Humane Society awaits permit to resume euthanasia
The Mercer County Humane Society needs a DEA permit before staff can euthanize animals at the Princeton shelter. President Tee Tolliver says the issue is the certification lapse, not drug shortages, and the shelter remains full with animals awaiting adoption. Volunteers and donations are sought to help address space and funding.
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Humane Society
Princeton
Mercer County Humane Society
Drug Enforcement Agency
Tee Tolliver
DEA
Tolliver
Kanawha
Kanawha County
Princeton Senior High School mock terror drill illustrated risk
A West Virginia exercise staged a multi county terrorism drill at Pipestein Resort State Park to test emergency responses. PSHS graduation day was used as the scenario with 3800 in the gym and reports of dozens collapsing from a chemical attack. responders simulated on scene operations starting at 12 40 pm.
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Rinceton
Princeton Senior High School
West Virginia
John Pack
Mercer
Greenbrier
Raleigh
Summers
Fayette
Monroe
Jim Cox
PSHS
Cox
Mercer County
Teenager pleads guilty in War Public Library arson
A 17 year old male, unnamed due to age, pleaded guilty to seven counts in the War Public Library arson case. Three suspects faced charges after a March fire that destroyed about 40,000 books and caused significant damage to the library on Warrior Mine Road.
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War
War Public Library
McDowell County
Danny Barre
Tiffany Lynn Perkins
William Haggerman
Perkins
Barie
Virginia
Bland County
Haggerman
North Carolina
Warrior Mine Road
McDowell County Public Library
Tiffany Perkins
Coalfields Expressway groundbreaking ushers in four‑lane boast
Ground broken Tuesday on the Coalfields Expressway, the first four‑lane highway in McDowell and Wyoming counties. Residents hail start of construction 60 years overdue, with local hire emphasized and U.S. Senator Byrd lauding the moment. The first 1.5 miles sit south of the I-73 interchange, with the full project spanning 65 miles in West Virginia and 51 miles in Virginia. Executives say the highway will level regional development with the nation.
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Welch
McDowell County
McDowell
Wyoming
Fred Beavers
Coalwood
James Christian
Bradshaw
Beavers
Gilbert Horne
Paynesville
Horne
Josephine Cavello
Gary
Bruce Childers
Pageton
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Childers
West Virginia
Virginia
Sophia
Coalfields Expressway Authority
Richard Browning
Browning
Mount View High School
Sam Beverage
D-W.va
Cecil H. Underwood
Nick Rahall
Gordon Lambert
McDowell County Commission
McDowell County to Host Federal Prison Site
Funding to prepare 500 acre Indian Ridge Industrial Park moves forward with $3 million in grants including a $1.5 million infrastructure bond. The Bureau of Prisons may locate a new prison here, creating about 1,400 jobs and $125 million in payroll, after coal-seam profits funded initial works.
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Welch
Indian Ridge
McDowell County
Cecil Underwood
Coalfields Expressway
West Virginia Council For Community and Economic Development
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Underwood
Richard Browning
Coalfields Expressway Authority
Browning
Bureau of Prisons
Robert C. Byrd
W Va
Byrd
Agreement settles part of fees in mountaintop mining suit
Charleston AP The state would pay lawyers who sued the Division of Environmental Protection 670 862 as part of a proposed deal settling disputes over mountaintop removal mining rules The Highlands Conservancy and residents sued the state and federal governments for failing to enforce mining laws The consent decree mostly settled but the interpretation of a buffer zone remains contested with an appeal over valley fills covering streams by the federal rule
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Charleston
Division of Environmental Protection
Ben Bailey
Division of Environmental
Highlands Conservancy
U.S
Charles Haden
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Cole Chevrolet
Bluefield
Paul Cole
Princeton Senior High
John Nelso
Pipestem Resort State Park
Eric DiNovo
United Way
Clinch Valley Community Action
United Way of the
Virginias
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