Town elections in Mercer County towns on June 9
Voters in Athens Bramwell Matoaka and Oakvale go to polls June 9 with early voting offered this Saturday. Athens incumbents Mayor Robert Richardson and two council members face challengers. Bramwell Mayor Louise Stoker runs unopposed with several council candidates. Matoaka lists multiple mayoral and council contenders. Oakvale polling set for 6:30 am to 7:30 pm with candidates not listed.
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Mercer County
Athens
Bramwell
Matoaka
Oakvale
Athens Town Hall
Robert Richardson
Joe Manzo
Paul Hodges
Rodger McKinley
Bramwell Town Hall
Town Hall
Louise Stoker
Edris Miller
Kelly Murphy Eller
Joe Vinciguerra
Bill Keller
Joe Miller
Jeff Vance
Stoker
Todd Colonna
Jack Coburn
Randy Radatz
Richard Wall
Alan Graham
Lamar Lancaster
Roby Shrewbury
Doug Hawkes
Frank Caruso
Kelly Colonna
Deborah Vickers
Marsha Howell
Betty Lancaster
Jami Clark
Toll vote readies on West Virginia Turnpike increase
West Virginia Parkways Authority prepares for a June 25 vote on toll hikes the first in 28 years. Public comments collected through Saturday and hearings in Charleston Fayetteville Beckley and Princeton will inform the decision. Proposed rates rise 75 cents for passenger vehicles to 2.00 and to 6.27 for large trucks from 4.25. The agency cites needed funds to prevent further highway disrepair.
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Charleston
West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development ,and Tourism Authority
West Virginia
Fayetteville
Beckley
Princeton
FEMA flood relief denial tips and contact info
FEMA officials urged residents denied individual flood relief to call for an explanation and possibly supply extra information. They advised verifying addresses and phone numbers, submitting home insurance details, and visiting a disaster relief center. McDowell County center is at the Saeger aging building. SBA loan packets may affect aid options.
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Frank Blake
Blake
FEMA
McDowell County
U.S. Small Business Administration
Mike Sweet
Fema Public Affairs Office
Police blotter notes from multiple incidents
June 3 dispatches include a verbal dispute at 416 Union Street with orders to stay apart, an unwanted person at 1210 Highland Avenue asked to leave, two males arrested on separate warrants, a two vehicle crash at the Kroger on Cumberland Road, damage to a door at 116 Lee Street with no robbery, a breaking and entry at 209 Logan Street with motion sensor alarm and secure residence, destruction of property at 110 North Street.
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Union Street
D.A. Pennington
Highland Avenue
H.E. Naumann
J.W. Murray Jr
Kroger
Cumberland Road
J.T. Brooks
Lee Street
Logan Street
A.B. Palmer
North Street
Discount Groceries for Military Families in Summersville
West Virginia National Guard and Defense Commissary Agency sponsor a discount grocery event at the Summersville Armory. The sale runs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday June 6 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday June 7, offering about 30 percent savings on meat, produce, cleaning items, canned goods, snacks and more to active and retired service members and dependents with valid IDs. The program supports families amid ongoing deployments of about 1,000 West Virginia Guardsmen in the global war on terrorism.
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Brushfork
Mountain State
West Virginia National Guard
Defense Commissary Agency
Mike Cadle
Camp Dawson
Eleanor
Charleston
Allen E. Tackett
State National Guard
National Guard
Summersville
Cadle
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Kenova
150Th
Public comment sought on APCO rate rise in Virginia
Virginia regulators push for more public input on Appalachian Power fuel cost increase. The plan would raise a typical residential bill about 13 percent, with an alternative 9.6 percent rise through August 2010. Hearings set in Wytheville on July 1 and Richmond on June 30.
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Public Comment
APCO
Virginia
Richmond, Va
Appalachian Power
The
States Corporation Commission
Wytheville
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Werblin Center
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
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Tazewell
Chris White
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Bluefield Monument Co
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