CREWS BEGIN TO STABILIZE HEMPFIELD HOMES AFFECTED BY MINE SUBSIDENCE

Crews have started to stabilize some homes in Hempfield.  The Trib reports that the work is part of the federally-funded $6 million mine reclamation project meant to protect homes from mine subsidence.  U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Bovard on Wednesday to tour the project and to announce another $244 million for reclamation of other abandoned Pennsylvania mine sites.  There is no charge for homeowners who are taking part in the program.