Supreme Court to hear Mercer County levy appeal in September
West Virginia Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from Mercer County Schools challenging an excess levy passed in 1994. A June circuit ruling found the levy contrary to law and funds will be held in escrow while the court decides. If affirmed, refunds go to taxpayers. if overturned, money may be spent.
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State Supreme Court
Levy
Princeton
West Virginia Supreme Court
Mercer County
Robert A. Burnside Jr
Citizens Watch Group of
Mercer County, Inc
West Virginia
Mercer County Board of Education
Ancil Ramey
Ers
Ramey
Circuit Court
Board of Education
Supreme Court
Deborah Akers
Mercer County Schools
Water floods Princeton area as hundreds flee by boat
After a storm dumped six inches of rain in Mercer County, hundreds evacuated from homes in Princeton and surrounding areas. Bridges were swept away, buildings damaged, and Princeton Community Hospital closed its ER before reopening later in the day. Firefighters waded through five feet of water as residents fled in Lazenby Rosedale Athens Road and Village Green zones. The Red Cross will begin damage assessments while disaster funding is sought from state authorities.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Office of Emergency Services
CES
Red Cross
Brush Creek
J.W. Howell
Princeton Community Hospital
Rogers Street
Lazenby
Rosedale
Athens Road
Village Green
Stafford Drive
Nelson Short
Mercer County Flood Control and Fire Board
Oakvale Flood Worst in Recent Memory Amid Storm
Oakvale faces flood disaster as bridges and cars are swept away and homes inundated. Fire Chief Mike Comer calls it the worst he has seen while residents recount near-destruction, including a mobile home shifted off its foundation and cars ruined. Dorothy Copenhaver describes fleeing with young children to railroad tracks at 2:30 a.m. and losing cars, a garden, and pantry items. Donnie Harry reports near-total loss of his mobile home and a ruined GMC truck.
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Oakvale
Mike Comer
Dorothy Copenhaver
Copenhaver
Donnie Harry
Celebration in the Park marks Independence Weekend at Graham Park
On Saturday July 1 at 6 p.m. Graham Recreational Park hosts Independence Weekend celebrations featuring The Greenes gospel trio and local groups Flame of Fire Singing Taylors The Dillons Heavenly Express and the Patrick Trio.
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Graham Recreational Park
The
Greenes
America
Flame of Fire
Singing Taylors
Dillons
Heavenly Express
Patrick Trio
Water system upgrade funds reach Bishop and Amonate
A $429,150 Appalachian Regional Commission grant was awarded to the Tazewell County Public Service Authority and the McDowell County Public Service District to upgrade the Bishop and Amonate water systems. The project will replace lines and meters to serve 68 West Virginia households and should bid out by July with a spring 1996 completion target.
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Rahall
Kent Keyser
West Virginia
Virginia
PSA
Jim Spencer
Maples Nursing Home Evacuated As Flood Wrecks Bluefield Facility
In Bluefield West Virginia the Maples nursing home on Bland Street evacuated residents after floodwaters filled the first floor and basement four feet deep. Thirteen residents moved within the facility and forty seven were sent to St Luke's Hospital Cumberland Care Bluefield Regional Westwood and Glenwood. Rescue squads from Bluefield and Appalachian OH-9 aided the operation as mud filled hallways and basement spaces while no food or kitchen equipment were damaged.
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Bluefield
Maples Nursing Home
Bland Street
Ruby McGuire
LPN
Maples
ICF
Brenda Epperson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cumberland Care
Westwood
Glenwood
Epperson
W.va
Appalachian
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Robin Meadows
Lazenby Avenue
Tony Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Edna Terry’s
Dear Abby
Bishop
Amonate Arc
Mel Grubb
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