Local Dam Classified As Low Flood Risk
A dam at Little Beaver Lake state park is deemed low risk after a statewide inspection of 135 dams. DNR officials began draining one impoundment at Camp Tygart in Randolph County due to overtopping threat and will reduce water levels at several coal waste dams in Putnam, Marion, and Monongalia counties. A DNR and Army Corps team will inspect four Summers County dams today and seven more in Mercer County on Saturday.
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Little Beaver Lake State Park
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Camp Tygart
Randoolph
George Hall
Putnam
Marion
Monongalia
Bob Grafton
MacArthur
Army Corps of Engineers
Summers County
Mercer
Weather summary for regional airport report
The 24 hour period ending 10 am reports high 48 and low 30 with 0 precipitation. Instrument reads 12 mph SW winds, barometer 30.29 steady, temperatures 33 at 7 am and 42 at 10 am. Extended outlook shows showers possible Sunday to Tuesday with highs near 50 and overnight lows around 30. River conditions note Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake Bluestone normal and frozen, with 3.6 gates open and Hinton gauge at 2.3 feet.
Veteran of Korean War Dies in Wreck In West Virginia
Wreck claims life of Wreck Fla Dewey of Louisville Kentucky and Louis of Cleveland Ohio. Survived by sister Mrs Dee McGraw and half sister Leona Brooks. A veteran of the Korean War he served overseas with the U S Army. He was a Bible Class teacher at Guyandotte Baptist Church Jesse. Also a member of the Oceana Odd Fellows district deputy grand master. Body at Evans and Evans Funeral Directors Oceana with arrangements incomplete.
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Fla
Dewey
Louisville
Louis
Cleveland
Ohio
Dee
Katherine) McGraw
Meadow Bridge
Leona Brooks
Jesse
U.S. Army
Guyandotte
Bond Forfeitures Totaled 426 50 In Beckley Court
Beckley Municipal Court collected 426.50 in bond forfeitures on Thursday. Henry Sonak 228 Sixth St and Jackie L Bledse 402 Maxwell Hill Rd each forfeited 81 for shoplifting. Larry Eugene Hill Charleston forfeited 30 50 for leaving keys in an unattended vehicle. Paul Harless Lexington Ky forfeited 30 50 for failure to yield right of way.
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Beckley Municipal Court
Henry Sonak
Sixth St
Jackie L. Bledse
Maxwell Hill Road
Larry Eugene Hill
Charleston
Paul Harless
Lexington
Fire at Mullens High Confined to Oven
A Mullens High School oven fire was contained with only the oven damaged. Firefighters from Mullens Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched at 6:50 a.m. and returned to station by 7:50 a.m. United Press International reports. Barrackville Harry Patrick announced Don Yurgee of Bellewood Ind will run on his slate for union secretary treasurer.
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Mullens
Mullens High School
Harry Patrick
The
United Mine Workers, Today
Don Yurgee
Bellewood
Inl
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Moore
Florida
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Arch Moore
Charleston Daily Mail
Miami Area
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FMC Corporation
Huntington
U.S. Attorney’s Office
FMC Corp
South Charleston
Kanawha River
Logan County
Logan
Logan County Board of Education
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Cabell Schools
William H. Langdon
Cabell County
Carbon Industries
ITT
Charleston - Based
Carbon Industries, Inc
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Clarksburg
Leslie Riley
Linda Courtney
Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
Network
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
UMW Board
Washington
United Mine Workers Executive Board
Arnold Miller
McBride
Pittsburgh
Lloyd McBride
Ed Sadlowski
United Steelworkers
LW. Abel
Iraq
Damascus
Syria
Damascus Radio
Nabatiyeh, Lebanon
Israel
Nabatiyeh
Deborah Baker
Register
Hall
Columbia
PSC
Vulva Greenbrier
Patrick
Miner
United Press Internat
Barrackville
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
Jack E. O'Neill
Thomas M. White
Beckley
Johnstown
Raleigh Ruegister
Beckley Newspapers Inc
Prince St
W.va
Clay Communications Inc
Beckley and Hinton
Raleigh Register
Beckley Water Co
Ray’s Leisure Time
Beaver Vol. Fire Dept
Shell Oil
Piney View
EXXON
Beckley Fire
Beckley City Garage
Pluto RD
Shady Springs
Beaver Bradley Depot
Mabscott
Skelton Third Ave
Kanawha ST
Sprague
Heber ST
Kimball
Clida
Whitney Spinet
Bluefield
Princeton
Richlands
Pearisburg
Harry’s
Johnny Carson
Michaels Stern
Don Richards
Rainfair
Neville ST
Stone Sthomes
Raleigh
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