Ice storm aftermath leaves Virginia power chaos deepens
Virginia faces renewed outages as a new snow event worsens restoration efforts. AP CO reports about 25 000 customers in southwest Virginia and 4 300 in the Roanoke area still without power amid ongoing repairs and a mobile transformer arrival. Eight deaths linked to the storm include electrocution in Campbell County and several crashes on ice slick roads.
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National Weather Service
Virginia
Weather Service
Appalachian Power Co
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Apco
Roanoke Valley
Roanoke
Salem
Southside
Southside Electric Cooperative
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative
Fort Blackmore
Scott County
Campbell County
Furnace Overload Causes Roof Smoke in Front Royal
Firemen respond to report of smoke on E Main Street with an overloaded furnace at Ammons Musicland. Door removed to gain entry. no extinguishers used as fuel burned out. Earlier, a Rt 340 South Gooney Creek crash sent one person to hospital with jaw lacerations.
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Front Royal
E. Main St
Front Royal Fire Department
Harry Robertson
Ammons Musicland
Robertson
Gooney Creek
Carle Germelman
Oil bill splits Guests and Smith in Virginia House
In Richmond Del. Raymond Guest Jr. and Del. Alson Smith Jr. split on a bill restricting oil refineries from running gas stations, advancing despite Guest opposing some provisions. The measure passed 77-20 and could face a veto override.
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Smith
Star
Richmond
Del
Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
Front Royal
House of Delegates
Guest
Shenandoah Valley
Alson H. Smith Jr
Winchester
Joint Capital Facilities Committee Sets Tonight Meeting
A draft final report on proposed joint court and office facilities for Winchester and Frederick County will be discussed at a 7 30 p m meeting of the Joint Capital Facilities Committee. The plan envisions a four story court building a three story county administration building a multi level parking structure and renovations to Rouss City Hall and the Frederick County Administration building with a projected cost around 11 million dollars.
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Stephens City
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Locust Street
Stephen Thomas Lloyd
Front Royal
Riverton Corporation
Vernon Park
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Warren County Sheriff's Department
ATF
Park
Lloyd
Winchester
Frederick County
Joint Capital Facilities Committee
Vvkr Partnership of
Alexandria
Wendell Seldon
Rouss City
Winchester City
Ee Ee
County Board Room
Weather report and extended forecast for Northern Valley and Virginia
Snow mixed with rain likely tonight with lows in the 20s to 30s and rain changing to snow at higher elevations Wednesday. Virginia expects rain late tonight, heavier east of the mountains, with highs in the 40s to mid 50s and a Wednesday shift to snow in the mountains. Extended forecast calls for rain or snow Thursday, partly sunny Friday and Saturday, with temperatures in the 40s and upper 20s to mid 30s. Historical rainfall figures and January totals are provided.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
National Weather Service
Mississippi Valley
Central Appalachians
Great Lakes
Northern Plains
South Carolina
Maryland
Atlantic Coast
Food Stamp Issuance Shifts to Contract Agencies
Clarke County moves to daily stamp issuance under federal rules, extending service at Bank of Clarke County from two days a week to every working day starting March 1 after negotiations on costs. Warren County also expands from a limited window to daily issuance at Bank of Virginia Warren, with fees and per transaction charges, effective March 1.
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Clarke
Warren Counties
Clarke County
Bank of
Gay Allen
County Social Services Office
Social Service Office
Warren County
Bank of Virginia-Warren
Ann Carbaugh
Warren Bank
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Archibald A. Campbell
Wytheville
Alan A. Diamonstein
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By Ellen Layman
House
David Crump
Germelman
Lave Smieniel
Eda Ceaires Tha
Igures
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Lola M. Gough
Funeral Home
Edith B. Kenney
Shenandoah Memorial Park
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Bernard F. Groves
Braddock St
United States
Connecticut Mutual
Bue Chip Company
Robert E. Kelsoe
Siler
Mutual Life Ins. Co
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