Health
Hospitals, clinics and public health in Lee County.
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Lee County: A Year After Pennington Gap EMS Closed, the County’s EMS Budget Line Is Down 62%
Lee County’s budget line for emergency medical services is much smaller this year. The 2026-27 appropriation labeled “Emergency Medical Service” is $124,700, down from $325,500 a year earlier, a cut…
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Lee County: Health Wagon Keeps Asking for Help; County Hasn’t Given Since 2022
The Health Wagon, the free-care nonprofit based in Wise County, has asked Lee County for a donation at least three times since August. The Board of Supervisors has not acted…
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Lee County: Where the Opioid Settlement Money Is Going
Lee County has set aside most of its direct share of the national opioid settlements for one program. The money will keep the county’s Works Program running through 2039, then-County…
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Lee County: Hospital Not on State’s Closure-Risk Lists as Ballad Lands $2 Million Network Grant
A June 2026 state report on Virginia's rural hospitals does not list Lee County Community Hospital as at risk. A new grant will upgrade its network links.
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Ellwood City: Lender Seeks $5.2 Million From Americore, the Company Picked to Reopen Lee County’s Hospital
Editor’s note: The original April 2019 version of this article was lost. The Lee Daily Register rebuilt it in October 2026 from the public record cited below, and added a…
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Pineville: Hospital Workers Go a Week Without Pay at Christmas
Editor’s note: The original December 2018 version of this article was lost. The Lee Daily Register rebuilt it in October 2026 from the reporting cited below, and added what happened…
