CLINTWOOD, Va. — Dickenson County is proud to announce that two local professionals have been selected to participate in the 2026-27 LEAD SWVA Program, a regional leadership development initiative led by University of Virginia’s College at Wise and supported by VCEDA and The Anne & Gene Worrell Foundation. Sabrina Stanley, Communications & Community Engagement Specialist for the Dickenson County Department of Economic Development and Tourism, and Miana Abshire, Disaster Recovery Programs Assistant with the Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission, have been selected for this year’s cohort. Both women are residents of Dickenson County and are committed to making a positive impact […]

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ASHLAND, Ky. — The head of Addiction Recovery Care is now facing federal charges for allegedly defrauding two investors by selling the same tax credits twice. Timmy G. Robinson Jr., 50, of Louisa, was indicted Thursday in Ashland federal court on one count of wire fraud and two counts of monetary transaction derived from unlawful activity, commonly referred to as money laundering. According to the indictment, Robinson, a Louisa attorney and chief executive officer of ARC, allegedly fraudulently sold the same Employee Retention Credit assets to multiple buyers while concealing previous transactions. Federal prosecutors say ARC sought more than $6.9 […]

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ASHCAMP, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested after he allegedly went to a campground and moved in to the owner’s camper. A state trooper was called Wednesday evening to the Elkhorn Riders’ Retreat, at Ashcamp, over a report that a man had broken into a camper, then left on foot. A short time later, police found the man, identified as Billy Thomas, 45, whose last address was listed as the Veterans Transitional Housing Center on Douglas Parkway. Police say Thomas used a knife to break into a camper where the campground’s owner stays on the weekend, opened […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A man who was arrested a month ago for opening fire in a Pikeville bar has now been indicted, although the grand jury dropped one of the charges. Brian Dylan Johnson, 27, of Beaver, was arrested May 3 at Klarissa’s Bar, after he allegedly shot another man at the bar in the leg. At that time, he was charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault, first-degree wanton endangerment and possession of a loaded gun where alcoholic beverages are sold. On Tuesday, a grand jury dropped the attempted murder charge and indicted him on the remaining charges. The assault […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County grand jury has returned indictments against three people in a pair of unrelated sex offense cases. In the first case, Chester Brian Adkins and Suetta Adkins are charged with two counts of first-degree sex abuse for incidents spanning from 2021 to this year. Chester Adkins is also charged with two counts of incest and two counts of third-degree sodomy in 2017 and 2018. The incest charges are the most serious, carrying a potential penalty of 20-to-50 years or life in prison. The remaining charges are each punishable by up to five years in prison. […]

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