FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear is urging Kentucky’s congressional delegation to support legislation that would increase federal benefits for coal miners suffering from black lung disease. Beshear sent a letter to the delegation Thursday supporting the Support Our Miners Act, which would adjust black lung benefits for inflation for the first time since the program was created in 1969. “Kentucky miners powered homes, communities and our economy for generations, and it’s important we show up for them in return by making sure they have the care and support needed to treat black lung disease,” Gov. Beshear said. “Unfortunately, the […]

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CLINTWOOD, Va. — State leaders and Dickenson County officials gathered Friday afternoon for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Wildwood Recovery Center, highlighted by the presentation of a $3 million check from Virginia’s opioid settlement funds to support the region’s newest addiction treatment facility. The $20 million, 28,000-square-foot facility, located at 230 Chip Mill Road near the Red Onion Industrial Park in Clintwood, features 112 beds for residential substance-use disorder treatment for both men and women. Built on reclaimed mine land, the center is scheduled to officially open and begin accepting patients on Sept. 28. Operated by Momentum Management Solutions, […]

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by ROD [email protected] CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Dickenson County Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 22 to support a local animal adoption program and approved a resolution naming a bridge for a county native killed while serving in Vietnam. The adoption proposal came from Sabrina Stanley’s LEADSWVA capstone project. Under the proposal, Dickenson County Animal Control would manage a formal adoption program intended to place more animals in homes and ease shelter crowding. The board also approved a resolution naming the Route 621 bridge at Lower George’s Fork the Johnny Lee Hawkins Memorial Bridge. Hawkins was a Dickenson County native and […]

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