Last-minute insurance deadline extension amid Obamacare rollout
The Obama administration extended Monday's enrollment deadline by a day for 36 states and urged timely action to start coverage Jan 1. Officials cited time zones and technical fixes as the health care site, Healthcare.gov, faced heavy traffic and a high volume of inquiries while critics warned the delay signals continuing problems.
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Girl dies after accidental shooting in Kanawha County
A 10-year-old girl died after a boy accidentally shot her during target practice near Quick Kanawha County. Sheriff's Cpl. B D Humphreys said injuries to arm and chest led to her death overnight at a Charleston hospital. Investigators withheld names.
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Tomblin orders flags at half staff for Alaska soldier
West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin ordered all state and U.S. flags at state facilities lowered to half staff in honor of Maj. Gregory Vance Shumate of Fairbanks Alaska. Funeral services are set for noon Monday at Caffee Funeral Service in Pineville. Shumate died December 16 in Wyoming County. He was 43 and a Ravencliff native. He served in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 1991 and re enlisted in 2004, plus time in the West Virginia National Guard and the U.S. Air Force.
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Barter Theatre’s 80th marked with commemorative ornament
In Abingdon Virginia the Washington County Chamber of Commerce unveils an ornament featuring Barter Theatre�s stained glass window to mark the 80th anniversary. Suzanne Lay notes the fundraiser has run 13 years while Rick Rose says the theater will buy remaining ornaments after year end and keep selling them.
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Arson defendant Carter gets 10 year sentence
Carter, originally charged with first degree arson, received a 10 year determinate sentence after a plea agreement. He earned 200 days credit for time jailed since his May arrest and was remanded to Southern Regional Jail in Beaver after the hearing. Tips on suspicious fires can be left anonymously with the state arson hotline.
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Maryland gas drilling hopes fade in western region
Prospects for a western Maryland natural gas boom fade as market forces and delays to a state fracking rule delay development. Maryland officials push safety rules while neighboring states’ rigs surge, leases lapse, and projections drop from 2,200 wells to 150 to 450 by 2026. Local residents express mixed views from eagerness to regret, highlighting economic and environmental stakes in Allegany and Garrett counties.
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Snow unlikely to linger then warm Christmas forecast
Forecaster Sporer says snow may dust areas only briefly with Christmas morning possible in spots. Rain briefly turned to snow Monday night in Bluefield, but a short cold spell ends as temperatures rise above freezing on Christmas Day and approach 50 by weekend. No major snowstorms expected before the new year. Contact Charles Owens at cowens bottonline.com.
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State weighs meth cleanup costs and funding gaps
West Virginia faces a meth epidemic with rising cleanup costs and shrinking Crime Victims Fund reserves. Lawmakers discuss halting payments, boosting court fees, and requiring prescriptions for pseudoephedrine products to curb lab incidents. Virginia funds also rely on fines from meth makers.
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