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Dickenson County supervisors back animal adoption program, honor Vietnam veteran
by ROD MULLINS
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CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Dickenson County Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 22 to support a local animal adoption program and approved a resolution naming a bridge for a county native killed while serving in Vietnam.
The adoption proposal came from Sabrina Stanley’s LEADSWVA capstone project. Under the proposal, Dickenson County Animal Control would manage a formal adoption program intended to place more animals in homes and ease shelter crowding.
The board also approved a resolution naming the Route 621 bridge at Lower George’s Fork the Johnny Lee Hawkins Memorial Bridge. Hawkins was a Dickenson County native and Vietnam veteran who died in service.
In other business, representatives of SE Group presented “Gateways to Adventure,” an outdoor recreation planning initiative for Dickenson and Buchanan counties. The project aims to develop recreation improvements that could qualify for funding. A public survey is planned to gather residents’ ideas.
Lunchbox276 reported delivering more than 7,200 weekend food bags to Dickenson County students during the 2025-26 school year. The organization said continued support from the Columbus FPS Foundation could help it reach more children.
Supervisors also renewed contracts supporting transportation to area colleges, backed a buildout of DCER incubator space and approved church lease renewals involving parking. The board received an update on the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority and approved an operational agreement involving ROPES OAA and local recovery services.
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Martin County woman charged with animal cruelty
WARFIELD, Ky. — A Martin County woman was arrested for cruelty to animals, after a deputy found two dogs locked in cages without food or water.
A Martin County sheriff’s deputy was driving through Dempsey Housing at Warfield Tuesday night, when a resident flagged him down to report having heard two aggressive-sounding dogs over the riverbank. That person said they had heard the dogs for two days, but hadn’t checked on them because they sounded mean.
The deputy investigated and found the two dogs locked in side-by-side cages, without food or water and covered in animal waste.
Another resident of the apartments told the deputy to dogs belonged to 40-year-old Angela Marie Oney.
The deputy then questioned Oney about the dogs.She reportedly first said the larger of the two dogs belonged to her, then said she had given it to a friend. She at first said she couldn’t remember the friend’s name, but later gave the officer two different names.
Oney was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail. She was later released on an unsecured $2,500 bond.
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