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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 2016
Page
6
Louisiana flood deaths rise as storms flood north state
Severe weather drenched northern Louisiana with heavy rain for a second day leaving up to rooftops submerged and prompting mass evacuations. A 6 year old girl and two men were confirmed dead along with dozens evacuated from Bossier Ouachita and Morehouse parishes as the National Guard ferried residents and pets to safety amid rising floodwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove
Louisiana
National Guard
Guard
Rebekah Malone
Bossier
Ouachita
Morehouse
Louisiana National Guard
Bossier Parish
National Weather Service
Jason Hansford
Monroe
Red Cross
Bossier Civic Center
Bossier City
Colleen Morgan
Bill Davis
Sheriff’s Office
Gibsland
Oklahoma
Texas
Tennessee
Arkansas
Dermott
Chicot
Ashley
Ed Tarver
West
Mike Steele
Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Ouachita Parish
Health officials confirm first Zika case in West Virginia
West Virginia reports its first Zika case. An adult male from Clay County traveled to Haiti and has recovered. Officials investigate possible links to microcephaly while noting CDC data show cases in 31 other states. Kentucky also reports its first case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Charleston
Rahul Gupta
Clay County
Haiti
Gupta
CDC
Kentucky
West Virginia coal tax break killed prompts miner protest
Murray Energy decries lawmakers for abandoning coal miners as a House panel opts to study severance tax cuts. Previously discussed were a 5 to 4 percent and 3 percent tax break with a $466 million 2017 budget gap amid declining coal and natural gas revenue. Governor Tomblin signed a 56 cent per ton surtax rollback aiding a workers compensation debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Murray Energy
W.va
Murray
Gary Broadbent
House
Tomblin
Broadbent
Senate blocks effort to halt F-16 sale to Pakistan
The Senate voted 71 to 24 to defeat a resolution by Rand Paul to block the 700 million sale of eight F-16 fighters to Pakistan. Critics argue U.S. aid should not subsidize Washington’s ally unless Islamabad proves trustworthiness amid ISI ties to the Haqqani network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Pakistan
U.S
Islamabad
Rand Paul
Paul
United States
Consid
America
InterServices Intelligence
Haqqani
ISI
Military to test 664 sites for water contamination nationwide
The Defense Department plans nationwide checks at 664 fire and crash training sites to determine if firefighting foam chemicals taint groundwater or drinking water. Tests already show PFOS and PFOA detected near Navy bases. several states report off-base wells affected while others remain within limits.
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R.I. Pi
Defense Department
Associated Press
Naval
Virginia
New Jersey
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Navy
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
Fentress
Chesapeake
Federal Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Naval Weapons Station Earle
Colts Neck
Philadelphia
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base
Willow Grove
Naval Air Warfare Center
Warminster
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Eric D. Badger
California
Texas
Florida
Alaska
South Carolina
EPA
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