New and returning categories aim to shine a light on those who contribute most to the region

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Pike County travel nurse has learned her fate after pleading guilty to charges related to stealing drugs from a hospital where she worked. Jacqueline Brewster, 55, of Belfry, pleaded guilty in December to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and wrongful disclosure of patient health information. The charges stem from Brewster’s employment at Raleigh General Hospital, in Beckley, W.Va. In her plea agreement, she admitted to using patient information to access vials of hydromorphone from an automated prescription dispensing machine. In her plea agreement, she would siphon off a portion of the drug from each vial […]

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County officials say the project is in the final phase and already in use for basketball and volleyball tournaments.

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Jobs available include cooks, bus drivers, custodians, and teacher’s aides.

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LOVELY, Ky. — A Martin County man is facing a felony charge, after being accused of threatening social workers. James Charles, 60, of Lovely, was arrested last Wednesday, after the Department for Community Based Services filed a report with Kentucky State Police about a call he made to their office. The police report does not indicate what the first sign of trouble was, but notes that the person who answered the phone told Charles she would let him speak to someone else in the office, since he didn’t like her. He allegedly responded that he didn’t like anyone in the […]

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