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Deadline Approaching for West Virginia Flood Unemployment

West Virginians who are out of work due to recent deadly floods are facing a deadline to apply for unemployment benefits.

The deadline to file a claim for employees or residents of Kanawha, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties is Wednesday.

Those in Clay, Fayette, Monroe, Roane, Summers, Pocahontas and Webster counties have until Friday.

People who live or work in Jackson and Lincoln counties have until Aug. 4.

The Disaster Unemployment Assistance offers benefits for people who are ineligible under the state’s regular unemployment insurance. Farmers, self-employed people and others may be eligible for the Disaster Unemployment Assistance.

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.

Leak from Box Truck Turns Out to Be Rainwater

State regulators say a spill that closed several roads in the Spencer area apparently was rainwater.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection says preliminary information indicates rainwater was the liquid that leaked from a box truck on Tuesday night.

Agency spokeswoman Kelley Gillenwater told media outlets on Wednesday that DEP workers tested the pH level of wet surfaces inside and outside the truck. All of the results were neutral.

Gillenwater says air monitoring didn’t detect ammonia, hydrogen sulfide or other chemicals.

The driver indicated to investigators that he had driven through heavy rain.

Gillenwater says it appears rainwater got into the truck and drained out the back.

W.Va. Law Enforcement Get Money for Drug Disposal Boxes

Three West Virginia law enforcement departments getting money to buy boxes for residents to safely get rid of unused prescriptions.

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says the Shepherdstown Police Department and sheriffs departments in Boone and Roane counties received grants to buy the drug disposal boxes.

The grants were awarded as part of the Dispose Responsibly of Prescriptions program through the Public Health Trust. The program seeks to provide a permanent medicine disposal container in each county.

Morrisey says prescription drug abuse is a significant problem in West Virginia and the trust is committed to helping city, county and state law enforcement in in their efforts to dispose of unused or expired medicine.

Law enforcement departments may still apply through Morrisey’s office for a grant to purchase a drug disposal box.

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