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Recovery worker Pete Theriautt of Livermore, Maine, demonstrates the operation of a grapple hook on a Pride Construction Inc. grapple truck while staged in Charleston on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. A grapple haul truck can hold 80 yards of tree limbs and branches, while a haul trailer can hold up to 88 yards, he noted.

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Tree debris removal begins in Charleston

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Wed,02/18/26-5:00PM, 418 Reads
The process of removing small mountains of tree limbs, branches and other debris from alongside practically every street in Charleston was set to begin this week.
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Jerry Porter

Thu,02/19/26-10:04AM, 390 Reads
Jerry Porter
CHARLESTON — Jerry James (Bubba) Porter, age 57, passed away Saturday, February 14.
Visitation will be held 2-3 p.m. Sunday, February 22, at Newsom Funeral Home followed by the funeral service at 3 p.m. Interment will be held in Rice Cemetery near Charleston.
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Betty Gurner

Mon,02/16/26-9:42AM, 363 Reads
WATER VALLEY — Betty Evans Gurner passed away at her home in Water Valley, on Thursday, January 29. She was 94 years old.
Mrs. Gurner was librarian at Charleston High School for 23 years, teaching from 1968 until 1991. Her husband, Bruce Gurner, also worked for the school district as the Vocational Guidance Counselor.
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Debris piling up

One asset Charleston has plenty of right now is debris from the late-January ice storm . Throughout the city, mounds of debris, namely tree limbs and branches, are being piled up curbside as city officials instructed for eventual removal.

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Debris piling up

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Fri,02/13/26-5:39PM, 289 Reads

Tree debris removal begins in Charleston

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