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CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia regulators have ordered power and water companies statewide to assess their responses to powerful windstorms in late June that left hundreds of thousands of customers without power. The state Public Service Commission on Friday also asked the utilities to explain how they will prepare for similar weather events. A June [...]
Continue reading …HURRICANE (AP) — A man and a woman who were severely burned in an explosion in Hurricane have died. A spokeswoman with Cabell Huntington Hospital says Trina Clapham and Anthony Hawkins died Friday, four days after the mobile home they were in exploded. State Police say they suspect the explosion could have been caused by [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Cabinet maker American Woodmark plans to invest more than $15 million in its manufacturing operation in West Virginia. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Wednesday that the company is expected to hire nearly 190 employees for the Moorefield facility over the next three years. In December, the company had said it was closing [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia agriculture officials are seeking the public’s comment on a proposed emergency rule concerning the use of poultry litter and swine manure. The proposal would limit land application within three miles of primary poultry breeder operations, unless the litter and manure have been certified as free of disease by the state [...]
Continue reading …FORT ASHBY (AP) — An investigator says an apartment building fire that killed three people in Fort Ashby started in a second-floor hallway. Patrick Barker with the state Fire Marshal’s Office tells The Cumberland Times-News that the cause of the July 13 fire remains undetermined. The victims have been identified as 63-year-old Richard Sherry, 43-year-old [...]
Continue reading …CIRCLEVILLE (AP) — Three people are recovering from injuries after storms struck during fairs in Pendleton and Wood counties. A storm blew the roof off a carnival game and injured a carnival worker at the Pendleton County Fair in Circleville. Lightning hit two brothers at the West Virginia Interstate Fair and Exposition in Mineral Wells. [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — The West Virginia Division of Highways says it will improve signs, lighting and road reflectors as part of a plan to make the interchange of Interstates 69 and 79 safer. The DOH also plans to use a high-friction treatment on the pavement of the interchange near Morgantown. Media outlets say a road [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Lincoln County Commissioner Thomas Ramey Jr. lied to an FBI agent investigating election fraud in southern West Virginia, a criminal charge filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court said. Federal prosecutors allege the 32-year-old Democrat falsely told the agent in February he did not know who altered absentee ballot applications submitted to the [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — A preliminary investigation report says there is no evidence that flight controls malfunctioned on a plane that crashed into a communications tower antenna near Coopers Rock last month, killing the pilot. WBOY-TV says the National Transportation Safety Board report shows Richard Lambert of Columbus, Ohio, had more than 22,000 hours of flight [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is requesting a major disaster declaration from the federal government to help with the ongoing recovery efforts in after the recent summer storms. Tomblin’s office said Tuesday he’s specifically requesting public assistance in more than 40 counties. He’s also asking that hazard mitigation funds to be [...]
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