âLetâs talk trash.â
Trash was indeed the subject addressed by some county officials at a recent public meeting hosted by Logan County Commissioner Diana Barnette in which the subject of littering and illegal garbage disposal in Logan County were the issues.
Present for the discussion were representatives of the Department of Natural Resources, the Logan County Commission, Logan Prosecuting Attorney David Wandling, two Logan County House of Delegates members, a state Department of Highways official, a Waste Management representative, State Sen. Rupie Phillips, and all three Logan County magistrates.
In the audience were at least two Logan County mayors, Logan County Clerk John Turner, several businessmen, teachers and other concerned citizens who either posed questions or presented their ideas as to how to address the littering and trash problem in the county.
LOGAN â Trash cleanup efforts have continued heavily in Logan County throughout the month of April.
During the Logan County Commissionâs regular session Monday, April 26, county code enforcer Ray Perry detailed several of the recent trash cleanup events. He started with a cleanup Saturday, April 24, by Alpha Natural Resources from the Ralph R. Willis Career and Technical School to the Appalachian Outpost exit on new W.Va. 10, as well as Rum Creek.
On Thursday, April 22, Perry said the City of Logan Fire Department collected half a ton of garbage from the old State Police bridge, the W.Va. 44/73 intersection and the lower Fountain Place Mall (Tractor Supply) exit.
LOGAN â A host of county officials, state representatives for the area and law enforcement participated in a public forum at the Fountain Place Cinema 8 on Thursday, April 15, to discuss the litter and garbage dumping problem in Logan County.
The forum was hosted by Logan County Commission Diana Barnette, who owns the Cinema 8. The informal event, which Barnette called âLetâs Talk Trash,â lasted nearly two hours.
âSpringtime is when we see all the trash,â Barnette said. âSummertime, things grow up and hides a bunch of the trash, we donât hear much about it. But, we all know itâs a problem, and itâs a shame that, after all these years, litter is still a problem. So, what I wanted to do is put together a panel of the smartest people I know, and you guys, so we could all work on some kind of a collaborative, comprehensive litter control program.â
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West Virginia is incarcerating more people than its regional jail system is meant to hold, and it is costing some county governments more money than they can pay.
At least 10 counties in West Virginia are more than 90 days past due on a combined $9 million in jail bills, according to the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security. That agency covers the balance with taxpayer money when payments come up short.
From 2000 to 2019, West Virginiaâs jail population increased by 81% according to a report by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. That follows a longer national trend, Quenton King, criminal justice policy analyst for the center, wrote in the report.