Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:59 PM EDT2013-05-22 16:59:52 GMT
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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has announced Karen Bowling of Beckley as Cabinet Secretary of The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, starting July 1.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has announced Karen Bowling of Beckley as Cabinet Secretary of The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, starting July 1.
Monday, May 20 2013 2:50 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:50:08 GMT
Helen Holt, now 99, was West Virginia's first female secretary of state. She received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from WVU during Sunday's commencement.
Helen Holt, now 99, was West Virginia's first female secretary of state. She received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from WVU during Sunday's commencement.
Monday, May 20 2013 6:11 AM EDT2013-05-20 10:11:12 GMT
MORGANTOWN, WV (AP) — West Virginia landowners who want to apply for grants to improve wildlife habitat have until June 14 to contact the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
MORGANTOWN, WV (AP) — West Virginia landowners who want to apply for grants to improve wildlife habitat have until June 14 to contact the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
People who like explosions will love The Dick Henderson
Bridge over the Kanawha River between Nitro and St. Albans next month.
The West Virginia Division of Highways says the slow
dismantling of the bridge is not going as well as planned, so the parts of the
old steel bridge still standing will be removed by blasting.
Carrie Bly, a spokesperson for the DoH, said the general
contractor for the demolition is required to give two weeks' notice of blasting
work, and the DoH received that notice on Feb. 14.
The tower and remaining steel on the St. Albans side of the
river are scheduled to come down at 10 a.m. March 1. The Nitro side is scheduled
for removal at 10 a.m. March 8.
The bridge was closed to traffic in January so a replacement
could be built on its existing piers, which are being strengthened. The
replacement will be similar to the bridge over the Kanawha near the Putnam
County town of Buffalo.
The Dick Henderson Memorial Bridge was built in 1934 by
McClintic Marshall Corp. of Bethlehem, Pa. It was a three-span cantilever
Warren through truss with an overall length of 1,367 feet.
The
demolition will be the first of a large bridge on the Kanawha since the Shadle
Bridge connecting Point Pleasant and Henderson was brought down on Dec. 16,
1998.
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