WV and National Disaster News - April 10, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID Related Funding support - housing, food, etc.

• West Virginia takes steps to close out response efforts before COVID emergency ends (Metro News)
• Families, food banks adjust to SNAP cut (Charleston Gazette Mail)
• Rescue Program assisting homeowners all across the state (Metro News)
  

Energy

• West Virginia PSC to hold hearing on rate increase to keep Pleasants Power Plant open (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• Is Mon Power's Pleasants Proposal A Good Deal? An Expert Weighs In (WV Public Broadcasting)
• Court pulls Mountain Valley Pipeline permit (The State Journal)
• $3.7 million to go to West Virginia natural gas pipeline upgrade (WBOY)
• Major federal investment announced to modernize NETL facilities, including Morgantown (Metro News) 

NARCAN

• First Narcan vending machine statewide opens in Morgantown (Metro News)

NATIONAL NEWS

Fire Response & Recovery

• New Mexicans united against fire — now, to rebuild (Santa Fe New Mexican)
• Schumer touts firefighter funding in Norwich (The Daily Star) - reveals plan to rally support to pass the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023 in the Senate by the end of this month to save these programs."

 
Train Derailment – East Palestine

• EPA Survey: East Palestine Residents Reporting Similar Symptoms (Wheeling News Register)

Weather

• Soaring temperatures to bring widespread warmth to central, eastern US (AccuWeather)
• FEMA provides $1.3 million to Arkansas for disaster help after tornadoes (KATV)
• Federal government to pay 100% of Arkansas' tornado (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)    
• Arkansans united after deadly storms (The Sentinel-Record)
• Family Denied FEMA Assistance due to Registration Error (KARK News)  
• Tennessee Governor Bill Lee's Federal Disaster Relief Request Approved for Ten Counties (Clarksville Online)
• FEMA gave an update on tornado assistance in Alabama last Friday (WAFF News)
• Families without permanent homes after EKY flooding can buy FEMA units (WKYT) 
• Opinion: Blame California, not just FEMA, for the poor emergency response to recent flooding (San Diego Union Tribune) 

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