LOGAN, W.Va. — Southern West Virginia Community & Technical College (Southern) is launching a comprehensive AI Readiness & Capacity Initiative, a four-year, institution-wide effort designed to advance the responsible integration of artificial intelligence across academic programs and student…
Read MoreBIG STONE GAP, Va. — The MECC Foundation is pleased to announce the 50th anniversary John Fox, Jr. Literary Festival featuring New York Times best-selling authors Silas House and Beth Macy and moderator Amy Clark on Wednesday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. The festival is free and open to the…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — The Appalachian Pregnancy Care Center will host its annual Banquet for Life on February 5 at the Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville. This year’s theme, “Tree of Life – Appalachian Roots,” celebrates faith, family, and the strength of community that continues to nurture…
Read MoreASHLAND, Ky. — A Johnson County man arrested last year after secretly recording a 15-year-old girl has pleaded guilty. Henry Jonathan Ritscher, 43, of Paintsville, pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge of producing child pornography in Ashland federal court. He was arrested back in September,…
Read MoreCOAL RUN VILLAGE, Ky. — Police called to a Pike County business over a public intoxication complaint ended up arresting a woman for fentanyl trafficking. State troopers were called to Rural King in Coal Run over a report of an intoxicated shopper in the store. When they arrived, they found they…
Read MoreThe recovery resource center at the Pike County Health Department will eventually cover some 1,800 square feet, public health director says.
Read MoreBLAINE, Ky. — Deputies attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a Lawrence County man ended up taking his girlfriend to jail too on charges of hindering prosecution and assaulting an officer. The officers went to a home on Route 201 to serve a warrant on Christopher Eric Sons, 45, for a September…
Read MoreAngel Joy Hunt was arraigned in Pike Circuit Court today where she pleaded not guilty to charges saying she tied, burned, and beat a Pike County woman.
Read MoreDanyell Keens was denied a lower bond from her original $500K bond in rape, sodomy case.
Read MoreA Dickenson County teen who was 16 at the time is claiming staff at Bristol Women’s Health forced her to have an abortion.
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