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(Photo courtesy/Brandon Roberts) Cynthia Bowen of R.W. Armstrong and Associates, standing in blue, discusses the purpose of the Pike County Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee during its March meeting in the fiscal court room. The steering committee is about to enter Phase 2 of the planning process. Pike moving forward with comprehensive plan strategy
PIKEVILLE , Ky – What will Pike County look like in 20 years? Pike County’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee is putting that answer in perspective. Employees from R.W. Armstrong and Associa...
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Patriot Coal says Federal No. 2 back in operation
MIRACLE RUN , W.Va. (AP) — Patriot Coal says it’s reopened the troubled Federal No. 2 mine. Patriot restarted operations Monday after getting federal Mine Safety and Health Administration appro...
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Pike Co. senator to undergo surgery
Procedure Will Temporarily Keep Ray Jones From Senate Floor
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Successful sale
Buyers began gathering early for the second GFWC Williamson Woman’s Club Yard Sale. Spokeswoman Leigh Ann Ray said proceeds will benefit community events.
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Why will audit of MWD be so expensive?
PIKEVILLE , Ky, — Mountain Water District, which supplies water for Pike County’s public water system, has come under scrutiny after several red flags caused concerns for some members of the Pike...
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Bill seeks extra money for coal counties
CHARLESTON — In an effort to assist the municipalities and citizens of the southern coalfields the representatives of Mingo County urge members of the West Virginia Senate to take up coal severa...
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President approves disaster delectation
by SPECIAL TO THE DAILY NEWS
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin and state emergency management officials HAVE received word that President Obama has approved the governor’s request for a federal disaster declaration for 15...
Local artisan brings life to wood carvings
by By JOSHUA MURPHY
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HARDY, Ky. - Many characters have come to life over the past couple of years in Jim Hall’s workshop. With a few simple, but sharp tools, time, and imagination, Jim has hand-carved blocks of wood in...
Mine foreman: I was ordered to fake safety data
by By VICKI SMITH
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‘Patriot Coal put profits ahead of potential danger’
Two enter pleas in Mingo court
by By CHARLOTTE SANDERS
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A Mingo County man was sentenced and two other defendants from Logan County and from Ohio await sentencings after entering guilty pleas to grand larceny and a drug count in Mingo County Circuit Cou...
Pike County deputies seize drugs weapons
by JULIA ROBERTS GOAD Staff Writer
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HATFIELD, KY The Pike County Sheriff's Department took hundreds of illegal prescription drugs and several weapons off the street with a major drug bust Thursday, Chief Field Deputy Melvin Sayers s...
Crash halts U.S. 119
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Town Mountain Road and U.S. 119 in the northbound lanes before 2 p.m. shut down all four lanes of the highway for an hour while crews ext...
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