West Virginia counties driven by migration in growth surge
Census figures show most county growth from people moving in rather than births. Putnam led growth at 17.2 percent with Berkeley posting the largest numeric gain, while McDowell plunged 13.1 percent. Regional trends show Eastern Panhandle counties thriving on net migration amid negative local natural growth.
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Putnam County
McDowell County
West Virginia
U.S
Morgan County
Putnam
McDowell
Berkeley County
Summers County
Wirt
Panhandle
Berkeley
Hampshire
Hardy
Jefferson
Morgan
Logan
Min
Wyoming
Gilmer
Webster
Marshall
Ohio
Wetzel
Beckley
United States
Special prosecutors challenge Forbes in Zain case
Kanawha County prosecutors seek review of former state police chemist Fred Zain case alleging Bill Forbes lied about involvement in a pre 1994 meeting. Judge Andrew MacQueen says the Dec 14 trial date remains, and the filing appears routine. Forbes denies meeting with Smith and McGowan and says he never discussed Zain matters.
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Charleston
Fred Zain
Kanawha County
Bill Forbes
Andrew MacQueen
Jim Lees
Stephen Jory
Forbes
Zain
MacQueen
Lees
Jory
Elkins
Steve McGowan
Ted Smith
Smith
Charleston Gazette
McGowan
State Supreme Court
Population rankings for Southern West Virginia counties in 1997
The report lists 1997 population estimates for Greenbrier McDowell Mercer Monroe Nicholas Pocahontas Raleigh Summers and Wyoming counties with rankings, overall growth, migration and natural growth figures. Raleigh leads with 78,995 and Summers and Summers lags in decline overall.
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Greenbrier County
Mercer County
Pocahontas County
Raleigh County
Wyoming County
Lightning outage hits Sophia area. power restored by afternoon
A lightning arrestor near Pemberton failed to divert a strike, cutting power to 1,600 AEP customers in the Sophia Coal City area and Black Diamond Power Co. customers. Transmission line outage began about 7:45 a.m. and was restored by 2:45 p.m. A second wind event caused two lines at Oak Hill to trip a breaker, leaving 2,800 customers without power from 2:45 to 4:10 p.m.
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Pemberton
Sophia Coal City
Gib Cook
American Electric Power
Coal City
Black Diamond Power Co
Sophia
H.B
Cook
Oak Hill
AEP
Karen Simmons
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Pi CR CN Nre
EES Lette
Robert C. Byrd
Borer Regus
Monroe County
Nicholas County
Nutri
Locust Street
Via
Forest Homes, Inc
Airport Road
ARH
Southern West Virginia Clinic
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Stanaford Road
Southern West Virginia Community College
DOT
ABBI
Raleigh General Hospital
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