Flood analysis panel urges stricter logging and mining rules
A technical advisory committee to Gov. Wise proposed regular inspections of active timber operations to ensure responsible practices and limit watershed runoff. They also urged sediment retention plans, daily precipitation logs, and site analyses for mining to avoid net runoff increases, with public comments due by July 15 and an extension requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Wise
John Vernon
Department of Environmental Protection
Randy Dye
Division of Forestry
Dye
Wise
McDowell County
John Ailes
DEP
Secretary of State
West Virginia
Wise speaks on May floods and recovery efforts
Gov. Bob Wise told a Bluefield postmasters convention that the May 2 flood hit Mercer and McDowell counties harder than earlier storms, prompting calls for river cleanup funding. He praised the National Guard’s role, noting over 1,000 guardsmen and women served in Mercer, Mingo, and McDowell.
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Luefield
McDowell
Mercer
Wyoming
Bob Wise
West Virginia
National League of Postmasters
Bluefield
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Wise
Mercer County
National Guard
Mingo
Virginia GOP Bashful About Wounds After Wilkins Resign
Virginia House Republicans sought to heal rifts after Speaker Vance Wilkins Jr. resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. Del. Samuel Nixon and others urged unity while vowing scrutiny of a successor’s character and past conduct, as the party grappled with internal divisions and media attention.
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Richmond
House
Virginia
del. Samuel A. Nixon Jr
Chesterfield
S. Vance Wilkins Jr
Wilkins
Amherst
Capitol
Vance Wilkins
Lee
Richmond-area
Vance
House Republican Caucus
Leo Wardrup
Virginia Beach
Wardrup
Del
Robert F. McDonnell
McDonnell
Nixon
Petite fireball air force sergeant dies in Afghanistan crash
Grafton native staff sergeant Anissa Ann Shero 31 known as a petite fireball with muscular drive led a life from local radio to air force service. She and two other Americans died when an MC-130H carrying special forces crashed near Bagram airstrip in Afghanistan. One of seven injured, Shero earned multiple Air Force medals and had recently married Nathan Shero.
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Grafton
Air Force
Anissa Ann Shuttleworth Shero
Tom Friend
Grafton High School
Shero
Bahamas
Spain
Afghanistan
Bagram
Shelley Ball
Anissa Ann Shero
Nathan
Florida
Anissa Shero
Nathan Shero
Sean M. Corlew
Thousand Oaks
Calif
16Th Special Operations Wing
Hurlburt Field
Fla
Army
Peter P Tycr II
Tonawanda
N.Y
3Rd Special Forces Group
Fort Bragg
N.C
R Special Forces
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The
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Eric DiNovo
Bluefield Dance Theatre
Chicory Square
Bluefield High School
Va. Gop
del. S. Chris Jones
Suffolk
Ball
Anissa
Glenda Knight
West
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