Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON — U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall is urging President Barack Obama to act quickly in declaring a federal disaster for Mercer, Summers, Greenbrier, Fayette, Kanawha and Raleigh counties as a result of the weekend flooding. Rahall, D-W.Va., sent a letter to Obama today asking for the federal disaster declarations. “West Virginians are committed to recovering from this disaster and need the available federal resources to hasten that recovery,” Rahall said. “I am urging the president to give immediate attention to this matter so that federal assistance can be made available as quickly as possible.” For more on this story, and other news, see Thursday’s Daily Telegraph.
