Rivers Run Through This

City of Warren Police have recovered the body of a woman that’s been missing for over a month.  Sunday, the body of 49-year-old Nicole Lee Font was recovered in the Allegheny River in Conewango Township.  Font was last seen on March 14th. The reported cause of death was determined to be drowning.  No foul play is suspected and the investigation is closed.

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Successive cold fronts and occasional rain kept fish down. On the May 1 opening day of walleye season, the ’eyes were on near shore rocks at 15-20 feet. Some yellow perch and Northern pike were taken in the bay, and a few steelhead trout were released in tributaries as pre-spawn smallmouth bass moved upstream. Lake-spawning smallmouths went for soft plastics and hadn’t settled onto redds.

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With more than 17 miles of rail-trails snaking through cities, forests and along the Monongahela River, Marion County is a perfect destination for those seeking outdoor recreation.

The county’s rail-trail system has been a popular means of recreation for decades, allowing those who walk, jog or bike on the paths the ability to see Marion County in a new, interesting light. Marion County Parks and Recreation Commission Executive Director Tony Michalski said because of this, the rail-trail system is one of the county’s hidden gems.

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Jamie Lewis saw the woman jump.

He was sitting in a flat-bottomed boat on the Covington bank of the Ohio River, talking on the phone and watching the Roebling Suspension Bridge, when her blurred form dropped from the bridge and smacked the water below.

The sight – and the splash – were unnerving.

“It kind of freaked me out,” he said.

But instinct and training immediately took over. Tossing down his phone, Lewis fired up his boat and tore away from his mooring spot near the foot of Greenup Street, all the while desperately trying to spot her in the quick-moving current.

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April 2014 testing results showed alarming levels of radium in discharges to Tenmile Creek from the abandoned Clyde Mine and coal refuse piles further upstream near Waynesburg and at the Cumberland Mine on Whiteley Creek. In response, 3RQ performed a targeted study to help provide reliable information to the communities surrounding Tenmile Creek who were concerned about the quality of their streams and their health.

To learn more about 3RQ's efforts with this project, click the links below!
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The Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation (AML) has created a program to help projects located on or adjacent to mine sites that ceased operations prior to the signing of the Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) on Aug. 3, 1977.

West Virginia coalfields have been donated over $130 million since 2016 through the AML Pilot Program. To view a map of AML in the state of West Virginia, click here.

To sign up for the 2021 round of grant finding, click the link here! Make sure to submit completed applications by July 31, 2021.

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Contact Travis Parsons, Planning Administrator, for more information.
Phone: (304) 414-1185
Email: Travis.G.Parsons@wv.gov