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DUFFIELD, Va. (WYMT) - State authorities are investigating an inmate’s death at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Duffield. The Virginia State Police said its Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Wytheville Field Office launched an investigation into the May 20 death of inmate Sherri D. Cook, 43 of Whitesburg, Kentucky.

MARTIN, KY (WOWK) – Residents of Martin, Kentucky will have to head to the town of Allen to get their mail, according to the United States Postal Service. The Martin Fire Department says operations at the Martin Post Office have been temporarily relocated to the Allen Post Office as a safety precaution. Fire department officials […]

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Update: We have learned the name of the Kentucky Power worker who died. The family said Wallace “Woo” Melton Jr., 58, was killed Thursday morning. Perry County Sheriff Joe Engle says that around 4:00 a.m. Thursday morning, Melton was in his Kentucky Power truck on the right fork of Maces Creek in the Viper area when he went over an embankment.

WISE — The Wise County 2022-23 draft budget drew few comments on Friday after a scheduled Board of Supervisors public hearing. Representatives of the Wise County school system and Frontier Health thanked the board for their funding in the budget, while county resident Walter Crouse said he was skeptical of the budget’s revenue projections due to national economic conditions.

HINDMAN, Ky. (WYMT) - This week, a new center opened its doors in Knott County, hoping to fill a need for the people in the area. Glenda Shrum, president of the Knott Drug Abuse Council, said she and her colleagues worked for nearly a decade to bring intensive treatment to the area.

Several community organizations held a Juneteenth fellowship celebration and cookout in downtown Hazard on Saturday, June 18, to educate the community about the history of slavery ending in the United States. Juneteenth, short for June 19, marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas. in 1865 to take...

APPALACHIA, WV, KY, VA (WVNS) – Every other Tuesday at Midnight, we bring you the most notorious, most unknown, and the deepest crime cases that Appalachia has to offer. The tenth episode of Crime In The Coalfields, centered around the tragic unsolved murder of Roy Melvin, is available right now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and […]

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Skies remain dry, but our seasonably hot weather continues as we close out the work week and head into the final weekend of June (I know, right?) Another warm evening expected as we finish the night out tonight. And that includes the mostly clear skies we’ll have tonight. Mild and muggy is the name of the game as we drop back into the middle and upper 60s overnight. That’s ahead of an even hotter day on the way for Saturday.

(WCYB) — The Virginia State Police is investigating the death of an inmate at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Duffield. Investigators say Sherri Cook, 43, of Whitesburg, Kentucky was taken to the jail for processing on the afternoon of May 20. Cook's behavior was described as "combative" and she was "secured in a safety chair."

PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (WCHS) — A Kentucky Power employee was killed in a vehicle accident while on the job Thursday in Perry County, Kentucky, company officials confirmed. A spokesperson for Kentucky Power said the crash happened early Thursday morning in the Hazard area. “All of us at Kentucky Power...

WISE — Appalachia residents will continue to see fire and emergency medical service coverage despite a disagreement over Wise County funding for the department. Wise County Administrator Mike Hatfield on Thursday released a statement saying that the Appalachia Fire and Rescue organization has told county and Appalachia town officials that it will cease emergency medical service coverage in the town and adjacent county response zone after July 2.

POUND, Va. (WJHL) — An elderly person’s home is inaccessible after runoff from a coal mine that closed nearly 50 years ago filled a culvert in front of the home, Virginia Energy reports. The state agency has declared an abandoned mine emergency and hopes a contractor will be able to construct a new culvert and […]

State authorities are investigating an inmate's death at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Duffield.

A Wallins man is facing charges including wanton endangerment and resisting arrest after allegedly fleeing from police and destroying property at a store. Michael Tyler Buell, 36, was arrested on June, 16, by Kentucky State Police Trooper J. Jones. According to the citation, Kentucky State Police Post 10, Harlan, received...

The Harlan County Courthouse grounds received a thorough clean up on Wednesday, as participants in the Harlan Circuit Court and District Court Drug Court programs and the city of Harlan kicked off a program to help keep the city clean. Harlan Circuit Judge Kent Hendrickson explained what the drug court...

London Police Chief Retires - 11:00 p.m. Mountain News Top Stories at 4:00 p.m. - June 23, 2022. Teen talks about riding helicopter shortly before it crashed. Maddison Brown had taken what turned out to be one of the Vietnam era helicopter's final rides. Two arrested after large drug raid...

Hazard, Ky. (June 24, 2022) — The Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH) is accepting applications for its Elder Wellness Enrichment Initiative Grant, which will provide funding of up to $5,000 to nonprofit rural health care organizations and community-based organizations to create or enhance services for older adults — to help them age in place in rural Kentucky.

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) -An animal shelter in Hazard is experiencing a surplus of animals that are in desperate need of homes. Those with the Kentucky River Regional Animal Shelter said they are running out of room to house any more strays, but animals are still showing up. On Tuesday, 25...