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Zigmond honored with retirement celebrations
Logan County School Superintendent Wilma Zigmond was honored with two retirement parties on Saturday, June 8. During the afternoon, more than 150 of her co-workers, church friends, former students, retired teachers and family celebrated at the 1st Presbyterian Church on Stratton Street where many tears, laughs and memories were shared. The retirement festivities continued into the evening with a surprise retirement dinner at the Logan Cou...
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Man arrested for drugs, guns, and an explosive device
On June 14, 2013, Logan County Sheriff’s Department received a complaint through 911 in reference to a gold Toyota pickup and the possibility of its occupants selling narcotics in the Man area of Logan County. Cpl. M. C. Sutherland and Deputy J. A. Lyall proceeded to the Man area and located the pickup in the Wendy’s parking lot at Huff Junction and the driver of this vehicle pulled out quickly and sped around the parking lot and pulled ont...
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Residents contribute to State’s Sesquicentennial Quilt
CHARLESTON – West Virginia First Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin will unveil the West Virginia State Sesquicentennial Quilt featuring such icons as Camden Park and Sandstone Falls at 10 a.m. Monday, June 17, 2013, at the Culture Center on the State Capitol Complex. All of the 72 quilters from across West Virginia who invested hundreds of hours into making the commemorative quilt have been invited. A reception will follow. Included in those 72 ...
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Weakened labor unions in West Virginia mean fewer decent-paying jobs
In January, 10 members of the United Mine Workers of America, including several West Virginia miners, were arrested in St Louis, Mo., following a protest outside of Peabody Energy headquarters. More than 1,000 miners were protesting the possible loss of pension and health care benefits for roughly 20,000 retired miners and their dependents in the wake of Peabody’s decision to create a subsidiary known as Patriot Coal. After spinning off Pat...
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Logan Workforce West Virginia office to relocate
Workforce West Virginia is on the move. Currently located at Fountain Place Mall in Logan, Workforce West Virginia will move to the new state building on Stratton street. They will be located on the second floor of the building. Debbie White, interviewer with the state unemployment job service, said the move will be effective Monday, June 17. “This will make it a true one-stop for many individuals as there are currently many other state...
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Local towns ask motorists to slow it down
Following some freakish single-vehicle accidents and some complaints about child safety several local town officials are asking motorists to slow it down this spring and summer. Earlier this week, the town of Logan saw an unusual accident when an elderly driver struck a parked vehicle in town… It was far from the only incident of that type lately… Just a few weeks earlier, neighboring West Logan saw not one but two unusual accidents. One wh...
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Patriot, union exchange jabs during bankruptcy
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Top executives of a bankrupt coal producer and the nation’s biggest miner’s union are trading public jabs over bargaining meant to stave off a strike against a company given a court’s go-ahead to slash health care and pension benefits to thousands of workers and retirees. The public feuding resurfaced Wednesday, when the United Mine Workers of America accused Patriot Coal Corp. of walking out of negotiations meant to mi...
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Marcum contributes to shoe fund
Delegate Justin Marcum has presented a check for $250 to the Logan Empowerment, Action and Development (LEAD) Community Organization for their annual shoe drive. Marcum said he was excited to hear that the LEAD organization had made a statement saying that they planned to open the shoe drive borders to include students in Mingo County. “Children all over Southern West Virginia will be needing new shoes to star the school year and if we ha...
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Full schedule announced for State’s 150th Birthday Celebration
CHARLESTON — Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has announced that the full schedule of events for West Virginia’s 150th birthday celebration at the State Capitol is now available online at www.wv150.com. At the same website, the public can watch a preview of “150 in 3-D: A Century and a Half of West Virginia Pride,” the 3-D building-projection video that will bring the Capitol’s south face to life during the birthday celebration. “We are celebratin...
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Miley left standing in W.Va. House speaker’s race
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Miley became the Democrats’ expected nominee for speaker in West Virginia’s House of Delegates on Friday, after fellow contender and Finance Committee Chairman Harry Keith White endorsed the Harrison County lawyer. White, a Mingo County banker, announced his support of Miley ahead of an expected Tuesday special session for electing a new speaker. “Tim and I are good friends, and we...
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Repairs approved for W
Repairs approved for W.Va. governor’s mansion CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Repairs have been approved on the West Virginia governor’s mansion. The Capitol Building Commission approved the work Wednesday. General Services Division Director Greg Melton says it will include exterior repairs and repainting, along with work scheduled for the reception room, ballroom, sunroom and staircases. Sunroom windows will be replaced by energy-efficient ...
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Treasurer warns against safe deposit abandonment
CHARLESTON – State Treasurer John Perdue says state residents should be diligent in remembering the existence of safe deposit boxes, whether they were maintained by a deceased family member or themselves. Safe deposit boxes are normally maintained by banks. By law, a person who lets box rent lapse for five years or more is subject to contents forfeiture to the State Treasury. Relocation, illness or death are possible reasons why the rent ma...
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Appeals court to hear more on EPA, W.Va. mine case
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Arch Coal is preparing to re-argue key points in a long-running battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its retroactive veto of a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia strip mine. The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has given EPA 15 days to file an answer to the St. Louis-based company’s request for a rehearing. In April, the appellate panel ruled that EPA...
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WV Freedom Fest returns
City Clerk Amber Miller Viars discussed the return of the West Virginia Freedom Festival at Tuesday’s June meeting of the Logan City Council. The festival, the city’s biggest annual summer function, is just a few weeks away and already the schedule is filling up fast. “No, unfortunately we will not have the Turtle Man,” she quipped with Logan Fire Chief Scotty Beckett, who often has asked for the reality television star to appear at the fes...
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FEMA funding awarded for Logan County firefighters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Cora Volunteer Fire Department was awarded $128,203 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, and Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, (all D-W.Va.), announced Thursday that funding will be used for operations and firefighter safety. “Volunteer firefighters like Cora’s deserve our best efforts in providing them with the resources they need to save lives and protect o...
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Boil water advisory lifted
McCONNELL — The Logan County Public Service District has lifted a boil water advisory issued on June 6 for the area of Quest Circle at McConnell on Thursday, June 13. For more information, call the LCPSD at 304-946-2641.
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Glenville State College to Hold Mobile Enrollment Session in Logan June 19
GLENVILLE – Representatives from the Glenville State College Admissions Office will be holding a mobile enrollment session in Logan at the Logan Area Public Library on Wednesday, June 19th from 12:00 -2:00 p.m. Admissions counselors will be on hand to answer questions and give potential students more information about applying. “We see this as another way of GSC being student-centered. Considering time and cost constraints for some families...
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Husband and wife arrested for grand larceny
MYRTLE - A Logan County Couple found themselves in trouble in neighboring Mingo County after they allegedly committed acts of breaking and entering, conspiracy and grand larceny. Mingo County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Joe Smith and Sgt. James Smith responded to a complaint on Ransom Drive on U.S. 119 on June 2nd in the Myrtle Community of Joe Chaffin, who reported that two motorcycles had been stolen from his outbuilding. The description of...
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W.Va. Sesquicentennial Ornament unveiled
CHARLESTON — First Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin unveiled the limited edition West Virginia Sesquicentennial ornament during a reception at the West Virginia State Museum Shop, located at the Culture Center in Charleston, on Wednesday. During the public reception, First Lady Tomblin, along with artist Shelley Goodman, signed ornament cards for individuals who purchased the commemorative ornament. “We are especially pleased to highlight our sta...
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Patriot breaks off negotiations with UMWA
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced in a press release Wednesday that negotiators from Patriot Coal walked out of negotiation talks with the UMWA on Tuesday, June 12. The UMWA says the company also cancelled negotiations that were scheduled for the remainder of this week and into next week. “We are very disappointed by this action,” UMWA President Cecil E. Roberts said. “We had made significant progress toward reaching an ag...
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Lyburn Post Office temporarily closed
Even though services at the Lyburn Post Office have been temporarily suspended, its postal customers are being provided with the same services. Logan Postmaster Thea Dunford says customers should still use their Lyburn address and ZIP code, no changes need to be made. “Repairs need to be made to the building at Lyburn, which is why service there has been suspended. Lyburn customers who get their mail at home will get their mail as usual. ...
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Council picks a bridge design
Members of the Logan City Council approved a bridge design on a long term project Tuesday, June 11 in the city of Logan’s monthly council meeting. Last month, engineers met with the city on three different designs for the proposed structure, noting that the biggest differences were in construction methods and cost. Logan Mayor Serafino Nolleti said the town had been in contact with the architects and that members had been leaning towards ...
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Akers facing multiple charges
West Virginia State Police officers were conducting a road patrol in the community of Chapmanville when they observed a red Pontiac Grand Am doing approximately 80 miles per hour in a 25 miles per hour speed zone near Chapmanville Regional High School’s football field. The criminal complaint filed in the magistrate court of Logan County says the officers stopped Bradley Akers, 42, of Omar, who exited the vehicle before the officers had appr...
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Madison woman charged with embezzling
MADISON – A Madison woman has been charged with felony embezzlement from her former employer, the Coal Valley News newspaper in Madison. Ashlea Nashell Hall, of 1st Street West in Madison, was charged with embezzling $1,400 during the month of April 2013 from her then-employer the Coal Valley News, located at 350 Main Street in downtown Madison, according to the criminal complaint filed in Boone County Magistrate Court. During the month o...
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June proclaimed Elder Abuse Awareness Month
WILLIAMSON - Many elderly adults are abused in their own homes, in relatives’ homes, and even in facilities responsible for their care. In an effort to raise awareness and attention to this horrific problem, June has been proclaimed as National Elder Abuse Awareness Month by our nation’s leaders. If you suspect that an elderly person is at risk from a neglectful or overwhelmed caregiver, or being preyed upon financially, it’s important to s...
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