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Three FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers have opened in Mingo County to serve as face-to-face meeting places with flood victims needing assistance. FEMA can help with such things as rental assistance, home repairs, special unemployment, replacement of personal property and Small Business Administration loans. The centers are open from 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday and will be open Memorial Day. The centers are located at Town Hall in Matewan, the Larry Joe Harless Community Center in Gilbert and at the volunteer Delbarton Fire Department substation on Pigeon Creek in the Varney area. Telephone registration is from 7:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. at 1-800-621-3362 or you can apply online at www.disasterassistance.gov.