Claims mount as Freedom Industries spill fallout widens
Cincinnati seeks more than 113 thousand for testing, overtime and chemicals after the Elk Kanawha Ohio river spill left 300000 people without safe tap water for days. Freedom Industries faces about 160 million in bankruptcy claims from thousands of groups, with limited cash and a possible 3 million insurance policy to fund public projects and long term health monitoring.
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West Virginia
Cincinnati
Elk River
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Ohio
Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Freedom Industries
James Lane
Lane
Internal Revenue Service
Freedom
McDonalds
Anthony Majestro
Reverend Douglas C. Williams Sr obituary in Princeton WV
Reverend Douglas C. Williams Sr aged 87 of Princeton WV died August 7 2014 at home with family by his side. A minister since 1951 he led Carswell Community Church and Lilly Grove Church built two homes and served in coal industry as a mine inspector and Army veteran of the 1637 Engineering Construction Battalion. He is survived by his wife Dorothy and children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, siblings and extended family with services August 10 at Carswell Church.
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Douglas C. Williams
Princeton
Patrick Springs
Thomas Luther
Lula Mae Williams
Williams
Mercer
McDowell
Monroe
Carswell
Lilly Grove
Christ
Japan
Reverend Williams
Dorothy Williams
Benjamin Dunford
Janice
Memphis
Tennessee
Doug Williams Jr
D.C
Janis
Beckley
Peggy Dunford Mitchell
Churchhill
Sharon Williams
Rena Hall
Rick Hall
C.E
Gene) Pennington
Cooper
James W
Morefield
R-Tazewell
Coalfield
Virginia
DMME
Buchanan No. 1
Buchanan County
Funerals Scheduled Across Virginia Today and Monday
Funeral services are set for Juanita Onie Gaminde at 3 p.m. graveside at Oakvale Cemetery Oakvale. Lucille Maxine Logan holds a 7 p.m. service Bassett Funeral Service Bassett, Virginia with graveside burial Monday at 1 p.m. Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield. Gilbert Douglas Warner known as Doug to be remembered with a 1:30 p.m. memorial at Christ Episcopal Parish House Martinsville Virginia.
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Juanita Onie Gaminde
Oakvale
Lucille Maxine Logan
Bassett Funeral Service
Bassett
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield
Gilbert Douglas
Doug) Warner
Christ Episcopal Church
Martinsville
Fire set in town resident charged with arson
Police say a local suspect confessed to arson and entering without breaking. Coomes faces prison terms of 1 to 3 years for arson and 1 to 10 years for breaking entry. Bond set at $1 million cash or surety, with a preliminary hearing within 10 days. Detained at Southern Regional Jail in Beaver. Sommers credited fire marshals and witnesses for quick resolution. Bill Archer reported.
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Coomes
Southern Regional
Beaver
Sommers
Investi
Fire relief efforts continue after Matoaka blaze
Fourteen area fire departments battled a Friday Barger Street fire that damaged homes in Matoaka. About 75 to 90 personnel worked through Friday into Friday night. Matoaka Mayor Todd Colonna’s home suffered severe damage to walls. the fire drew plans for a Manchin visit and possible grants. Silent Angels organized aid for the community.
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Matoaka
Lusk
Barger Street
Bluewell
John Sommers
Lester
Ghent
Mullens
Northfork
Princeton
Bluefield
East River
Green Valley
Glenwood
Athens
Montcalm
Bluestone Valley
Bramwell
Sommers
Todd Colonna
Joe Manchin
EPA pushback grows over new rules energy cost fears
Virginia lawmakers grilled EPA rule opponents, warning energy costs could rise 25 to 50 percent and hurt low income families. Popovich argued the agency oversteps Congress, predicts CCS tech limits and unreliable natural gas as a long term substitute. Officials discussed coal declines, fracking, and state responses ahead of upcoming EPA actions.
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EPA
Congress
Gregory D. Habeeb
Roanoke
John C. Watkins
R-Chesterfield
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
del. Jackson H. Miller
Prince William
Virginia
India
Habeeb
New Yorker
League of Conservative Voters
China
Watkins
Mark Herring
Chesapeake Bay
Rick Cooper
Division of Gas and Oil
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
Allegheny Mountain Range
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Del
Terry Kilgore
R-Scott
Daily Telegraph staff win multiple journalism awards
West Virginia Press Association honors Bluefield Daily Telegraph staff for awards across editing, photography, sports, and editorial pages. Tom Bone, Samantha Perry, Charles Owens, Jackie Puglisi, Jon Bolt and Mel Grubb win second and third place honors for reporting and imagery.
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United Way
Virginia
Bluefields
Daily Telegraph
Tom Bone
Concord University
sAnd
Samantha Perry
Church
Charles Owens
United Way of the
Virginias
Owens
West Virginia Turnpike
Princeton Times
Jackie Puglisi
Jon Bolt
Perry
Bone
Bob Redd
Brian Woodson
Melvin
Mel” Grubb
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Bill Archer
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Bottonline
Randy Mooney
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginia Press Association
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