Rhodell News

Federal Emergency Management Agency representative Michael Jurnak walked up and down the alleys and roads of Rhodell Tuesday, knocking on doors of homes and businesses.

The West Virginia Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that a temporary Disaster Recovery Center will open in Rhodell in Raleigh County on Monday, June 15.

Thousands of West Virginians are in need after flood waters ravaged the region. RHODELL- -- At least 38 hundred people in the state have applied for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Federal Emergency Management Agency representative Michael Jurnak walked up and down the alleys and roads of Rhodell Tuesday, knocking on doors of homes and businesses.

Authorities say Raleigh County flood victims' lives are slowly returning to normal, with utilities fully operational, but another set of flood debris garbage bins is en route.

Raleigh County work crews and residents dug through mud and flood debris again Tuesday, with road crews working to repair a notorious bridge and one town finally receiving limited water service after three days.

Southern West Virginia residents cleaned up water, mud and muck from their properties - and their lives - Sunday as they worked to recover from Saturday's severe flooding.

Firefighters from Wyoming and Raleigh Counties work together to battle a blaze at a vacant building in Mullens.

Several homes and a church were flooded. RHODELL- -- The flood clean up is still going on in Raleigh County as well.

Posted Saturday, May 9, 2009 ; 07:43 PM Several shelters are set up near affected areas.

Rhodell is likely to lose two of its three police officers as it, along with 24 other police agencies across the country, has been barred from seeking new federal stimulus grants because of its failure to meet past grant requirements.

The Sophia Training Center will be hosting municipal training for city officials from Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties today.

The Rhodell Volunteer Fire Department appealed to the County Commission for some help.

When a home or business is on fire, knowing that a fire truck is on the way can bring a sense of security into an emotional situation.

A structure fire destroyed a trailer on Gillimore Street in Helen Saturday evening, injuring two of its residents, and briefly rekindled Sunday afternoon before being extinguished by firefighters, Rhodell ...