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Mountain Top Media24m ago

by RODERICK MULLINS CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Dickenson County School Board took action on key fiscal and personnel items during its meeting on Wednesday, June 24, including finalizing plans for the upcoming school year and recognizing staff for their long-term service. Budget and Financial PlanningSchool officials provided an update on the fiscal year 2027 budget, noting that the Virginia General Asse

Mountain Top Media37m ago

by RODERICK MULLINS CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Dickenson County Board of Supervisors tackled a wide-ranging agenda Tuesday evening that included budget approvals for the upcoming fiscal year, solid waste regulations, economic development agreements and appointments to several county boards and committees. Prior to the regular meeting, supervisors held public hearings on a proposed Solid Waste Ordinance

Salyersville Independent1h ago

LONDON — Magoffin County student-athlete Bella Trusty (East Juniors) received the Mark O’Brien Spirit of Competition Award during the East-West All-Star Series, which was held on Saturday, June 20. The additional recipients of the Mark O’Brien Spirit of Competition Award were Alyssa Cartwright (West Juniors), Adelyn Bradstreet (West Juniors) and Josie Dials (East Seniors). Trusty [...]

Salyersville Independent1h ago

SITKA — Michael Paul Howard drove to a win in the Crate Late Model feature race at 201 Speedway on Saturday, June 20. Howard, a driver out of Salyersville, started second in the Crate Late Model feature race. The additional drivers from Salyersville in the Crate Late Model feature race were Chase Hunley, Cody Hunley, [...]

Salyersville Independent1h ago

SALYERSVILLE — The MCHS Boys’ Basketball Summer Camp will be held at the Magoffin County High School Gym Monday, July 13-Thursday, July 16. The camp is for boys and girls in grades K-8. Each camper should bring their own basketball. The camp will be conducted from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. each day. Skill work, competitions and [...]

Salyersville Independent1h ago

SITKA — Returning to victory lane, Scott Lemaster won the 201 Speedway Sport Modified feature race at 201 Speedway on Saturday, June 20. Lemaster is an experienced driver who wins regularly. He earned a feature win at 201 Speedway for the second time in three weeks. Lemaster, a native of Salyersville, delivered a strong performance [...]

Salyersville Independent2h ago

SITKA — Salyersville driver Chandler Lykins pushed for a feature win in the Open Wheel Modified feature race at 201 Speedway on Saturday, June 20. After starting sixth, Lykins managed to finish second in the Open Wheel Modified feature race. Brandon Hutchinson (McDowell) started first and prevailed in the Open Wheel Modified class. Brandon Russell, [...]

WSAZ2h ago

Troopers say they responded to a single-vehicle crash involving an ATV on Hiram West Road just north of State Route 32 in Milton Township at approximately 1:27 a.m. Friday.

Mountain Top Media3h ago

MOUTHCARD, Ky. — Three people have been arrested following a drug investigation by Pikeville Police. The investigation led officers to the Family Dollar store on Card Mountain Road. There, they made contact with three suspects, Donald Bain, 46, of Tazewell, Va.; Angela Bishop, 47, of Blacksburg, Va.; and Randall Scott Nicley, 46, of Apopka, Fla. Bain was found to have a Crown Royal bag tucked into

Harlan Enterprise3h ago

LEXINGTON - The largest-ever University of Kentucky Wildcat Pulling Team has returned from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition in Bloomington, [...]

Salyersville Independent3h ago

PAINTSVILLE — The JCHS Shot Put & Discus Throwing Clinic is set to be held at Johnson Central High School from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, July 11. Coach Tim Ferguson will host the throwing clinic. The fee for the clinic is $40 per athlete. The fee includes a T-shirt and a stretching/drill band. Coaches [...]

Salyersville Independent3h ago

SALYERSVILLE — Magoffin County hosted the Fight Night Lights Youth Camp on Friday, June 19. Young players from throughout Magoffin County attended the youth camp and experienced football under the Friday night lights. Students entering second grade-eighth grade were eligible to attend the camp, which was under the direction of Magoffin County coaching staff. During [...]

Mountain Top Media3h ago

LOUISA, Ky. — Kentucky State Police has arrested a Lawrence County man on child porn charges. Ricky Henry, 39, of Louisa, was arrested Thursday evening, after police raided a home and seized electronic equipment believed to be used in the crime. He is now charged with nine counts of possession of child porn depicting a victim younger than 12. That charge is a felony, punishable by 5-to-10 years in

Mountain Top Media4h ago

PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man who had been reported as missing for more than two weeks has been located and arrested. Nicholas Michael Fuller, 38, had been reported as missing after he was last seen June 10. Thursday night, Paintsville Police responded to a repott that someone had been seen entering an abandoned house on Lewis Drive. When officers went to check it out, they found Fuller,

Kentucky Lantern4h ago

The Kentucky Supreme Court declared recent laws passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly that moved powers away from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear as unconstitutional. In a Thursday majority opinion written by Justice Michelle Keller, the high court found a 2021 law shifting control of the State Fair Board from the governor to the agriculture commissioner [...]

Harlan Enterprise4h ago

We love hearing our national anthem played. To see the American Olympic athletes win gold and stand on the podium to receive their medals makes our hearts swell with pride. [...]

Harlan Enterprise5h ago

It interests me how trees are so often intertwined with our culture and history. The 250th July celebration of our Independence is a good time to review the history of [...]

Kentucky Lantern9h ago

PEWEE VALLEY — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman hopes to do something no other Republican has done as attorney general — get a second term in office. Coleman, 50, formally announced his reelection bid for the 2027 election in Oldham County Thursday afternoon surrounded by his family, friends and a crowd of supporters, including fellow Republicans Agriculture [...]

Mountain Top Media22h ago

LONDON, Ky. — A former employee of the Floyd County school system who is under indictment for rape and other charges connected to a student is now facing federal charges as well. Darion Breann Huff, 32, of Garrett, was working as a teacher's assistant and tutor at Duff Allen Central Elementary during the 2021-22 school year, when she is accused of making advances and sexual contact with a 14-year-

Mountain Top Media23h ago

PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Additional pieces to the 2026-27 Kentucky men’s basketball schedule were unveiled by the Southeastern Conference on Thursday. The Wildcats are slated to play all 15 league foes at least once and will tangle with Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt in home-and-home fashion. The league office debuted the 2026-27 home-and-away designations for the league

Mountain Top MediaJun 25

HINDMAN, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear and Congressman Hal Rogers have announced $2.1 million in Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization funding for a major wastewater project in Knott County. The funding will help expand the Ball Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, more than doubling its capacity from 100,000 gallons per day to 250,000 gallons. State officials say the project will support hundreds o

Kentucky LanternJun 25

When people hear the words Medicaid cuts, they often picture numbers on a spreadsheet. On Wednesday in Frankfort, those numbers were projected on a PowerPoint presentation. Yet several basic questions remained unanswered. Kentucky Medicaid Commissioner Lisa Lee and her team were asked about provider recoupments, Medicaid expenditures, and other financial data that could help explain how we [...]

Mountain EagleJun 24

Darrell Dean Cornett, 92, a retired NASA engineer from Arab, Alabama, carried on a family tradition dating back more than 70 years to the end of the Korean War when he rang the family dinner bell at the Cornett family reunion in Blackey. More photos appear inside. The post Bell still calls family together first appeared on The Mountain Eagle .

Mountain EagleJun 24

Letcher Volunteer Fire Department is back on its feet a year after the department went broke and its fire and ambulance services stopped. The fire service is back open, and officials say Neon Fire and Rescue is expected to move an ambulance into the station soon. The Neon service is currently taking calls in the area from its Whitesburg substation. [...] The post Letcher Fire Dept. reopens as ex-c

Mountain EagleJun 24

Tornado sirens are something western Kentuckians and those in other parts of Tornado Alley are used to. But there is a move now to install sirens in Letcher County and link them to stream gauges that will be installed around eastern Kentucky. According to Chris Back, a grant writer with the Kentucky River Area Development District, the U.S. Geological Survey [...] The post ‘Warning sirens’ in work

Mountain EagleJun 24

“Malachi always had a football in his hands,” said Torino Brown, Malachi’s father. “His uncle was about 6-foot-5, and Malachi always prayed for height and the other abilities that God has blessed him with. He was always doing drills as a kid, and I told him if he kept working, he could be special. He took me seriously and put [...] The post Family, football fuel UK recruit from Corbin first appear

Mountain EagleJun 24

It seems summertime has arrived for sure in our area. Daytime temperatures are reaching into the upper 80s and 90s, and the humidity can be very high, making it difficult to fish during mid-day. When we go fishing this time of year, we try to go early in the morning, late in the evening or even at night. The temperatures [...] The post Finding bass and crappie in the summer heat first appeared on

Mountain EagleJun 24

I have been telling you that after my Lake Erie fishing trip — where, after many setbacks, we still managed to catch a boatload of walleye — my next fishing adventure would be to St. Augustine, Florida, in August. Well, plans change, and this time they changed for the better. I have been invited to fish with Morgan’s Guide Service [...] The post The best part isn’t always about the fish you catch

Mountain EagleJun 24

When Arch and Artie Cornett hosted the first Cornett family reunion on the family homeplace off River Road in Blackey near the end of the Korean War, three of their children — Elwood Cornett, 88, Darrell Dean Cornett, 96, and Mildred Cornett Strunk — were there to take part. More than 70 years later, the three surviving members of the [...] The post Family tradition has endured over 70 years first

Mountain EagleJun 24

A Blackey man was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment after allegedly coasting his vehicle with two children inside down Pound Mountain in the wrong lanes of U.S. 23. Zachary Allen Jones, 28, 87 Iris Hill, Blackey, is charged with first-degree possession of controlled substance (first offense, methamphetamine), and two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. According to Jenkins Poli

Appalachian News-ExpressJun 23

This year’s Independence Day is a special event as America celebrates 250 years since the Continental Congress formally signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

Appalachian News-ExpressJun 23

An arrest warrant was executed at a Belfry residence on June 22, with a teenager being charged with several violations, including wanton endangerment against a police officer, according to court records.

Appalachian News-ExpressJun 23

The Mountain Water District Board of Commissioners will hold a regular board meeting on at 4 p.m., Thursday, June 25, at its office located at 6332 Zebulon Highway. The public is invited to attend.

Appalachian News-ExpressJun 23

I generally try to operate under the idea that the simplest explanation for any action is the right one in many cases.

Appalachian News-ExpressJun 23

From the mountains of Eastern Kentucky to the farmlands of Western Kentucky, our rural communities are at the heart of what makes Kentucky special, representing our state’s natural beauty, signature industries, and long-held traditions. With 42 percent of Kentuckians living in ru

Salyersville IndependentJun 19

BOWLING GREEN – The Magoffin County girls who traveled to Bowling Green for the Miss Kentucky Scholarship Pageant last week represented the county well, coming back with numerous awards and many once-in-a-lifetime memories. Miss Magoffin Erin Grace Rudd was absolutely breathtaking on stage, waking with grace and putting on a stellar performance, and making it [...]

100 Days in AppalachiaJun 15

Throughout the Ohio River island’s history, flora and fauna have reacted and adjusted to human development like oil and gas wells. As humans abandoned the infrastructure, they've reclaimed their space. The post Muskingum: The End of an Island Refuge's Fossil Fuel Legacy appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .