Debris removal wraps up in McDowell County flood aid
McDowell County officials say curbside flood debris pickup will finish soon with FEMA funding covering 75 percent and the state 25 percent. Victims have until Friday to bring damaged appliances vehicles and furniture to the property edge for landfill disposal.
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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 value falls amid stock slide and WorldCom loss
Virginia public employee retirement system officials told lawmakers the market value of VRS holdings dropped from 36.8 billion to about 34.3 billion due to stock declines and up to 108 million lost from the WorldCom accounting scandal. Despite the decline the fund remains well funded for about 310,500 active workers and 103,516 retirees.
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Richmond
Virginia
Public Employee Pension Fund
WorldCom
Nancy Everett
VRS
Joint
Legislative Audit and Review Commission
W. Forrest Matthews Jr
Virginia Prepares Potassium Iodide Stockpile for Nuclear Risk
Health Commissioner Robert B. Stroube announced Virginia is stockpiling potassium iodide tablets for potential radiological releases from nuclear plants. The pills would aid about 330,000 residents near plants, but officials stressed they do not replace evacuation or sheltering plans.
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Richmond
Virginia
Robert B. Stroube
Stroube
West Virginia doctors sue St Paul over tail coverage refund
Charleston surgeons claim St Paul Cos is owed about 30 million dollars in jail coverage after the insurer exits medical malpractice. They allege poor management led to the pullout and that tail coverage premiums were misused, seeking refunds for 1,270 doctors including three named physicians. A Kanawha County judge set a motion hearing on dismissal.
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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: Student has right to form anarchy club
HARLESTON AP A former Sissonville High School student who tried to form an anarchy club had a right to do so and should not have been suspended, her attorney said Katie Sierra 15 has a constitutional right to form the club and to wear T shirts expressing her opinions. The case centers on free speech as Sierra sues the Kanawha County Board of Education after a three day suspension for promoting the club with fliers and wearing messages.
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Harleston
Sissonville High School
Katie Sierra
Roger Forman
Kanawha County
America
Sierra
Amy
Forest Mann
Mann
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Moorefield
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Jimmy Stump
Summersville Lake
Summersville
Raleigh County
Remington Colt Bortell
Shady Spring
Summersville Memorial Hospital
Bortell
Brooks Bridge
Nicholas County
Morgantown Hospital
Morgantown
Ruby Memorial Hospital
State Health Care Authority
West Virginia University Hospitals
Ruby
WVU Hospitals
Bruce McClymonds
Matthews
VRS Board of Trustees
Mark R. Warner
al Samper
Anarchy Club
United States of America
Forman
Erik Engle
Engle
Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
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