Federal cuts loom over West Virginia 96 session
Charleston AP says the Legislature opens January 10 amid planned federal cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and other programs. Gov. Caperton and Speaker Chambers expect action may be delayed to 1997 due to unclear timing and phased reductions. Medicaid funds about 366,000 in WV with 73.25 percent covered by federal dollars.
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Gaston Caperton
House
Chuck Chambers
D-Cabell
Clinton
Congress
Chambers
West Virginia
Mississippi
West
Bluefield City Offices Closed for New Year's Day
Bluefield city offices will be closed Sunday and Monday for New Year's Day and reopen at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Monday's garbage will be collected on Tuesday along with Tuesday's garbage. Tip line available via Cellular One toll-free from Mercer and adjacent counties.
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Bluefield City
Mercer, Tazewell
Bland
Monroe
Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
June flooding dominates Mercer County year in Four Seasons Country
June storm the flooding waters swelled across eastern Mercer County, displacing residents, destroying businesses, and killing livestock. The disaster prompted a National Disaster Proclamation and near five million dollars in aid from FEMA, SBA, Red Cross and others, with recovery ongoing.
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Daily Telegraph
Four Seasons
Mercer
Bluefield
Green Valley
Glenwood
Princeton
Oakvale
Kellysville
Ingleside
Clinton
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Small Business Administration
American Red Cross
FEMA
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Board of Education
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of Appeals
High Court
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Susie Darkins
Hobbes
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Bill Watterson
Susie
Watterson
Tazewell
Buchanan
Virginia
Board of Supervisors
Jackie Stump
Grundy
Tom Scott
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Stump
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Gratton and Friends
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