Water and sewer issues discussed with Mercer lawmakers
Mercer County leaders and utility officials urged legislators to back regional water and sewer projects, including a $78 million plan by Region I and funding changes to PSC rules. Speakers stressed infrastructure as essential to growth, noting unfunded mandates and needs in workers’ comp, medical malpractice, tort reform, and insurance.
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Princeton
Mercer County Commission
Mercer
Richard Flanigan
Bob Wise
Jesse Guills
Greenbrier County
Mercer County
Anita Skeens Caldwell
Marshall Long
Don Caruth
Joe Coburn
Janet Bailey
Development Authority
Dave Cole
Region I Planning and Development Council
Lyle Huntington
Oakvale Road
Mike Saffel
Bill Hardy
West Virginia
American Water Co
Cole
Huntington
Region I
Stafford Consultants
State
Wheeling
Nascar
Ing
PSC
Caldwell
Egeria
Raleigh County
Guills
Caruth
Four bodies found in Tillamook State Forest
In Tillamook Oregon authorities found a woman and three children dead in a remote area of the Tillamook State Forest. The case is being investigated as a homicide with undeclared ages and unidentified genders for the children. Sheriff Todd Anderson said the grid search will be expanded and a murder suicide motive has not been ruled out. The first body was discovered Saturday by two hunters about 30 miles east of Tillamook.
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Oregon
Tillamook State Forest
Illamook, Ore
Tillamook County
Todd Anderson
Anderson
Oregon Forest
Tillamook
Repeat DUI Offenders Highlight Gaps in System
West Virginia faces weak tracking of repeat DUI offenders and low treatment completion. A single fatal crash near Milton involved a driver with 0.13 BAC who had 34 prior public intoxication arrests but never completed treatment. Officials and advocates urge tougher sanctions and better enforcement.
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abbott
William Lacy
Lacy
Milton
Division of Motor Vehicles
Kanawha
Charleston
Carol McNamee
West Virginia
Holiday blues and coping strategies from expert
A mental health professional discusses seasonal sadness, noting that loss, divorce, or financial hardship can intensify the holidays. She advises planning ahead, changing routines, seeking support, simplifying celebrations, exercising, and light exposure to ease low mood and anxiety.
Legends of Christmas Animals Across Nativity Tales
Folklore recounts the robin warming the baby Jesus with its breast, donkeys and oxen sharing breath to keep the manger warm, and a tabby cat comforting Jesus with a purring sleep. Camels race to the stable earning humps, while a peacock symbolizes immortality in some depictions.
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Jesus
Mary
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Paine
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Animalplanet.com
Discovery.com
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Randy
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