Flood debris pickup ends for McDowell County victims
McDowell County residents may dispose of flood damaged appliances vehicles and furniture at curbside by Friday. Debris will be collected and landfill bound with FEMA paying 75 percent and the state 25 percent. Kanawha and Raleigh counties offer disaster unemployment assistance until July 15.
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Beckley
State Division of Highways
McDowell County
Jimmy Gianato
Gianato
Federal Emergency Management Agency
State Office of Emergency Services
FEMA
Kanawha
Raleigh
State Bureau of Employment Programs
Virginia pension fund fall under $35 billion
Virginia public employee pension fund holdings slipped from 36.8 billion to about 34.3 billion due to plunging stock prices and an accounting scandal at WorldCom. The shift threatens lower fund value and higher employer contributions as baby boomers near retirement.
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Richmond
Virginia
Public Employee Pension Fund
WorldCom
Nancy Everett
VRS
Joint
Legislative Audit and Review Commission
Virginia stockpiles potassium iodide for nuclear safety
Health Commissioner Robert B. Stroube said Virginia is stockpiling potassium iodide tablets to shield about 330,000 residents within 10 miles of nuclear plants. He noted the drug supplements but does not replace evacuation or in place sheltering during a nuclear emergency.
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Richmond
Virginia
Robert B.stroube
Stroube
West Virginia surgeons sue over St Paul tail coverage refund
Charleston doctors claim St Paul Cos mismanaged its exit from medical malpractice, leaving about 1,270 WV surgeons owed roughly $30 million in tail coverage refunds. Plaintiffs led by Drs. Mantz, Trammell, and Whitsberger seek restitution and cite WSJ findings of reserve misallocation and 1.1 billion released from malpractice reserves between 1992 and 1997.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Eric Mantz
Willis Trammell
Todd Whitsberger
St. Paul Cos
Supreme Court
Richard Neely
St. Paul
Kanawha County
Paul Zakaib
Wall Street Journal
New Jersey
Charles Gruber
Gruber
Mantz
Trammell
Whitsberger
Charleston Surgical Group
Neely
Attorney says student has right to form anarchy club
In Harleton AP report former Sissonville High student Katie Sierra argues her constitutional right to form the club and wear T shirts expressing opinions. The suit against Kanawha County Board of Education contends the three day suspension and bans were unconstitutional and free speech protections extend to student expressions even when controversial.
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Anarchy Club
Harleston
Sissonville High School
Mmee
Lunuay
Katie Sierra
Roger Forman
Kanawha County Board of F Dication
United States of America
Forman
America
Sierra
Amy
Forest Mann
Mann
Erik Engle
Engle
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State Department of Agriculture
Jimmy Stump
Summersville Lake
Summersville
Raleigh County
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Shady Spring
Summersville Memorial Hospital
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Nicholas County
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Morgantown
Ruby Memorial Hospital
State Health Care Authority
West Virginia University Hospitals
Ruby
WVU Hospitals
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VRS Board of Trustees
Mark R. Warner
Princeton Community Hospital
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