Grant funds help uninsured residents stay covered
Valley Health Systems Inc received a 425 982 federal grant from the U S Department of Health and Human Services to aid uninsured residents access care and reimburse providers. Also Kroger and union talks resume after a two week strike affecting 3 300 workers at 44 stores across West Virginia Kentucky and Ohio. In Beckley neighbors complain of a persistent rooster crowing disrupting sleep and officials note actions taken to address the nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Valley Health Systems Inc
Valley Health Systems
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Charleston
Kroger
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Child victim testifies in sniper case in Virginia Beach
Ivan Brown, then 13, testified about the Oct. 7 2002 Bowie Maryland shooting, calmly recounting how he walked out of a car to fetch his book bag and was shot. His aunt Tanya Brown described the urgent care drive and the 911 tape. Prosecutors also highlighted the Oct. 11 killing of Kenneth Bridges of Philadelphia.
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Virginia Beach, Va
Washington, D.C
John Allen Muhammad
Ivan Brown
Bowie
Tanya Brown
Ivan
Brown
Iran
Aud
Kenneth H. Bridges
Philadelphia
Jury Deliberations Continue in West Virginia Trooper Shooting Trial
The jury resumes deliberations in the trial of David Munday charged with more than two dozen counts over the Oct. 10 2002 shooting of Trooper R J Elswick. Prosecutors say Munday attacked a home, held a family, and opened fire when police arrived. The defense argues insufficient evidence and cites possible PTSD and another shooter.
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Martinsburg
West Virginia
David Eugene Munday
Hedgesville
R.J
Bobby” Elswick
Munday
Elswick
Berkeley County
Pamela Games
Toxins found in Virginia fish prompt advisories
Virginia health officials issued fish consumption advisories after tests on 2002 samples showed elevated PCBs and mercury across sites in the Roanoke River and Virginia swamps. Mercury appeared in largemouth bass in the Blackwater River area and other species, while PCBs were detected in Roanoke River flathead catfish near Hardy Ford in Bedford County, with earlier downstream advisories extending toward Leesville Dam and Charlotte County.
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Richmond, Va
Virginia Department of Health
Roanoke River
Department of Environmental Quality
Blackwater
Southampton
Isle of Wight
Dragon Swamp
Middlesex County
Great Dismal Swamp
Chesapeake
Hardy Ford
Bedford County
Leesville Dam
Charlotte County
Miner dies in ninth coal mine fatality of 2003
Richard I. Harlan Jr. aged 29 from Norton died at Hackers Creek Mine No. 1 near Buckhannon when a roof section collapsed during pillar work. He was one of three workers present, with only electrician Ryan Jeran escaping. The accident raises West Virginia to the top state for 2003 coal mine fatalities, with the year’s total at nine. Roblee Coal Co. faced prior MSHA citations.
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Charleston
Randolph County
Richard I. Harlan Jr
Norton
Buckhannon
Harlan
Roblee Coal Co
Hackers Creek
Upshur County
Ryan Jeran
Jeran
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration
Doug Conaway
State Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training
Roblee
West Virginia
Robin Jeran
Conaway
West Virginia Coal Association
MSHA
Richard Harlan
U.S
Kentucky
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Rooster Raffles
Emmett Pugh
Cole
Margaret Gordon
Gordon
Sandra Lambert
David Munday
Gary McDaniel
Miner
Jeaeency Ian
Discover
Fei
Dicken’s Village
New England Village
Bland Street
Bluefield
Man
Northpole
The
Holy Land
Snowmen ' Boyd’s Bears
Uliy Tudor
Stafford Drive
Princeton
Center For Cancer Care
Shelton
Gabe
Charles E. Gabe
Charles H. Shelton
Tee
Beckley
Lewisburg
Low Moor
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