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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is set to remove abandoned structures throughout the state’s communities.
The new program was created by the West Virginia Legislature in 2021, with more than $9 million being assigned to it last March.
It officially kicked off Friday in Mercer County, with the first abandoned property in Mataoka being ceremoniously bulldozed.
Ed Maguire, the director of the Office of the Environmental Advocate for the DEP announced which communities would receive the funding during a live broadcast with Gov. Jim Justice’s office Friday afternoon.
Towns and counties included are:
The project is set to take roughly one year. More communities are likely to be announced in a potential second phase.
The commission will be chaired by Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby with members to be announced in the coming weeks.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA two-man rescue team found the body of mine foreman Steve Lipscomb, 42, of Elkview, in the Rolling Thunder coal mine in Nicholas County Thursday morning. An around the clock search and rescue operation has been in motion since Saturday.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPresident Donald Trump points to what he calls “soaring” crime to justify deploying federal agents and National Guard troops to some American cities. Us & Them checks with an expert who reviews our nation’s crime data and sees inconsistent reporting and declines in major crime categories. This comes at a time when a poll shows the public is more worried about scams and school shootings than street crime.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHow violent is America? We listen to an excerpt from the latest episode of Us & Them where host Trey Kay looks at what crime data really tells us.
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