McDowell County flood survivors to get long term work help
After floods in 2001 and 2002, more than 1,000 temporary workers assisted clean up in state parks and communities. Now the focus shifts to long term career and training opportunities through the Disaster Relief Emergency Assistance Program, with an appreciation day at Gary Community Center.
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Welch
Jeri Bowles
Region 1 Workforce Investment Board
Bowles
McDowell County
Council of Southern Mountains
Gary Community Center
Gary
Bethel United Methodist Church rebuilds after 2002 fire near Gardner Road
Congregation of about 90 grew to 120 for the first service in the new Bethel United Methodist Church on Eads Mill Road, two weeks after a July 3 2002 fire. The $560,000 project, funded by about $70,000 raised locally and $280,000 insurance, aims to retire debt with a benefit concert August 17 at Princeton Middle School featuring Jeff and Sheri Easter.
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New Bethel United Methodist Church
Eads Mill
Stanley Gunter
Princeton
Bethel United Methodist Church
Gunter
Rinceton
Deanna Farley
Eads Mill Road
Bethel
Gardner Road
Pike View High School
Board of Education
Farley
Princeton Middle School
Jeff
Sheri
Bethel United Methodist Church Building Fund
Stan Wikle
Oak Hill
Kenna Amos
Kamos
Bottonline.com
Neighbors Remember Garth Lester IV Tragedy in Crab Orchard
In Crab Orchard, 5 year old Garth Vance Lester IV was killed in a domestic dispute after his father Garth Vance Lester III allegedly shot him with a 12 gauge shotgun then attempted suicide. Lester, 25, is charged with first degree murder and remains in guarded condition at Charleston Area Medical Center undergoing surgery. Police say he spoke briefly to a dispatcher and then became unresponsive. The case remains under investigation with questions about prior domestic incidents and marital status.
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Garth Vance Lester IV
Garth Vance Lester III
Lester
Jenkins
Charleston Area Medical Center
Raleigh County
Trial date pushed for man charged in trooper shooting
The trial of David Munday, 37, of Hedgesville, for the October 2002 shooting of Trooper First Class R. J. Elswick has been moved to October 14 after a defense expert was unavailable for the August date. Munday faces charges including malicious wounding and attempted murder.
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Martinsburg
West Virginia
Associated Press
David Munday
Hedgesville
R.J
Bobby” Elswick
Elswick
Munday
David Sanders
Berkeley County
Circuit
Sanders
Alan Elswick
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Teresa Kirk
Region 1
Kirk
Transporta
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Eric DiNovo
By C. Kenna Amos
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tanner
Beckley
Annette Fox
afor@register-herald.com
Mount View High School
State Police
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