Hanover News

This year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has nearly $6 billion to award in loans and grants for water and wastewater projects across the nation.

Families recovering from the May floods will soon have temporary housing available in Wyoming County.

The students involved are in kindergarten through sixth grade. They read daily, but they also participate in other activities like games, sports and arts and crafts.

The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center and the SBA Business Recovery Center are located in Gilbert at the Larry Joe Harless Community Center.

FEMA officials are holding another meeting about temporary housingfor flood victims.

State and federal officials plan to close three disaster aid centers in southern West Virginia that were established to help victims of last month's catastrophic flooding.

The West Virginia National Guard is moving out of the southern coalfields following a month-long deployment.

BY JOHN CONLEY Associate Editor Temporary housing for flood victims is the biggest issue remaining in dealing with the aftermath of May's disaster, according to Wyoming County Emergency Services Director Dean Meadows.

A month after intense rainfall drove streams from their banks and devastated communities along the Tug Fork River in southern West Virginia, the cleanup goes on.

The state Division of Highways says unlike snow removal, the repairs in southern West Virginia are being handled in a delicate prioritized balance.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has approved more than $5.7 million in disaster aid for West Virginians affected by severe storms, flooding and landslides this month.

BY JOHN CONLEY Associate Editor With a federal disaster declaration in hand, money committed schools reopening on Monday, theA Wyoming County recovery effort is moving along.

This western Wyoming County community lost in excess of 30 homes when May 9 floodwaters pushed through the small community, said Dean Meadows, Wyoming County Emergency Services director.

Members of the West Virginia national guard are in the flood ravaged counties, offering help.

The concert is at Lizard Creek Park in Hanover in Wyoming County. HANOVER- -- Flood clean-up is still underway in much of the region, but organizers of a concert in Wyoming County are hoping people will take a break to celebrate Memorial Day.

Rock and mud slides lined Rt. 97, while tons of debris marked the raging path taken by the Guyandotte River during Saturday's flooding.

Huff Creek in Wyoming County is filled with debris. Huff Creek left tons of rocks, dirt in the yard of this home in Hanover in Wyoming County.

Clean-up continues in Wyoming County as flood victims try to figure out what to do next.

The facility is offering free child care to any flood victim. HANOVER- -- Officials with one statewide agency are reaching out to flood victims.

Soldiers are working to assess the damage. HANOVER- -- Governor Joe Manchin has called in members of the West Virginia National Guard to help with cleanup in Mingo and Wyoming counties.