Hurricane Bonnie spurs mass evacuation from Nags Head
More than a half million tourists and residents were ordered to leave the North Carolina coast as Hurricane Bonnie neared the Outer Banks with sustained winds of 115 mph. Roads grew congested inland as anxious travelers fled, while others weighed the risk of staying. Officials warned of possible landfall by daybreak and coastal residents faced a tense, costly exodus.
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Nags Head
N.C
Carolina
Bonnie
North Carolina
Atlantic
Sterling Webster
Dare County
Jane Hanley
Sparks
FEMA approves flood grants for Alderson and Cass
FEMA awards 367,700 to Alderson to demolish 13 floodplain homes and 195,250 to Cass to remove six flood damaged houses. Mayor Housby notes mixed benefits as towns cannot fund elevation or river dredging. State officials will finalize projects with local communities. notices pending locally.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Tom Housby
Greenbrier
Housby
FEMA
Office of Emergency Services
Cass
Karen McNeel
Pocahontas County
North Central Community Action
Deregulation debate draws small crowd at park hearing
About 25 people attended a public hearing at Twin Falls State Park on partial electric industry deregulation. Residents questioned job losses, costs, and consumer benefits while lobbyists and interest groups weighed in. Utilities said choice and competition could lower rates, but critics warned of uneven impact on small customers and grid control. See ELECTRIC on Page 12A.
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Saulsville
Twin Falls State Park
State Public Service Commission
Jack Feller
Mullens
Dick Owens
Allegheny Power
West Virginia
C.R. Brown
Beckley
Terry Eads
American Electric Power
Brendan Leary
Maben
St. Albans
David “Bugs” Stover
Pierpoint
David Ellis
PSC
Gephardt says Clinton impeachment not decided yet
Scranton scene shows House Minority Leader Gephardt calling Clinton's Lewinsky actions reprehensible yet stating it is too early for Democrats to say whether impeachment is warranted. He reserves judgment, warning against partisan attacks while urging trusted congressional process as Starr's evidence is submitted.
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Gephardt
Scranton
House
Dick Gephardt
Monica Lewinsky
Lewinsky
Missouri Democrat
Kenneth Starr
Congress
WARM
Wilkes-Barre
Paigns
Starr
White House
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