Red Cross office keeps steady service in area despite changes
The East River Mountain Area American Red Cross office remains active as it transitions to a certified service delivery unit. Interim manager Chris Dale from Morgantown says services continue with positive community feedback, while seeking regional and national financial and staff support for Southern West Virginia counties including Mercer McDowell Wyoming Raleigh and Summers. The unit will maintain disaster response and blood drive efforts with calls to donate at 1 800 GIVELIFE.
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West Virginia
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Raleigh
Summers
National
Red Cross
Barbara Shelton
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Expressway work advances toward Raleigh County completion
Browning outlined progress on the Expressway with a target to finish all Raleigh County segments by three years, including a half mile stretch from Route 54 in Sophia to Robert C. Byrd Drive Beckley and two new bridge projects. Bids were to open today on the third segment as paving may begin after bridging bids.
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Browning
Raleigh
Robert C. Byrd
Slab Fork
Wyoming County
Railroad safety plans and emergency measures across lines
Norfolk Southern and other railroads maintain disaster plans reviewed by officials like Susan Bland. After the New York and Washington attacks, operations limited or suspended in parts of New Jersey and Philadelphia area. trains resumed by Sept. 13 with track inspections and high alert staffing. The railroad uses 21,800 tracks across 22 states plus DC and Ontario. about 2,300 railroad police officers exist nationwide. Public emergency reporting hotlines are posted at all crossings. Amtrak serves Hinton with connections to Washington and Cincinnati. station is unmanned.
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Susan Bland
Norfolk Southern
Philadelphia
New York
New Jersey
New York City
Washington, D.C
Bland
District of Columbia
Ontario
Canada
Association of American Railroads
Federal Railroad Administration
Laura Gooch
AAA
Bluefield
Amtrak
Hinton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Malpractice debate grows as doctors seek reform
Mercer County physicians pressed for state action and tort reform after malpractice insurance losses threaten care. They urged a 1 million pain and suffering cap and caps on economic damages while warning of physician exodus as new doctors face losing coverage next July.
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Dunmyer
PCH
David Mullins
Mullins
Mercer County
West Virginia
Princeton
Fred Morgan
Phil Branson
Darrell Belcher
Keystone letter weighs on judge recusal and bank case
A Sept 19 1991 letter from Faber to McConnell is cited in a motion over judicial impartiality. It discusses recusal statutes and the duty to sit when not disqualified while noting Cherry’s untimely motion. Cherry and Terry Church, both named in a 25 count indictment, face bank embezzlement, mail fraud and money laundering charges. Subpoenas were issued as the Keystone bank failure unfolded.
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McConnell
U.S
West Virginia
Cherry
Terry L. Church
Church
Mary Lou Newberger
Authen
Newberger
Susan Arnold
John A. Michelich
Department of Justice Criminal Division
Arnold
Michelich
Comptroller of the Currency
FNB Keystone
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
McDowell case updates in Bluestone discrimination suit
Bureau of Employment Programs sued Bluestone run by James Justice, Underwood's former partner. Other cases were dismissed. Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation sought reinstatement. By May 1999 Vieweg's agency spent about $3.7 million to collect $188 million in unpaid premiums, likely needing another $100,000 to push to trial.
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Bureau of Employment Programs
Bluestone
James Justice
Underwood
Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation
Vieweg
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