Flood relief funds approved after 1985 disaster
Lawmakers praised the relief effort as the most costly in state history with 6 deaths this year and 1,500 homes destroyed. National Guard action described as the largest and longest continuous in state history, while rainy day funds and borrowed money cover a total recovery cost of at least 152 million dollars with 43 million from the state.
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Cal
Wise
Fayette
Boone
Wyoming
McDowell
Raleigh
West Virginia Air and Army National Guard
Tackett
National Guard
House
Rick Staton
Staton
Mullens
Bob Kiss
Draleigh
FEMA Corps reshapes sites for Pineville mobile homes
The U S Army Corps of Engineers aims to have FEMA temporary housing ready for occupants by month end or sooner at Pineville with 36 to 40 homes for McDowell County. Units are new three bedroom models with air conditioning and in-house sewage plans, water and power hookups, and a lift-station in place after future sewer line connections. Demolition of condemned homes in Maitland Landgraff and Northfork proceeds, with debris moved to a Wyoming County landfill as Chippewa Construction crews work amid asbestos precautions.
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Dennis Hughes
Corps
Hughes
Huntington
FEMA
Sheryl Leeper
Pineville
Tom’s Mountain
McDowell County
Chippewa Construction
Maitland
Landgraff
Northfork
Corrected cause in Wythe County crash shifts blame to Richter
Virginia State Police reversed an early finding in the Wythe County crash, stating Richter's northbound truck crossed the median and struck Williams's southbound car. The survivor noted Williams was traveling away from his home, and investigators found an aluminum wheel fragment from Richter's vehicle supporting the revision. A corrected report is expected, with Billy McCullough treated and released after his tractor trailer overturned.
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Mississippi
Charles Williams
Richter
Virginia
Williams
Mike Slater
Stater
Wytheville
Slater
West Virginia
Billy L. McCullough
Blue Springs
Miss
Wythe County Community Hospital
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Alan Felts
Corps of Cadets
Virginia Tech
Fincastle Country Club
al Modena
Tye Griffith
Bluefield
Jerry Allen
U.S.A.F
Col
Kelley Jessee
Richlands
John Spracher
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
Dale Newsome
Thomas Mitcham
Chippewa
Newsome
Travis Tritt
Paul
Lygtin
Bowen Field
Princeton
Texaco
Lake Shawnee
New Graham Pharmacy
Rasi’s
Galaxy Food
Dixie Pottery
Claypool Hill Mall
Toler’s Convenience Store
Rocky Gap
Smoker's Friends
Family Home Center
Leonard White
Leonard
Harry’s
Ramey
Highway 460
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