Start of fire season raises worries over drought in area
West Virginia enters the fall restricted burning season as dry conditions raise fire risk. Officials like Athens Fire Department chief Stanley Harvey warn that a dry spell could mean daily fires. Burning rules limit outdoor fires to after 4 pm and before 7 am with fines up to 300 dollars for daytime burning. Firefighters urge caution and rain while citing potential costs if fires escape.
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Princeton
West Virginia
Stanley Harvey
Athens
West Virginia Division of Forestry
Coy Mullins
Division
of Forestry
East River Volunteer Fire Department
Nelson Short
Short
Isidore
Harvey
Sean Wyatt
Princeton Fire Department
Troy Sarver
Tsarver
Bdttonline
Family escapes injury in Bluefield kitchen fire
A Bluefield family of three adults and two cats escaped unharmed after a kitchen fire at their Mountain View Avenue home. Lt. Mike Mooney said firefighters used 750 gallons of water to extinguish the blaze, which damaged the kitchen and several major appliances. The fire, caused by an overloaded kitchen outlet, prompted temporary motel housing while repairs began.
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Bluefield
Mountain View Avenue
Mike Mooney
Mooney
Troy Sarver
Tsarver
Bottonline
McComas
Giotto Road
Route 11
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
R.M. Combs
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Combs
Historic mansion sale nets higher price than expected
The Dr Theo Ficken home in Kimball at Carswell Hollow sold for 72000 at an open auction led by court trustee H Lynden Graham for FDIC liquidating assets of Billie J Cherry and ex bank official Terry L Church. Household items from C H Ranch and Burke Mountain will be offered next Saturday starting at 11 am. The 1999 bank closure left FDIC with about 1.1 billion in assets and an estimated Keystone loss of 750 to 850 million.
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Bluefield
Coalfield
First National Bank of Keystone Board
Billie J. Cherry
Theo Ficken
Kimball
Carswell Hollow
Houston
Houston Coal and Coke Company
H. Lynden Graham
Graham
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cherry
Terry L. Church
Church
C&h
Burke Mountain
Keystone
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
FDIC
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bdtonline
West Virginia lawmakers back $1 tobacco tax plan
Six candidates for West Virginia's Legislature backed a $1 per pack cigarette tax at a Princeton Hospital Association briefing. They cited Medicaid matching funds, health benefits, and revenue projections totaling about $168 million annually plus sales tax gains, with estimates of statewide health costs and Medicaid burdens.
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Princeton
West Virginia
West Virginia Hospital Association
Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
WVHA
McGill
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Kyle Bowling
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Monroe
del. Marshall Long
M.D
Tina Wills
Mark Wills
House of Delegates
Don Caruth
Kevin Fleming
Senate
Jesse Quills
Patricia McGill
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