Mercer County Flood Victims Seek FEMA Help Over Damages
In Mercer County during the summer 2003 floods residents in Oakvale Cheesy Creek Athens and nearby areas contacted the courthouse flood control office and OES seeking FEMA disaster funds. Officials fear damages are insufficient for a national declaration unless combined with other areas. County leaders including Joe Coburn travel to Charleston to push for state OES coordination while crews plan highway cleanup.
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Cheesy Creek
Athens
Courthouse
Flood Control Office
OES
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Mercer County
County Commission
Joe Coburn
Charleston
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Roles and Psalms Verse
The notice lists newsroom leadership positions including News Editor State Editor Sports Editor Randy Deason Publisher Samantha Perry and others. It ends with a quoted Bible verse from Psalms 34 7 noting the angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him and delivereth them.
Keep our mountains clean supports litter enforcement in WV
The West Virginia DNR has used a litter camera for about a year and cites several arrests for illegal dumping in Mercer McDowell and Wyoming counties. Fines range from hundreds to thousands, with observers urged to report littering. Residents urge publicly accessible receptacles and a funded cleanup program, noting slow progress and long cleanup timelines.
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Mile
West Virginia
Windmill Gap
Crystal Turn
Route 13
Montcalm
Mercer County
Joe Allen
Mercer County Solid Waste Authority
A postal business future address by Kinder and the report
Valerie Hughes counters Charles Kinder’s July editorial claiming his view overstates risk to universal service and high postage costs. She notes the Presidential Commission report informs potential changes and the Postal Service Transformation Plan, urging readers to review the official document online for future directions.
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Harles Kinder
Presidential Commission
Postal Service
Kinder
Universal Service
Commission
America
Postal Board of Governor
Treas.gov
Domesticfinance
Freport
What’s a woman to do in the age of AI and trends
A columnist surveys conflicting views on women’s health and behavior from a New York Post claim that modern conveniences ruin fitness to a Berkeley breast feeding protest and British hormone therapy cancer data. It cites CBS News commentary on mental health and a book guide, then concludes with a wry suggestion to seek solace at the bar.
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New York Post
the Post
Rupert Murdoch
Berkeley
Calif
California
Ahnald
Great Britain
CBS News
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Division of Highways
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Mrs. Nelson
Daily Telegraph
John Harnsberger
John Nelson
Barbara Hawkins
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Randy Deason
Samantha Perry
Tammie Toler
Bob Redd
Thomas A. Colley
Charles Owens
Andy Patton
Dennis Yena
Valerie Hughes
Bonnie Erbe
Scripps Howard News Service
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