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W.Va. Schools Selected to Receive Sustainability Grants

Sixteen schools in eight West Virginia counties will share more than $12,200 in grants for sustainability projects.

The grants are provided by the state Department of Environmental Protection and ZMM Architects & Engineers as part of the Green Apple Day of Service, which is scheduled for Sept. 26.

The day of service gives students, teachers, parents, and residents an opportunity to volunteer with local schools in an effort to create safer, healthier and more efficient learning environments.

The projects are in Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Monongalia, Putnam, Upshur and Wayne counties.

Four W.Va. Counties Declared Endemic for Lyme Disease

Four additional West Virginia counties have been declared endemic for Lyme disease, bringing the total to 11.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that Kanawha, Marshall, Roane and Wetzel counties were declared endemic for the tick-borne disease as of Aug. 15. They join Berkeley, Hampshire, Hancock, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan and Wood counties on the list.

Dr. Rahul Gupta, the state health commissioner, says a county is considered endemic for Lyme disease if it has at least two confirmed cases in patients who had not traveled recently and could only have been bitten by a tick within that county.

The state Bureau for Public Health says there have been 149 cases of Lyme disease in West Virginia this year — nearly double the 77 reported in the same time frame in 2014.

Removal of Slide Area at W.Va. Airport to Start Monday

Work is scheduled to begin Monday on removing part of a manmade hillside at Yeager Airport that collapsed earlier this year.

A Kanawha County judge’s ruling in a lawsuit cleared the way for the work to begin.

Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit ruled on Friday that material collected from the site must be stored in the same place. Tabit also said all parties involved in the lawsuit must be notified before any testing of the material is done.

A portion of the emergency over-run area at the end of the airport’s runway collapsed on March 12. Airport officials are suing companies involved with the over-run area’s design and construction.

Meanwhile, Yeager announced on Saturday that executive director Rick Atkinson will resign, effective Monday.

The Great Textbook War

What should children learn in school? It’s a question that’s stirred debate for decades, and in 1974, it led to violent protests in West Virginia. People planted bombs in schools, shot at buses, and shut down coal mines. This radio documentary was honored with Peabody, Murrow and DuPont/Columbia awards.

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Meeting in Belle to Look at Long-Term Impacts of Kanawha County Mud & Rock Slides

In Kanawha County, reoccurring mud and rock slides have led to the on and off closure of a portion of route 60 near Cedar Grove.

A community group has organized a meeting in Belle this evening to discuss the long-term impacts that these reoccurring closures could have on businesses and residents.

The Upper Kanawha Valley Citizens Advisory Council is inviting community members and business representatives to attend this evening’s meeting.

Representatives from the Department of Highways will be there and will discuss the long-term plans for resolving the issue of mudslides and rock slides which have led to the on and off closures.

Businesses that are being affected are also invited to attend.

According to Dave Fletcher, the chairman of the Upper Kanawha Valley Citizens Advisory Council, Appalachian Power and Medford Trucking are among the businesses that have expressed concern.

Residents in many of the communities have reported long delays on their commutes, since they’ve had to take detours along route 61 in the last week.

The meeting will be at 5:30 PM, Wednesday, April 29th at Belle City Hall.