Around West Virginia today features stories on the 1985 flood, the timeless appeal of vinyl, a panel on sex work, and more. Read a story that impresses you? Send suggestions to erin.beck@wvgazettemail.com.
n The Mountain Messenger remembers the flood of Nov. 5, 1985. The paper relied on 1985 coverage that didn't report any lives lost in the area, but extensive damage to homes and businesses in Greenbrier County. A historian also provided photos of the flooding in downtown Ronceverte.
n The Dominion Post also ran a story recounting the historic flood. Preston County Sheriff Jim Liller described sleeping through the flood, then driving to look down on the town of Albright and seeing brown water sweeping the town. The paper reports that his deputies gathered and asked him what they needed to do. "We're going to be picking up bodies," Liller thought.
n A record store continues to thrive even as more and more people have turned to downloading their music online, according to the Princeton Times. Wyatt Lilly, the owner of Cheap Thrills Records in Beckley and Princeton, says records inspire memories: "You not only have a physical format, but you remember how you got it."
n Marshall University will host a panel on sex work at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Memorial Student Center, The Herald-Dispatch reports. Maggie Stone, a professor in the sociology and anthropology department, tells the paper the event is mean to raise awareness and create an opportunity to brainstorm about possible interventions. A police officer, victim advocate, drug court judge and a health department nurse will also participate.
n The Berkeley County Health Department held a round-table discussion Friday on the possibility of opening a needle exchange program, according to The Journal. The programs help prevent communicable disease spreading among injecting drug users. During the discussion, Tim Hazelett, administrator for the Cabell-Huntington Health Department, told officials via phone that the Cabell County program has gone from seeing 15 people in the first day to 90 people in four hours on Wednesday.
n A Raleigh County man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly held his family hostage and threatened to kill them last Monday, The Register-Herald reports. Charles David Tolley II, 36, of Surveyor, is charged with domestic assault, kidnapping and aggravated robbery.
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