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Child poverty issue: domestic violence
Julia Roberts Goad Staff Writer (EDITOR’S NOTE: A group of local groups and civic organizations have come together to help address the issue of child poverty. The West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition has created a list of the top ten issues that affect children living in poverty in the state. The first five of those issues were: healthcare for working families, family violence, child care costs, healthy lifestyles and prison...
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<p>Kentucky Power&#8217;s expects to stop burning coal at the Big Sandy Power Plant by 2015.</p>
Ky. Power seeks Big Sandy replacement
Ralph B. Davis Civitas News Service LOUISA, Ky. — A plan announced Thursday would spell the end of coal being burned for electricity in the Big Sandy region. Kentucky Power is seeking proposals to replace the electric generation capabilities of its Unit 1 generator at the Big Sandy Power Plant, which is scheduled for retirement in June 2015. The utility has long planned to shutter its older and smaller Unit 1 generator, which produces...
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TVHS robotics team honored at Capitol
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer CHARLESTON — The Tug Valley High School “Pantherbots” were honored with a citation at the WV State Capitol on Monday. The robotics team won the PTC Design Award (the best designed robot) for the second year in a row. Delegates Justin Marcum (D-Mingo) and Harry Keith White (D-Mingo) were on hand to present the team with the citation. “I’m really proud of these kids, the work they’re doing is something you can’...
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Local mining contractors plead guilty to fraud
Chad Abshire Staff Writer CHARLESTON — Several local men pleaded guilty to federal charges of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud against the state’s leading workers’ compensation provider. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Arville W. Sargent, 52, of Chapmanville; Jerome Eddie Russell, 50, of Williamson; Frelin Workman, 58, of Belfry, Ky.; Randy Workman, 36, of Belfry, Ky.; and Arthur J. White, Jr., 60, of Lenore; pleaded...
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Ralph B. Davis | Civitas News Service Highlands CEO Bud Warman looks over the crowd gathered for a press conference at the hospital, Monday, shortly before announcing a partnership with Pikeville Medical Center to create the “Pikeville Cardiology Clinic at Prestonsburg.”
Cardiology clinic to be run by team of rivals
Ralph B. Davis Civitas News Service PRESTONSBURG — Despite a history of rivalry, two local hospitals are joining forces to provide cardiology services in Floyd County. Highlands Regional Medical Center and Pikeville Medical Center announced Monday their partnership on the new “Pikeville Cardiology Clinic at Prestonsburg,” to be housed on the fourth floor of Highlands’ medical office building. During a joint press conference in the hos...
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ARH, unions reach tentative labor agreement
Appalachian Regional Healthcare says it has reached a tentative labor contract with workers at facilities in eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. Julius Pearson, who is director of employment and labor relations at ARH, told WYMT that ARH and the United Steelworkers reached the proposed agreement on Tuesday, but workers still need to vote on it. “We’re very hopeful and we’re excited that the two sides, ARH and USW worked so hard t...
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Hatfield-McCoy Trails announces new partnership
to Help Riders ‘Finance the Fun’ New Sponsor Relationship with Charleston, WV-Based Element Federal Credit Union Opens Low-Cost Financial Services to Trail Riders from Around the United States LYBURN — The Hatfield-McCoy Regional Trails Authority announced on Wednesday a new category of sponsorship with a long-term partnership with Element Federal Credit Union, a financial services organization based in Charleston. According to a rele...
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Beech Creek man dies in electrocution
Chad Abshire Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — A Beech Creek man died after being electrocuted Tuesday. According to the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department, Elbert Allen Hinkle, 27, was electrocuted around noon in the Newtown area. An employee with the C&A Timber Company, Hinkle was on his lunch break and was electrocuted in an accident not related to his work. Further details of the electrocution were not immediately available.
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Groups, organizations address child poverty
Julia Roberts Goad Staff Writer (EDITOR’S NOTE: A group of local groups and civic organizations have come together to help address the issue of child poverty. The West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition has created a list of the top ten issues that affect children living in poverty in the state. The first five of those issues were: healthcare for working families, family violence, child care costs, healthy lifestyles and prison...
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Negotiations resume between hospitals, workers
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Negotiations have resumed between workers and Appalachian Regional Healthcare. The two sides resumed labor talks on Monday, according to media reports. The current labor contract ends Sunday between ARH and the United Steelworkers, which represents about 2,000 licensed practical nurses, certified nurse aids, and clerical, maintenance and housekeeping staff at facilities across eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. ...
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STOP to offer free GED tutoring classes
Chad Abshire Staff Writer GILBERT — In an effort to help better the area, one local organization is offering assistance in education. The Strong Through Our Plan (STOP) Coalition will offer free GED tutoring classes to the public beginning Monday, April 1. The classes will be held twice a week at the STOP offices in Gilbert, next to the Gilbert post office, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays. “...
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Parent arrested for child’s truancy violations
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer DELBARTON — Parents and guardians of children who attend school in Mingo County are now realizing that truancy violations are no longer just a matter of receiving verbal or written warnings or having an occasional visit from school administrators, it is a criminal offense that can result in an arrest, court hearings, a fine and possible jail time. According to the criminal complaint obtained from Mingo County...
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Cinderella Project receives national attention
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — “I was astonished, thrilled and shocked,” laughed April Toler-Mullins, as she spoke of a phone call she received regarding the Cinderella Project that will be providing prom dresses and accessories for a number of local students. “To say I never in a million years expected something like this to happen would be an understatement.” Mullins, a RN who has spent over 11 years employed with Williamson...
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Kyle Lovern | Daily News The Board of Directors and staff members of CCAP at the dedication of their new building.
Coalfield CAP dedicates new buildings in West Williamson
Julia Roberts Goad Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — “Helping People. Improving Communities. Changing Lives.” The mission statement of Coalfield Community Action Partnership (CCAP) was front and center when the agency dedicated its new central office building in West Williamson Tuesday. The new location is a former showroom and garage of Moore’s Autogroup. Coalfield CAP is one of the 16 Community Action Agencies in the state of West Virginia,...
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<p>Rachel Baldwin | Daily News</p><p>David Hairston, 32, of Watkins Street in East Williamson, is pictured following his arrest on crack cocaine charges, among others. To the defendants left is MCSD Deputy K. Ball, and to his right are Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum and WPD Chief C.D. Rockel, who also serves as the Mingo County Drug Task Force Commander.</p>
Stolen property leads to drug bust
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer EAST WILLIAMSON — A criminal investigation that began with two defendants being arrested on charges of theft from a vehicle (over $1,000) and criminal mischief in Pike County, Ky. soon led to a search warrant and a drug bust on Watkins Street in East Williamson. According to Williamson City Police Chief (WPD) C.D. Rockel, who also serves as Mingo County Drug Task Force Commander, his department was contacted ...
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