Dickenson County News

Canaa s Applewood Music Park has been honored as Carroll Countya s first Crooked Road Affiliated Partner.

On one hand, Cecil Ray Owens saved the state the expense of a trial and spared his alleged victims the hardship of testifying by pleading no contest to aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties.

Gallie Green grinned as he opened the door to his living room. "You'll see I like birds," he said.

Another phase of a far-reaching broadband backbone project for Southwest Virginia will soon be connected.

BMNN wrote: on Nov. 27, 2009: Clintwood, VA -- Remember Christmas the way it used to be with friends, family, and community? Remember Christmas when it was about sharing and giving rather than buying? Remember Christmas when we would sing and tell stories together? That's Christmas in Appalachia at the Jettie Baker Center, in Clintwood, Virginia, ...

"Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times," Dr. Ralph Stanley with Eddie Dean : Ralph Stanley doesn't mince words about being misunderstood.

Think run-off. He vowed to do it. He's doing it. You coal miners over in Dickenson County who voted for Obama ought to be mighty proud of yourselves about now.

Two local schools will be dismissing early due to a water main break. Dickenson County, Virginia school officials tell 11 Connects Haysi High School and Sandlick Elementary School will dismiss students at 12:30 p.m. All of the other schools in the district will be on a normal schedule.

Millions in additional federal flood-proofing dollars are flowing into the Southwest Virginia town of Grundy.

A Carroll County resident convicted of assaulting a man at a Poplar Camp gas station in July 2008 has countersued his victim after being hit with a $1 million lawsuit in early August.

The deadline to register to voteA or update onea s registration for the Nov. 3 election is Monday, Oct.

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A $1.2 million federal funding boost is allowing for the completion of the Cumberland Plateau Fiber Optic Network.

The state is giving tax delayers and tax avoiders a chance to pay up without penalty.

June Tolliver House moves to autumn hours As the Trail of the Lonesome Pine outdoor drama closes its 46th season, the June Tolliver House Gift Shop and Museum adjusts hours to the autumn schedule.

An interesting poll is ongoing over at Clintwood Connection , a local Dickenson County message board that gets a whole of traffic each day from people in the coalfields.

Despite tough economic times in the Commonwealth, key roadway projects in Southwest Virginia are still marching forward.

A health care authority in Virginia's coalfields has a from-the-ground-up plan that might serve as a model.

An October trial date has been set for a member of the Dickenson County Board of Supervisors, who is accused of destroying public records after she was fired from her longtime position in the office of the county commissioner of the revenue.

On the Net: To view individual school report cards, visit the Web site at: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/src/index.shtml There's a mixed bag of results for Southwest Virginia schools in this year's report of "adequate yearly progress," although the region did better as a whole than the statewide scores.