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Crab Orchard man located after more than 24 hours
Loggers found a Crab Orchard man safe in the woods Wednesday morning, after dozens of area firefighters spent the night looking for him.
Carlos Goode, around 50 years old, was located by loggers doing work in the woods near Eccles, in an area accessible from Glen View Road near Pittman’s Curve, according to Sophia Area Volunteer Fire Chief Danny Treadway. The area where he was located is about 3 or 4 miles from his home, the chief added.
Goode is legally blind and also suffers from seizures, Treadway said, but he was “in fine shape” after spending the night in the woods. The chief said he had an EMS crew to check the man before he was released to go home.
Goode had been last seen around 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to another fire official. Goode frequently takes walks, but when he didn’t return home by Tuesday evening, family members became worried and notified authorities.
The Sophia Area Volunteer Fire Department established a command post and coordinated seven search teams overnight. With no further clues as to Goode’s whereabouts by Wednesday morning, Treadway said he had requested assistance from other resources, including the West Virginia K-9 Search and Rescue team from Morgantown and personnel from the Raleigh County Homeland Security office.
However, Goode was located before their arrival.
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Data indicates McDowell is unhealthiest county in W.Va.
The health divide in West Virginia isn’t just a matter of the insured and the uninsured or the wealthy and the poor. It’s also a question of north and south.
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PSD gets funds for Lanark sewer system
A public sewage system should be complete come December for residents in the Lanark area, officials say.
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Greenbrier to host Fun Fest and Egg Hunt
The Greenbrier will host its first Community Children’s Easter Fun Fest and Egg Hunt for children ages 3-12 March 28.
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Bluestone Wildlife Area cleaning up from flood
Very little flooding was reported along the New River near Bluestone Dam Saturday, but in other locations the river overflowed its banks and caused considerable damage, including in the Bluestone Wildlife Management Area, officials said.
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W.Va. gets $72 million in school construction bonds
West Virginia is getting more than $72 million in federal bonds for public schools.
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SCHOOL CLOSINGS and DELAYS
Click HERE to go to the West Virginia Department of Education with up-to-date school closings and delays by county.
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Officials seek federal declaration for flood recovery
Gov. Joe Manchin, Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Congressman Nick Rahall have sent requests to the president for a federal disaster declaration for Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers, Fayette, Kanawha and Raleigh counties in the wake of last weekend’s flooding.
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Flood recovery continues
Southern West Virginia residents continued to mop up floodwaters and shovel sludge Monday, working to clean out their homes and rebuild their lives.
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Flood recovery continues
Southern West Virginia residents continued to put the pieces of their homes and lives back together Tuesday as recovery from last weekend’s severe flooding continued.
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Data indicates McDowell is unhealthiest county in W.Va.
