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W.Va. salvage effort leads to huge fire
GRAFTON — Workers from a salvage company caused a huge fire in Grafton when sparks from metal-cutting torches made contact with piles of old, dry rubbish.
Grafton Fire Chief Craig Crimm said no one was injured in the Tuesday blaze, which covered hundreds of square feet at the former Baby World factory.
Crimm said investigators are still piecing together information from the fire, including identifying the salvage company.
Salvage crews were working to remove metal, wood and roofing materials from the factory for sale and reuse. The blaze spread quickly from piles of trash to the building itself, which was full of old, dry wood.
Crimm doesn’t know how much of the salvageable material was lost in the fire.
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North Marion girls celebrate state title
The North Marion girls’ basketball team certainly knows how to win. The Huskies know how to celebrate, too.
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YouTube video leads to parade invitation
History and technology have combined to get some Fairmont Senior High School students to the cradle of our nation’s history this summer.
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Local garage damaged in fire
A close-knit community watched firefighters battle a blaze around 5:15 p.m. Sunday that damaged a large garage behind a house on Tulip Lane, a short hop from Valley Chapel United Methodist Church.
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Lending a hand
Dave Patterson is a man who enjoys helping people.
He especially enjoys helping them when the snow falls like it did from mid-December until the first of March. During that time, he helped keep the streets around Crestview Avenue plowed. He even plowed some people’s driveways, porches and steps.
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Champions again
The North Marion Huskies girls’ basketball team is coming home as champions ... again.
The Huskies went wire-to-wire as No. 1 this season and won their second straight Class AAA state title with a 58-45 win over South Charleston Saturday at the Charleston Civic Center.
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Health officials ponder arrival of seasonal flu
As spring approaches and cases of H1N1 (swine) flu seem to be at bay, some health officials are wondering if the seasonal flu will begin to emerge or if the H1N1 pandemic somehow has kept seasonal flu from breaking out.
“There’s a lot of theories why this happens,” said Bob White, regional epidemiologist who works out of the Monongalia County Health Department.
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Rivesville water rates to increase
Rivesville water customers will soon be feeling the financial effects of Fairmont’s 49 percent rate increase.
And although customers will be paying higher bills as a result, there is a positive light in the fact that it will help the significant deficit that the town’s water fund is currently operating on.
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Tea Party members defend group’s mission
The liberal mainstream media want to define the Tea Party movement as a bunch of gun toting, racist, right-wing radicals.
“Their task seemed endless, almost overwhelming, especially with only $517 in their Tea Party bank account,” a recent article in The New York Times proclaims.
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Making a statement
Dozens of students gathered outside the county board of education offices in protest Friday morning.
Students began assembling shortly after 7 a.m. and their ranks continued to grow even after Superintendent of Schools Tom Deadrick asked them to leave.
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School curriculum key at FFA auction
Folks from all over the county came out to support youth Friday at the annual Ham, Bacon and Egg Show.
Each year, the county’s Future Farmers of America program sponsors the event, held at the Marion County Technical Center, which raises money for the youth who participate.
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