FEMA flood relief tops $1 million in West Virginia
FEMA officials at the Charleston Field Disaster Center report more than $1 million paid to residents in the first 10 days of operation for May floods. SBA disaster loans total $34,800 with 486 loan applications to date. 1,165 FEMA registrations, 394 helpline calls, and 1,559 total contacts. Mercer County leads among counties, with 197 FEMA applications, and a June 25 town meeting is set in Mercer.
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Princeton
FEMA
Charleston-located
West Virginia
Small Business Administration
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Mercer County
Jurnak
Joe Anthony
Raleigh
Mercer
Small Business Administration Activity
McDowell
Summers
Wyoming County
Boone County
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Clay
Kanawha
Lincoln
Logan
Mason
Mingo
Boone
Wayne
Wyoming
Mercer County Technical Education Center
DFO
SBA
Princeton council canvasses June 5 election results
City officials completed the vote canvass for Princeton's June 5 election after a quorum was finally reached. Unopposed mayor and ward candidates saw small vote changes, with Ward Three winner Pat Wilson gaining five votes and Ward One mayor Will Stafford gaining three. Incumbent Ellen Allen and other current members were noted, with certification due within 48 hours barring holidays.
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Princeton
Priday
Ken Clay
Will Stafford
Yiartha Draper
Patricia
Pat” Wilson
Charles Bingham
Ellen Allen
James
Jim” Worley
Michael Blankenship
Clay
West Virginia
Wilson
Draper
Herb McClaugherty
Allen, Stafford
Ron Lively
Dewey Russell
Earlie Moon
Mall bank robber appeals 151 month sentence
Michael Wayne Poole 44 of Louisiana Mississippi appealed his 151 month federal term for a 58 day bank robbery spree that included July 25 2000 at the Mercer Mall Branch in Bluefield West Virginia The case notes his two bank spree convictions total 25 banks nationwide and restitution of 45316 was ordered.
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Mississippi
Welch
U.S. Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
Michael Wayne Poole
Laucier, Miss
U.S
Avid A. Faber
West Virginia
Poole
Mercer Mall
First Community Bank of Bluefield
Mary ‘Lou Newberger
United States
Newberger
Faber
Funding earmarked for corrections projects in West Virginia
A 1.4 million federal grant will fund construction at four juvenile detention centers and a state prison in West Virginia. The West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services will use funds to add 408 beds at St. Marys Correctional Center and 20 beds at both North Central Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Parkersburg and Southern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Princeton, along with inmate drug testing and intervention programs. Senator Jay Rockefeller confirmed the details on Friday.
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Charleston
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
Claypool Hill bank robbery suspects held without bond
Two Cedar Bluff men, Matthew Lee Millage and James Foster Kennedy, are jailed without bond on state bank robbery charges in Claypool Hill. Authorities recovered a large sum of money from a residence after a van linked to the robbery was spotted at the Claypool Hill Mall. One suspect entered the Peoples Bank around 11:41 a.m. Thursday, wearing a surgical mask, while the other drove the getaway vehicle. The case cites cooperation among the FBI, Virginia State Police, and local authorities as the investigation continues.
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Inlaypool Hill
Tazewell County
Matthew Lee Millage
James Foster Kennedy
Cedar Bluff
New Peoples Bank
Claypool Hill
Harry Cundiff
DARE
Cundiff
General District Court
FBI
Virginia State Police
Head Start programs accept applications in Tazewell County
Clinch Valley Community Action invites applications for its Head Start programs in Falls Mills Tazewell and Richlands Call Falls Mills Head Start at 3222160 Tazewell Head Start at 5409889618 and Richlands Head Start at 5409647650 NAMI Wyoming sets meeting for Wednesday June 20 at 6 PM at the Oceana Public Library
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Tazewell, Va
Clinch Valley Community Action
Call Falls Mills
Tazewell
Richlands
NAMI
Wyoming
Oceana
Oceana Public Library
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