Power crews push progress in border counties restoration
Crews advance in Virginia and West Virginia border counties restoring electricity after a severe outage. By Tuesday 1,223 Buchanan County Virginia customers and 149 McDowell County West Virginia customers remained without power. Spokesman Todd Burns cited long hours, dangerous conditions, and scattered damage as crews work to restore most customers by Thursday, with some pockets possibly stretching into the weekend. Local workers and volunteers assist, with meals transported to crews housed at Hurley High School and gymnasiums used for lodging.
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Grundy
Virginia
West Virginia
Buchanan County
McDowell County
Todd Burns
Appalachian Power
Burns
Hurley High School
Panther
Phil Moye
Moye
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bottonline.com
New Year Holy Ghost Celebration At Kimball Church
Kimball Miracles at Miracle Mt. Carmel Holiness Church on Main Street hosts a Holy Ghost filled New Year Eve celebration at 10 p.m with music and a tag team ministry by all church ministers. Other area churches join in watch night services and community events across Algoma Princeton Richlands Bluefield.
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Kimball
Algoma
Mt. Ebenezer
Galilee Baptist
First Baptist McDowell
Upland Baptist Church
Mt. Ebenezer Baptist Church
Timothy Hairston
Princeton
Felllowship Community Church
Valdas Bailey
Darrell Church
Larry Parks
the Pettrey Family
Dominion weighs carbon capture at Wise plant
Dominion Virginia Power plans to build a carbon capture and storage facility at the Wise County Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center after failing to secure federal stimulus funds. The 585 megawatt coal plant, slated to begin operation in 2012, would remove and store about 545000 tons of carbon dioxide annually once commercially available.
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ST. Paul, Va
Dominion Virginia Power
Wise County
Virginia City
Dominion
State agencies set Jan 14 public meeting on Levisa Fork water quality
Virginia DEQ and the Departments of Mines Minerals and Energy and Conservation and Recreation will hold a public meeting January 14 in Grundy about two water quality studies for the Levisa Fork including Slate Creek and Bull Creek. The session starts 6 p.m. at Riverview Elementary School and moves to January 21 at 6 p.m. if weather disrupts. The date was mislisted in the December 28 Daily Telegraph.
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Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Publc
Grundy
Levisa Fork
Slate Creek
Bull Creek
Riverview
Daily Telegraph
Scammers posing as utility workers target Mercer County residents
Authorities warn residents to beware of scammers claiming to be from the electric or water company. Trooper A P Christian reports elderly victims are approached in the Princeton and Athens area and urged to investigate before sending money. Suspects drive a gray Ford truck. one man described as heavyset white male. Call State Police or the utilities to verify.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Athens
Electric
A.P Christian
West Virginia
Christian
Greg Jordan
Gjordun
Bottonline.com
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