Tazewell County boards seek new members for key seats
The Tazewell County Industrial Development Authority and several other boards face vacancies. Nominee Shea Cook fills an unexpired IDA term through June 30, 2012, while appointments and reappointments are pending for the Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens, the road viewer’s board, redistricting committee, tall structures appeals board, and wireless authority. Several terms expire this year and remaining vacancies include Richlands and Pocahontas seats.
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Tazewell County
Industrial Development Authority
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Wireless Authority
Tall Structure’s Appeals Board
Road Viewing Board
Appalachian Agency For Senior Citizens
IDA
Leon Yost
Bandy
Authority
Bluestone Regional
Pocahofttas High School
Jim Campbell Jr
Shea Cook
Richlands
Yost
Seth White
James Boyd
Boyd
Doyle Rasnick
North Tazewell
Kyle Hurt
Bluefield
James Curtis Gillespie
Andy Altizer
Monte Rife
Rod Curry
Ray Howell
Pocahontas
Tall Structures Appeals Board
Tall Structure
Charlie Hart
Ron Mullenaux
Curt Breeding
Bill Gillespie
East River Mountain
Burkes Garden
Wireless Authority Board
Mike Watson
Sam Kamder
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
West Virginia subpoenas issued in Upper Big Branch probe
West Virginia mine safety chief Ron Wooten says subpoenas have been issued to five reluctant witnesses in the April 5 Upper Big Branch disaster that killed 29 workers. Investigators suspect methane and dust but have not proven a cause.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Ron Wooten
Massey Energy
Upper Big Branch
Wooten
Uever
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
Mass litigation panel to hear Massey coal slurry case in West Virginia
A three judge panel will hear residents claims that a Massey Energy subsidiary polluted groundwater by injecting 1.4 billion gallons of coal slurry into underground mines between 1978 and 1987. The case originated in Mingo County and has shifted amid recusal and transfer amid concerns of impartiality.
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West Virginia
Massey Energy
Rawl Sales & Processing
Mingo County
Michael Thornsbury
Massey
Supreme Court
Jackson County
Thomas Evans
Department of Environmental Protection
US Environmental Protection Agency
Sierra Club
Yopp waives extradition in Tazewell court
Bluefield woman Brittany Taylor Yopp 19 facing murder and hit and run charges in Mercer County waived extradition in Tazewell County General District Court. Moore 50 of Bluefield died April 7 after being struck near Goodykoontz Drug Store. Yopp pleaded guilty to a reduced assault and battery charge with a 12 month sentence, six months suspended. Additional return date pending.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Tazewell County General District Court
Mercer County
Brittany Taylor Yopp
Velma Moore
Moore
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Bland
South Streets
Yopp
Peel Chestnut Mountain
Pocahontas
Tazewell County
Virginia
Minnesota cop robber sought police confrontation to die for insurance
Timothy Carson a Minneapolis SWAT officer who robbed a Wells Fargo in Apple Valley planned a fatal clash with police to enable a $250000 life payout for his wife. He faced multiple additional robberies, battled Iraq era trauma, and sought leniency citing severe stress and need for treatment.
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Iraq
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Andrea George
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George
U.S
Patrick Schiltz
Wells Fargo Bank
Apple Valley
Marine Corps Reserves
4Th Marine Division
University of Minnesota
Storms force teams from Upper Big Branch mine
Storms push exploration teams out of Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine near Montcoal West Virginia where 29 miners died in a 2010 disaster. MSHA reports teams left around midday Friday due to approaching thunderstorms and lightning risks while pumping water before departing to safeguard the site for investigators.
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West Virginia
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
Massey Energy
Upper Big Branch
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Virginia
Massey
Correction on Ken Tuck’s festival credit
The Daily Telegraph corrects Friday’s Princeton edition misnaming gospel performer Ken Tuck. Tuck will perform at today’s Celebrate Princeton Street Fair as scheduled, and the earlier article misstated his identity.
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Daily Telegraph
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