WELCH —
Starting Saturday, disaster relief centers in McDowell County and other counties included in a recent disaster declaration will be closed on weekends, official s with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today.
The centers will remain open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. In McDowell County, the center is located in the Welch National Guard Armory. Another center is at the Hanover Head Start Center in neighboring Wyoming County.
For more on this story and other news, read Friday’s Daily Telegraph.
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July 29, 2010
AFTERNOON UPDATE: Disaster centers closing on weekends
Anonymous Bluefield Daily Telegraph The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Thu Jul 29, 2010, 12:53 PM EDT
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