Waters rise along Fourpole Creek at Ritter Park after rainy weather on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Huntington. Brian Farkas, the West Virginia Conservation Agency executive director, spoke to Cabell County Commissioners this week about a state law that gives counties and municipalities the authority to treat streams to prevent floods.
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They are Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and Wayne, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday.
Storms starting Feb. 10 produced snow, sleet and freezing rain in southwestern West Virginia. Trees and power poles were toppled, causing widespread outages and some impassable roads.
Gov. Jim Justice included Jackson County in the state of emergency declaration, but Jackson County was found not to qualify for federal disaster aid, Emergency Management said in a news release.
Emergency Management is coordinating with FEMA to begin the application process for those affected by the winter storms.
Cabell County EMS Director Gordon Merry said the funds are public assistance made available to governmental agencies to reimburse costs related to the ice storms. Certain criteria must be met in order to get the funds.
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Vienna Utility Board members held their monthly meeting to discuss current issues and the future of infrastructural changes in Vienna. (Photo by Jenna Pierson)
VIENNA The Vienna Utility Board met Friday to discuss newly passed legislation that impacts the water and sewer departments and potential options for the future use of American Rescue Act money.
Board member and Vienna Mayor Randall Rapp discussed three new bills that are set to impact the utility board.
West Virginia House Bill 2370 makes it mandatory public service districts allow anyone with a swimming pool to be given monetary credit for sewer services.
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Sheppard Farm awarded Century Farm Designation
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The Sheppard Farm was recently honored as a Century Farm in Wet Virginia by the Western Conservation District and the West Virginia Conservation Agency. The West Virginia Century Farm Program is designed to recognize those families who have been farming the same tract of land for at least 100 years.
The Sheppard Farm was established in 1901 by Pascal and Lucy Sheppard and is located nine miles north of Sandyville on Route 21. The land has been farmed by five generations of Sheppard family to present, and is the home of the largest known Shellbark Hickory Tree in West Virginia. The tree has a circumference of 146.1 inches and is 90 feet tall with a crown spread of 80.2 feet.