Patriot themed tattoos surge in West Virginia shops
Artists report more patriotic requests after the attacks with eagles and flags common motifs. Shops in Princeton Morgantown and across the state note a rise in American flag designs and related wording as customers seek show of national pride.
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Joe Woods
Woods
Blaze
Mike Boyles
Custom Dreams
Princeton
Boyles
Stafford Drive
Associated Press
West
Gasoline prices stay low at Virginia stations
Landmark in Springville Virginia reports regular unleaded at 1.072 dollars per gallon with recent weeks ranging 1.012 to 1.072. Foster says prices may hold for months as motorists from Bluefield Tazewell Grundy Princeton and Welch travel for cheap gas. Other local stations show 1.079 dollars with clerk noting prices as low as likely to go. Cargo Claypool Hill manager Dot Lambert expects prices to stay low and customers remain satisfied.
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Landmark
Springville
Foster
Bluefield
Tazewell
Grundy
Princeton
Welch
Corner Mart
Food City
Claypool Hill
Tazewell County
Dot Lambert
Lambert
Lawmakers weigh state run malpractice insurance plan
The legislature balks at laws to curb frivolous suits while Wise proposes a seven member board to oversee a state run medical malpractice insurance plan. The plan would be offered to doctors pharmacists dentists hospitals and other facilities as a fallback if private coverage fails, despite concerns about the state’s track record running PEIA and workers compensation programs. Wise asks for a better idea and Craige notes the plan B could help stabilize patients if insurers refuse coverage.
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Wise
Craige
Envelope scare at Mercer County school board office
A staff member opened a letter containing a white granular substance. No threats were found, and the substance was tested at the State Medical Examiner's Office. The recipient and five colleagues were treated as a precaution, then cleared after health officials reviewed the case.
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Bowles
Anne Seaver
Princeton Community Hospital
Charleston
Mercer County
Kathy Wides
State Health Department
Wides
Anthrax scare tests expand after Tokyo letter find
Overseas a letter with a suspicious substance was found at the U S Embassy in Tokyo. Deputy State Department spokesman Philip Beeker said staff who handled it are being tested. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said thousands have tested negative as the nation stays vigilant. On Capitol Hill 31 tested positive for exposure but no infections were reported.
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U.S
Tokyo
Philip Beeker
State Department
Homeland Defense
Tom Ridge
Ridge
Capitol Hill
Kenneth Moritsugu
Corps of Engineers expands housing mission in WV floods
The U S Army Corps of Engineers expands temporary housing in southern West Virginia flood counties. Four new sites with up to 120 spaces for manufactured homes are planned, joining 121 existing units across Rainbow Court, New Hope Village, Nueva Walt, and Spencer Curve. Sites under consideration remain unnamed as acquisition, design, and construction proceed with a goal to finish by year end.
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Bluefield
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
West Virginia
Steve Wright
Huntington District
Wright
Wyoming County
Raleigh County
Rainbow Court
Pineville
New Hope Village
Tom’s Mountain
Nea Welch
Nueva Walt
Anawalt
Spencer Curve
Mullens Kimball
Landgraft
Corps
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Joe Allbaugh
Charlotte W. Herbert
FEMA
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Virginia
District of Columbia
Herbert
George Washington University School of Public and International Affairs
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