Probe into teen death in War moves toward completion
Investigators say the inquiry into the June death of McDowell County teenager Alexander L. Wright Jr., 18, remains active with final findings unlikely for several weeks. Wright died after injuries from a June 2 incident while handcuffed and being transported. an officer is on administrative leave as state police and FBI continue interviews and review.
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McDowell County
Alexander L. Wright Jr
Newhall
Wright
War Police Department
Welch
West Virginia
FBI
Tom Hatcher
War
War Police
Frankie White
State Police
Hatcher
Scott Dingus
Coalwood
Grandson inspires Lashmeet man to seek life saving transplant
Keith Buck Coomes, 53, of Lashmeet, needs a heart transplant and seeks $20,000 for medical costs. An account at First Community Bank in Princeton funds the effort to cover Medicare shortfalls and two years of medications. Coomes has ischemic cardiomyopathy, multiple prior bypasses, and has waited on a national list since May 21 as a Status Two patient. He hopes to see grandson Logan Carr Barrett grow up and has already received a pager for rapid notification of a donor heart.
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Ashmeet
Buck Coomes
Logan
Coomes
Keith Carr Coomes
Pamela
First Community Bank
Stafford Drive
Princeton
W.va
Keith Coomes
Mrs. Coomes
Status One
Jonathan Warren
Duke University Medical Center
Duke’s Medical Center
Stuart Russell
Roanoke
Warren
United Network of Organ Sharing
Logan Carr Barrett
Bassam Shamma
Princeton Community Hospital
Joe C. Ellington
Judge Keeps Ban on Mining Permits in Place
A federal judge refused to lift an injunction blocking the U S Army Corps of Engineers from issuing Section 404 permits that allow streams to be buried by moundaintop removal waste. Judge Charles Haden II said permits for such disposal are enjoined and may cover other activities beyond mountaintop removal. The ruling could affect coal industry jobs in Kentucky and West Virginia, with some predicting up to 32,000 layoffs if the May order stands.
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Charleston
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S
Charles Haden II
Corps’ Huntington
Haden
Kentucky
West Virginia
Carol Raulston
National Mining Association
Washington, D.C
Joe Lovett
Kentuckians For
the Commonwealth, Inc
Lovett
Golden Angels head to camp for week of rest and fun
Princeton and Bluefield Salvation Army Golden Angels, 33 members ages 50 plus, depart for a four day camp near the West Virginia Maryland border. Capt. Sandra Mullins leads staff as the group plans swimming hiking bingo line dancing crafts and seaing Dr Seuss theme with Cat in the Hat props. Major Phyllis Boone expected to provide programs plus future trips include Lake Junaluski North Carolina for a Bible conference.
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Princeton
Golden Angels
Bluefield
Hedgesville
Salvation Army
West Virginia
Maryland
Sandra Mullins
Lorretta Collins
Sarah Patton
Collins
Phyllis Boone
Baltimore
Bob Mullins
Lake Junaluski
N.C
Colorado visitors join flood recovery efforts
Fifty Denver volunteers from Wellshire Presbyterian Church joined Americorps supervisors to help McDowell County West Virginia flood victims. The team, including 41 youths and 9 adults, will work on Brick Row and Wyoming Street in Keystone and in Northfork Hollow Arlington Addition. They will stay at Concord College and raft the New River before returning to Denver Friday night.
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Princeton
Denver
Colo
West Virginia
Bob Mullins
Mercer County
Salvation Army
Wellshire Presbyterian Church
Americorps
McDowell County
Brick Row
Wyoming Street
Keystone
Arlington Addition
Northfork Hollow
Rebecca Owen
Owen
Melissa Dalton
Northfork
Greg Bolt
Charleston
Bolt
Concord College
New River
Margot Kelly
Sterling
Kan
Habitat For Humanity
Little Rock
Art
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
Bottonline
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Bowles
Troy Sarver
Tsarver
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Bottonline.com
Bdtonline
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Bland Street
Colorado
Kelly Green
Pennsylvania
Brian Alan Prim
Ricky Leff
Shamma
Leff
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta
Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah
Georgia
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