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SRAE offers tuition-free GED test preparation classes

September 21, 2021

Southwest Regional Adult Education, in partnership with the Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE), invites you to join us in celebrating National Adult Education and...

Library fantasy events kickoff Oct. 1

September 21, 2021

Lonesome Pine Regional Library is excited to celebrate the 2021 National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read program, featuring Ursula K. Le Guin’s A...

Autumn molasses stir-off days were special events

September 21, 2021

Howard E Cummins columnist One of the most enjoyable harvest time activities that combined work with social activities was the making of...

The Sand Lick Primitive Baptist Church was established on February 25, 1837. The first church building was a small log structure. The second structure was built in 1896 and is pictured above. This photo was taken in 1937 and was found among the photos of E. J. Sutherland which are archived with the Dickenson County Historical Society.

‘The oldest newest community in the youngest county of the oldest...

September 21, 2021

Submitted by: Edith Faye Redden Dickenson County Historical Society President This week the Historical Society’s article continues with...

Left to right: Sandy Yun, Hibbert Tackett, Autumn Elliott, Chip Miller.

Bee club to assist in hive management

September 14, 2021

The Lonesome Pine Beekeepers’ Association (The Bee Club) held its August meeting Monday, Aug. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Coalfield Agricultural Center....

Read the sign: ‘No humans allowed’

September 14, 2021

By Howard E. Cummins columnist Veronica Ray, author of Green Spirituality, wrote that one of the most wonderful things about being around children is that, on occasion,...

‘From Blue Head a scene, unequaled anywhere in Virginia, will unfold before you!’ This photo of Old Blue Head on Pine Mountain is among the photos archived at Dickenson County Historical Society.

Blue Head a scene unequaled anywhere in Virginia

September 14, 2021

Submitted by: Edith Faye Redden Dickenson County Historical Society President In the September 8, 2021,issue of The Dickenson Star newspaper,...

Baker, Stallard fair queens

September 8, 2021

2021 Miss Dickenson County Fair, Brooklin Baker Brooklin Baker (right) is 20-years-old and a 2019 graduate of John I. Burton High School. She...

A tribute to the month of September

September 8, 2021

By Howard E Cummins Columnist The farm where I spent my formative years had two beautiful maple trees in the side yard. The leaves of these trees, as well as varieties...

Freel Mullins became Dickenson County’s first dog warden in July, 1958. According to the original caption of the photo, he was “checking Rip, a boxer belonging to Harold Arrington of Clintwood. Rip’s tag was ok.” The photo was found in the August 31, 1958, issue of The Bristol Herald Courier.

First dog warden was appointed in 1958

September 8, 2021

Submitted by: Edith Faye Redden Dickenson County Historical Society President Although the “dog days” of summer ended sometime around the...

Northstar Digital Literacy program aids adults in workplace skills

September 8, 2021

Southwest Regional Adult Education offers the Northstar Digital Literacy curriculum and assessments for learners. The Northstar Digital Literacy program is aimed at helping...

Meeting featured show and tell items

September 1, 2021

MOUNTAIN PEOPLE AND PLACES Submitted BY P. Wayne Whitt The September meeting will be on Tuesday, September 14 at the walking park next to the...

Partners for prevention

September 1, 2021

Dickenson County Community Partners for Prevention presented the latest sports canvas featuring the art from Chuck Mullins to the Ridgeview Golf...

Evelyn Yates, one of the three 1951 essay contest winners, graduated from Dickenson Memorial High School in 1952 as the valedictorian of her class. (This photo was found in the 1952 DMHS yearbook.)

Good Citizenship contest addressed issues that we face today

September 1, 2021

Submitted by Edith Faye Redden Dickenson County Historical Society President Seventy years ago The Dickensonian newspaper and Clintwood...

Lonesome Pine SWCD Memorial Scholarship

September 1, 2021

The Lonesome Pine Soil and Water Conservation District and Landon Johnson, Conservation Education Specialist, would like to announce that the...

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