WV Disaster & Community Resilience News June 6, 2023

WEST VIRGINIA 
 
NOTICE: Power outage will affect 288 Fairmont residents Tuesday (WBOY)
 
Environment

• West Virginia DEP receives $1M from U.S. EPA; nearly $6M statewide (The Exponent Telegram)

Flood Recovery

• Flood victims asked to report their damage to help the county get them federal aid (The Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

• Broadband: Improving access benefits all of West Virginia (Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• Federal Funding Could Help Expand Amtrak's Cardinal To Daily Service (WV Public Broadcasting)
  
• Appalachian Power to remove old transmission line (Metro News)
• Debt limit deal put Mountain Valley Pipeline ahead of power-line buildout deemed key for renewables (Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• Commercial energy consumers weigh in on possible Pleasants Power sale (Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

 
Mental Health & Domestic Violence Legislation

• City Of Huntington Awarded Grant to Expand Crisis Intervention Team (WV Public Broadcasting)
• Mental Health Clinic Opens its Doors for New Beginnings in Wetzel County (WTRF)
  
• New Domestic Violence Reduction Initiative Set For Berkeley County (WV Public Broadcasting)

 
Power Station Safety for Nearby Community
WV County to​​ give Potassium Iodide tablets to residents near power station in case they are exposed to radiation (WBOY) - Potassium Iodide (KI) tablets will be passed out to residents of the northern part of Hancock County who reside, work, and attend school within the ten-mile Emergency Planning Zone of the Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, PA.