Dickenson County, VA

WISE — Students and staff at Wise Primary School had a somber last day of school as they mourned the Friday death of second-grade student Trey James. According to Virginia State Police spokesperson Shelby Crouch, Trey, 8, of Pound, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old male when the vehicle ran off the right side of Route 630 in Dickenson County, struck a tree and caught fire.

Two local sheriff's deputies are being honored for their bravery during a house fire Sunday morning.

In compliance with Section 4 VAC 25-130-816.64 of the Virginia Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Regulations, notice is hereby given that Paramont Contura, LLC, having been issued Permit No. 1202173, will be conducting blasting operations on the permit area. The permit area is located approximately 4 miles southeast of Pound off State Route 703 in Dickenson County. Blasting will be in accordance with all applicable State and Federal laws and will commence according to the following schedule of dates and times, as approved by the regulatory authority:

A familiar face to folks in Dickenson County has been selected to guide the Ridgeview football program. Dewayne Stanley was confirmed Wednesday by the Dickenson County School Board to head up the Wolfpack program. He replaces Todd Tiller, who accepted the football coaching job at Honaker earlier this year after...

After more than three decades as an assistant football coach, Dewayne Stanley is getting his chance to be a gridiron boss for the first time. The longtime assistant was approved to lead the pigskin program at Ridgeview High School on Wednesday during the Dickenson County School Board meeting. Stanley will...

HAYSI, Va. (WJHL) — Two Dickenson County workers were transported to a hospital on April 4 after a garbage truck experienced brake failure and crashed into an embankment before overturning, according to Virginia State Police (VSP). A VSP release revealed that a 2005 Freightliner — a Dickenson County trash services truck — was traveling south […]

POUND — What started as Amy Tetterton’s memories of visiting her grandparents in Pound is taking final shape — a quilt telling stories of life and family in Southwest Virginia. Tetterton and eight quilters from Wise and Dickenson County set up shop in Hamilton Chapel’s fellowship hall...

(WJHL) — Two fires totaling nearly 400 acres in Lee and Dickenson counties are 100% contained Wednesday morning, according to Russell Proctor with the Virginia Department of Forestry. The fire official for the western region told News Channel 11 that flames burned 270 acres in the Blackwater area of Lee County, but Proctor said that […]

Multiple people were injured following a head-on crash in Dickenson County, Virginia Monday morning. Information from the Clintwood Volunteer Fire Department posted online said a Lifecare ambulance was on a transport call when it was struck by an SUV on Dickenson Highway. Three people were transported to local hospitals for...

CLINTWOOD, Va. — A missing woman’s body was found last Wednesday in the McClure River, Dickenson County Sheriff Jeff Fleming said. Last Tuesday, Fleming said his office was looking for Nerissa Blankenship, 35, who had last been seen Sunday, Feb. 27, in the Stratton area of Dickenson County.

RE: Alivia Reece Goodpaster, DOB: October 20, 2015. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 11, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter as Counsel for Petitioners can be heard before this Court, the Petitioners respectfully move the court to consider parental consent for the adoption of the minor child, namely: Alivia Reece Goodpaster for adoption for the step-father, Clifton Eric Mullins.

DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – A man was killed in a logging accident in Dickenson County Thursday morning, according to Sheriff Jeremy Fleming. Fleming told News Channel 11 that around 10:30 a.m. first responders were called to the scene about a half-mile off of The Lake Road in a wooded area. The 911 caller said […]

DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WCYB) — A man was killed Thursday in a logging accident in Clintwood, Virginia, according to police. The Dickenson County Sheriff's Office received a call about a logging accident around 10:30 a.m. to Lake Road. When deputies arrived, they found 65-year-old Jerry Coleman of Richlands pinned...

Dickenson County Virginia Sheriff Jeremy Fleming says a Richlands man died Thursday morning during a logging accident near The Lake Road. Sheriff Fleming says a call to 911 indicated a man had been pinned by a log. Fleming was the first on the scene, and discovered the body of 64 year old Jerry Russel Coleman pinned under a log. The cause of the accident was not released.

DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Dickenson County Sheriff Jeremy Fleming confirmed that officers recovered the body of a Stratton-area woman who had previously been reported missing. Fleming said that the body of Nerissa Hope Blankenship, 36, was found in McClure River, which runs behind her residence. Fleming told News Channel 11 that family members had […]

DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WCYB) — The body of a missing Dickenson County woman has been found. According to Dickenson County Sheriff Jeremy Fleming, the body of 36-year-old Nerissa Ball was found Wednesday morning in the McClure River. Blankenship had been missing since Sunday. Fleming said no foul play is...

CLINTWOOD, Va. — A missing woman’s body was found Wednesday in the McClure River, Dickenson County Sheriff Jeff Fleming said. On Tuesday, Fleming said his office was looking for Nerissa Blankenship, 35, who had last been seen Sunday, Feb. 27, in the Stratton area of Dickenson County. The...