Government study links strip mining to higher runoff in intense storms
US Geological Survey report drawn from 1999 to 2001 data on Ballard Fork near Boone Lincoln line finds that strip mining and valley fills can raise peak runoff during severe rainfall while reducing flow in milder rain. Study notes neither stream flooded during the period and does not address large surface mines’ flood effects.
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Charleston
US Geological Survey
Ballard Fork
Lincoln County
Mud River
Messinger
West Virginia
Intersection hazards at U.S. 460 Willowbrook Road site
Christine Buckner of Princeton was injured in a crash at the U.S. 460 Willowbrook Road intersection along with two children and a friend. Buckner urges traffic changes such as a stop light or reduced speed to 45 mph after multiple past accidents. seat belts and airbags helped limit injuries. FW Furbes of Willowbrook Road also calls the intersection dangerous. his father died there in January.
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Princeton
U.S. 460
Willowbrook Road
Christine Buckner
Christian
Carri Simmons
Buckner
Furbes
Missing Gary woman Lory Ann Keaton dies. third arrest in slaying
West Virginia State Police report three arrests in the case. Danny England, 51, of Hensley, is charged with murder after an arrest around 1 p.m. Thursday. Earlier, two New Jersey men, Thomas Joseph MacPhee, 37, and Donald Thomas MacPhee, 20, were taken into custody with charges including first degree murder and accessory after the fact. Keaton remains missing since January 30. body not recovered.
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WELCH
Gary
West Virginia
Danny England
Hensley
D.B. Rogers
Welch Detachment
Donald Thomas MacPhee
Lory Ann Keaton
Rogers
Keaton
Murder charge follows early Thursday arrest in Hensley
Danny England aged 51 of Hensley was charged with murder after an arrest around 1 pm Thursday at a residence near his home conducted without incident. Welch and Princeton detachments commander T D Bradley noted slow progress while Rogers cited a woman who left Michigan to visit a pregnant daughter. A hunter found a shallow grave with a woman’s clothing and hair in Wilmore McDowell County on April 29 and investigators continued gathering evidence through Wednesday morning before sending it to Charleston.
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T.D. Bradley
Welch
Princeton
Michigan
Rogers
Wilmore
McDowell County
Charleston
Warner backs Kilgore bid to review VMI prayer ruling
Virginia Governor Mark Warner supports Attorney General Jerry Kilgore in asking the full 4th Circuit to overturn a three judge panel’s ruling that VMI’s mandatory supper prayers violate the First Amendment. Kilgore argues the prayers are nonsectarian and optional and likens them to invocations at other courts and academies. The case could affect prayer policies at The Citadel and the Naval Academy within the 4th Circuit.
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Richmond
Mark R. Warner
Jerry W. Kilgore
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Virginia Military Institute
VMI
Appeals Court
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
South Carolina
The
Citadel
4Th Circuit
Panel begins work building U. Va. diversity
A special Board of Visitors diversity committee and the President's Commission on Diversity and Equity held their first meeting to set goals for improving cultural sensitivity at the University of Virginia after two racially motivated student incidents this year.
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Richmond
University of Virginia
Board of Visitors
Commission On Diversity and Equity
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Terry Messinger
USGS
Eric DiNovo
Severth
Southwest Virginia Community College
Crab Orchard
Tazewell County
By Mark Blevins
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Willowbrook Rd
Old Bluefield F
Old Bluefield Road
Warner
Kilgore
Mark Warner
Bluefield
Lotito Park
U.va
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