McDowell County
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Keystone
Five Loaves & Two Fishes Food Bank
Linda McKinney
McKinney
Bob McKinney
Cle Water
Appalachian Water Project
DigDeep
B.J. Davis
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