FEMA opens mobile recovery center in Kimball
FEMA opened a mobile recovery center at Kimball Elementary School parking lot after processing 40 applications in Anawalt the day before. The center tours flood-ravaged counties, reporting over 10,300 registrations and more than 20 million dollars in aid for housing hotels and SBA loans, with calls encouraged to 1-800-462-9029 and 1-800-525-0321. Citizens Communications installed courtesy telephones at five sites to aid flood victims.
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Kimball
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Kimball Elementary School
Anawalt
FEMA
Lloyd Barningham
Barningham
Sents
Small Business Administration
Coleman Clark
167Th Air National Guard
Martinsburg
Kimball Elementary
Clark
Veterans’ Administration
Boone County
McDowell County
Mt. View High School
Citizens Communications
Citizens
Rick Umberger
Citizens Operations
West Virginia
Music in the Square spotlights Bill and Karl in Princeton
Bill Archer and Karl Miller will perform at Music in the Square in Princeton Town Square on Mercer Street from noon to 1 pm. Archer will have his book Images of America Mercer County for sale and will sign copies around 12:30 pm. Concessions are provided by the Mercer County Salvation Army with free balloons and door prizes. The Mathena and Hawkins Foundations will give away free t-shirts from past walkathons. No charge for the program. sponsored by the Daily Telegraph and the Princeton Times.
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Princeton
Bill
Karl
Princeton Town Square
Mercer Street
Bill Archer
Karl Miller
Archer
America
Mercer County
Mercer County Salvation Army
Charles T
Chuck” Mathena
Pam Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton Times
Road damage climbs in McDowell County flood
Charles Owens reports McDowell County faces more than 4.1 million dollars in road and bridge damage after Sundays flood, adding to July 8 losses. Route 52 bears the heaviest impact as crews work long hours on emergency access and delayed repairs while awaiting drier weather.
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Welch
McDowell County
West Virginia Division of Highways
Darrell Allen
District 10
DOH
Allen
Highway Department
Crowds rebound at Tazewell County Fair after rain
Attendance for the Tazewell County Fair surged Monday evening after recent floods, with fair coordinator Betty Melvin noting roughly 2,500 people attended versus the prior day’s lower turnout. Activities include a Goat Educational Exhibit sponsored by Virginia Tech at 2 p.m and the Drug Maze of Life Choices at 4 p.m. coordinated by Prenatal/Better Beginning and the Tazewell County Health Department to illustrate consequences of choices.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Betty Melvin
Tazewell County Fairgrounds
Virginia Tech
Melvin
Better Beginning
Tazewell County Health Department
Community Day supports NIE program at three Hardee's
Hardee's Community Day raised funds for Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper in Education, donating 10 percent of sales from 11 am to close at Bluefield Avenue Mercer Mall and Stafford Drive Princeton. A $550 check was presented to Marjorie Giampacaro by Brock Smith along with mall and avenue managers. The James H. Drew Exposition opens at 4 pm with a Children’s Talent Search at 5 pm after preregistration.
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Hardee’s
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hardees
Bluefield Avenue
Mercer Mall
Stafford Drive
Princeton
Marjorie Giampacaro
the Telegraph
Brock Smith
Macle Sheets
Stephanie Thomas
James H. _ Drew
Melvin
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Interstate 77
Richard Wirt
Exit 14
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Athens
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Jsunburst.com
McDowell
Charles Owens
The
Elkhorn Creek
Northfork Hollow
Algoma
Tazewell County Fair
Alley Cat
Alan Felts
Appalachian Eye Care
Chris Hansen
Doctor of Optometry
Wal-Mart Vision Center
Tim
Thor & Fri
Tiffany van Cleef & Arpels
Webb Marcus & CO
Black
Starr&Frost
ROLEX
Cartier Patek Philippe Movado Jaeger LA Coultre
Breitling
Chronos
Howards
Aol
Holiday Inn
West VA
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