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Education, treatment key to solving addiction
HAZARD – One week after Operation UNITE participated in its latest drug round up in Perry County, and just over two months after the fatal shooting of Dr. Dennis Sandlin in December, medical p...
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May Valley, Duff tops at Governor’s Cup
Two Floyd County elementary schools earned first-place awards in the 2010 District Elementary Governor’s Cup competition on March 2-3, May Valley Elementary and Duff Elementary took the titles for...
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Tour aims to raise census awareness
PRESTONSBURG – The U.S. Census Bureau, in an effort to raise awareness of their effort, will be taking part in a road tour through Floyd, Pike and Johnson counties, with a stop planned for Prest...
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PRIDE offers $21,000 to county, cities for spring cleanup
PRESTONSBURG — During Spring Cleanup Month in April, PRIDE will award up to $21,000 to Floyd County, Prestonsburg, Allen, Martin, Wayland and Wheelwright to dispose of roadside litter, remove ...
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Candidates approach drug problem differently
One man wants to keep the problem and three others want to inherit it. Sound like the beginning of some strange riddle? Actually, it’s one way to describe the current race for Floyd County’s next...
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Schools placed on lockdown after threat
by Jarrid Deaton
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PAINTSVILLE – Johnson Central High School and Johnson County Middle School were placed on lockdown Thursday morning, after a student allegedly made threats that led to his arrest by the Paintsville...
Some families begin to return following mudslide
by Sheldon Compton
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WHEELWRIGHT – At least one family who was evacuated in Wheelwright following a mudslide has returned home. Misty and Joey Tackett and their four children returned to their home along Branham Stree...
Stovall returns to Otter Creek
by Sheldon Compton
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WHEELWRIGHT – One of the two new moves to restructure at Otter Creek Correctional Center is in place. Late last month, Randy Stovall resumed his position as warden of the prison and, according to p...
Suit filed over loose truck trailer
by Jarrid Deaton
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PRESTONSBURG – A lawsuit has been filed against a truck driver and the Teco Coal Corporation for allegedly causing an accident that injured Jennifer Osborne and her minor son on March 24, 2009. Ac...
Authorities raid Williamson clinic
by Julia Roberts Goad
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WILLIAMSON - Three law enforcement agencies closed a local clinic Tuesday, but few details are being released. The West Virginia State Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI execu...
Group protesting nukes marches through county
by Jarrid Deaton
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IVEL – With banners rippling in the cold morning wind and the sound of drums mixing with the passing traffic on US 23, a group of activists passed through Ivel on Tuesday on their way from Tennesse...
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