Three council seats filled in Athens town elections
In Anvers, four candidates vied for three city council seats. Carol Bard led with 39 votes, D C Klingensmith had 38, Roger A McKinley 35, and Dylan McInturff 22. Recorder Lisa Caldwell re-elected unopposed with 47 votes. Mayor not on ballot.
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Athens
City of
Anvers
Carol Bard
D.C. Klingensmith
Roger A. McKinley
Dylan McIinturff
McKinley
Lisa Caldwell
Timbering blamed for flood damage in McDowell County
Residents blame coal and timber operations for last summer’s floods in southern West Virginia. Victims recount losses to homes and businesses, with delays in government aid and denied flood insurance claims. Citizens group advocates stricter timbering rules, urging state action after two major floods in a decade.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Spratt
McDowell County
DEP
Jo-Claire Datson
Welch
Mountain Monitors
Datson
Truman Chafin
D-Mingo
Cathy Patton
Roderfield
Citizens Group
Patton
West Virginia study links mining and logging to runoff
A final state DEP report, due Friday, analyzes three southern West Virginia watersheds during heavy rain in July 2001. It finds logging and mining raised runoff at Seng Creek and Scrabble Creek mouths by up to 14 and 21 percent, with up to 9 and 21 percent upstream. Recommendations urge stricter runoff controls, design changes, and possible rule making to limit erosion.
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DEP
Long Creek
Boone County
Scrabble Creek
Fayette County
Sycamore Creek
Raleigh
Coal and Timber
McDowell
Wyoming
Andy Gallagher
Gallagher
Seng Creek
West Virginia
Song Creek
Ealy Convicted of Davis Family Murders Faces Life Terms
Ealy was convicted on June 6 for the April 16, 1989 murders of Robert Davis, Una Mae Davis, and Bobby Hopewell in a bid to steal money and drugs and block a witness. The jury sentenced for life, with separate considerations on the Davises and Hopewell, while Pete Church’s trial looms in September. Court room remarks praised jurors for handling a lengthy, tragic case.
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Ealy
Robert Davis
Una Mae Davis
Bobby Hopewell
Giorno
Walter Lesight
Pete” Church
Davis
Charles Gilmore
Jones
Davises
Hopewell
U.S
Thomas J. Bondurant Jr
Clarence Tatum
Tazewell County
Mildred
James Davis
Pete Church
H.S. Caudill
Scott
Dr. Jeckel
Mr. Hyde
Abingdon
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
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