CHARLESTON, W.Va. — At a recent evidentiary hearing, West Virginia regulators signaled possible approval of a request from utilities Mon Power and Potomac Edison to build a new natural gas plant, along with three solar energy projects. The proposals are planned for Monongalia County. Critics said an associated rate hike would cost households around $2.5 billion and the move is a push to accommodate energy demands from a prospective data center. Dani Parent, executive director of the group West Virginia Citizen Action, said residential bills are projected to increase by several hundred dollars before the plant begins operating. “This is going to begin showing up […]

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ASHLAND, Ky. – Addiction Recovery Care, LLC (“ARC”), and its affiliates Pioneer Health Group, LLC and Science Hill Family Care, LLC, have agreed to a civil judgment of $16,205,774.05 in favor of the United States to resolve allegations that they defrauded the Kentucky Medicaid program. ARC, headquartered in Louisa, Kentucky, operates residential and outpatient drug rehabilitation facilities throughout the state. Along with its affiliates, ARC offers behavioral healthcare and medical healthcare services to patients at their rehabilitation facilities.  The judgment, announced today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, is part of a civil settlement […]

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BELFRY, Ky. — A Pike County man is facing up to 10 years in prison, after he was arrested for striking another man with his car Sunday night. Police were initially called to a report of two neighbors — Robert Blankenship Sr. and Ethan Marcum — fighting in the middle of Big Creek Road at Belfry, following a disagreement about the location of a property line. At some point, a car driven by Blankenship’s son, Robert Lee Blankenship Jr., 27, struck Marcum, knocking him down. The younger Blankenship admitted to police that he hit Marcum, but said it was unintentional […]

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The case against two out-of-state men whose high-speed attempt to flee police ended with them facing federal drug charges is closed, after the final defendant was sentenced Friday. Ahmad Marques Moore, 27, of Akron, Ohio, and Dean Michael Blair, 25, of Snellville, Ga., led police on a chase reaching speeds of 120 mph through Floyd and Pike counties on June 20, 2024. During the chase, a package was thrown from the car, which turned out to contain 885 grams of meth when police recovered it. The chase was eventually called off due to the danger to the […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell will miss this year’s Fancy Farm Picnic as he continues recovering from injuries suffered in a fall earlier this summer. In a statement released Monday, the Kentucky Republican said he is continuing an intensive physical therapy program and will be unable to attend the annual political event in western Kentucky. “There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky,” McConnell said, adding that he looks forward to returning to both the Senate and Kentucky soon. The Office of the Attending Physician said […]

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