FEMA approves aid for 11 counties in West Virginia flood cleanup
FEMA grants 75 percent public assistance to Braxton Gilmer Jackson Logan Mingo Putnam Raleigh Roane Webster Wirt and Wayne counties affected by May 30 31 floods. Federal disaster declaration covers 24 counties with individual aid already approved. Mingo hardest hit with up to 4 inches of rain. second storm added 2 inches.
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Charleston
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Braxton
Gilmer
Jackson
Logan
Mingo
Putnam
Raleigh
Roane
Webster
Wirt
Wayne
Bush
FEMA
Mingo County
West Virginia
State Office of Emergency Services
Varney, Pie
Musick Bottom
Freedom rally rides to aid military families in Bluefield
Hundreds of riders from six states joined the second annual Let Freedom Ride in Bluefield bringing funds to the Armed Forces Emergency Services Fund. Bikes gathered at Cole Harley and CiCi's Pizza to support families of servicemen overseas with Coast Guard, Army, and National Guard aid. Last year drew 328 bikes and over 300 attendees as organizers expect a larger turnout.
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Bluefield
Cole Harley-Davidson/Buell
CiCi’s Pizza
Armed Forces Emergency Services Fund
Donald Ramey
Grundy
Donald
Afghanistan
Steve Robertson
Princeton
Robertson
Teresa Guill
Cole Harley
Texas
Harley- Davidson
Wytheville
Virginia boycott urged over anti gay law sparks web activism
Activists press Virginia boycott to protest a new law restricting civil unions and similar contracts for same sex couples. Virginia is forHaters.org urges shopping bans of Virginia firms and directs tourism away from the state as Equality Virginia plans legal challenges and June 30 protests before the law takes effect. Porters say the national issue could shift commerce, citing a 1992 Colorado boycott. JCrew cited as a target with a Lynchburg center.
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Richmond
Virginia
Make Love Legal
Diane Horvath
Jamestown
Equality Virginia
Jerry Kilgore
Jay Porter
David Smith
Porter
U.S
J.crew
Lynchburg
Twin Branch Recreation Facility under way in McDowell County
Development of the Twin Branch Adventure Facility proceeds with support from the Citizens Conservation Corps. The site will provide cabins campsites a fishing pier archery paintball two small businesses a hiking trail and picnic facilities with access to the Hatfield McCoy Trails. Up to 15 jobs will be created as visitors boost the local economy and partners include Appalachian Regional Commission Rural Development Bluefield State College Center for Applied Research and Technology and McDowell County figures. Construction aims for spring 2005 opening with a second phase adding offices environmental education and luxury cabins.
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Davy
Twin Branch
McDowell County
Citizens Conservation Corps
Hatfield-McCoy Trails
Dorothy Horne
West
Virginia
Horne
Robin Martin
H.C
Kit” Lewis Jr
Martin
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline.com
Son charged in mother's slaying at Langley AFB
Quentin S. Ponder, 20, is charged with killing his mother Master Sgt. Gloria J. Ponder, 43, at her Langley Air Force Base home. A warrant was issued Thursday after her body was found Tuesday. Ponder, known as Q, was born in Texas and was believed to drive a gold 2002 Volvo S 60 with Virginia plate VGX 9844.
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Hampton
Langley Air Force Base
Quentin S. Ponder
Gloria J. Ponder
FBI
Ponder
Langley
Gloria Ponder
Quentin Ponder
Texas
Virginia
Settlement reached in harassment suit in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach officer Julie L. Pickell, with over 15 years in the department, will receive 62,000 dollars and will take a job investigating civil rights claims for the city attorney's office. She keeps her master police officer rank as she shifts to workplace ethics work. The city admits no wrongdoing but agrees to expert consultation and enhanced discrimination training.
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Virginia Beach
Julie L. Pickell
Detective Bureau
Pickell
U.S. District Court
Norfolk
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