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Salyersville Independent37m ago

SALYERSVILLE – With budget cuts putting many of the senior center’s programs in jeopardy, a local city councilman is holding a fundraiser to help continue Meals on Wheels. Earlier this month Magoffin County Senior Citizens Center Director Marlene Howard announced that they had been notified that their budget had been cut $71,000. “We knew they [...]

Salyersville Independent59m ago

JACKSON, Ky. – Drivers who use KY 1081 between Falcon and Wheelersburg in eastern Magoffin County should prepare to use an alternate route for the next 90 days, as a project to replace a concrete box culvert will begin on Wednesday, July 29. The project location is at milepoint 16.8, which is 0.5 miles northwest of KY 3334 and [...]

Salyersville Independent1h ago

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Jessica F. Prater, principal of Herald Whitaker Middle School, was selected to attend the Kentucky Chamber Foundation’s Leadership Institute for School Principals program this year. Prater is one of 45 participants from across the Commonwealth chosen for this year-long, executive-level leadership training course, usually reserved for the nation’s top CEOs. Leadership Institute [..

Harlan Enterprise2h ago

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will host four dove quota hunts and four traditional mentor/youth dove quota hunts during the early part of [...]

Harlan Enterprise3h ago

FRANKFORT - Kentucky's draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) plan, a four-year listing of scheduled transportation projects using federal transportation funds, is ready for public review and comments will be [...]

Salyersville Independent3h ago

SALYERSVILLE — Magoffin County is scheduled to visit Knott County Central for its first scrimmage in the high school football preseason on Friday, Aug. 7. The Magoffin County-Knott County Central scrimmage is slated to start at 7 p.m. Both Magoffin County and Knott County Central opened preseason practice earlier in the month, following the conclusion [...]

WTVQ ABC 365h ago

JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A Jessamine County nonprofit wants to help more entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful businesses. Officials with Acture said they want to make starting a business a little less intimidating by giving entrepreneurs the tools and support they need to succeed. Officials add the goal is to help entrepreneurs avoid common mistakes...

WTVQ ABC 366h ago

PARIS, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) - Kentucky ranks among the states with the lowest kindergarten vaccination rates in the country, according to the CDC's School VaxView survey, as measles cases across the U.S. reach their highest number in 35 years. Last school year, 86% of Kentucky kindergartners had all of their vaccines, compared to 91% nationwide....

WTVQ ABC 366h ago

Update: July 30 at 11 p.m. LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) - After much deliberation, listening to residents, and business owners, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission made recommendations to regulations on data centers during a meeting Thursday. The commission heard from many in the community. Jim Duncan, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government director of planni

WTVQ ABC 3619h ago

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - 100 Good Men of Lexington awarded $10,000 grants to seven central Kentucky nonprofit organizations Thursday, directing $70,000 toward causes, ranging from sober living and foster care, to equine therapy and affordable housing. The local giving collective is made up of community-minded men committed to making a lasting difference through collective philanthropy. T

Kentucky Lantern23h ago

A state economic development board voted Thursday to give state tax refunds to an international renewable energy company looking to invest $307 million to build a 188-megawatt solar installation in Fleming County. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority awards most financial incentives including grants, tax breaks and more to companies through the Cabinet for Economic [...]

Harlan EnterpriseJul 30

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (KT) - The historic auction of Colonel Harland Sanders' personal collection generated just shy of $300,000 in sales, with more than 100 artifacts sold across 74 lots to [...]

Kentucky LanternJul 30

On the first Saturday in August, thousands of political spectators flock to a far West Kentucky town with a population of about 300 people. They are always ready to loudly cheer, boo and wave campaign signs during a church picnic that annually brings together Kentucky Republicans and Democrats vying for office. The Fancy Farm Picnic, a barbecue fundraiser for the St. Jerome Catholic Church in Grav

Harlan EnterpriseJul 29

By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise The following people have been taken into custody at the Harlan County Detention Center (Note: some inmates have recently been released): Ben Hensley, 53, of [...]

Harlan EnterpriseJul 29

The standard definition of a plant is a life form that is green and capable of making its own food through photosynthesis, and for the majority of plant families, that [...]

Mountain EagleJul 29

The calm of midsummer is evident in this trio of white-tailed deer photographed Tuesday morning at Thornton. The two bucks, their antlers still covered in velvet, are typical of the loose bachelor groups often seen in July before the approach of autumn causes bucks to separate, shed their velvet and prepare for the fall rut. The doe is likely taking [...] The post Morning Visitors at Thornton firs

Mountain EagleJul 29

Law enforcement sources say the son of a woman who was shot during a July 18 domestic violence attack at a Whitesburg laundromat wrestled the gun away from his father after his mother was wounded. While the investigation remains open, law enforcement sources said Richard Wyatt Jr., 26, of Little Dry Fork, is not expected to face criminal charges because [...] The post Security video sheds new ligh

Mountain EagleJul 29

A Linefork woman and two others were killed in two separate crashes Saturday afternoon and evening on the Hal Rogers Parkway in Leslie County. Penny Ison, 64, of KY 1103 near the Campbell Town community at Linefork, was killed in the first crash. According to Kentucky State Police Trooper Matt Gayheart, the collision occurred about 2:54 p.m. Saturday, July 25, [...] The post Linefork woman among 3

Mountain EagleJul 29

If you wanted to find the perfect blueprint for a University of Kentucky football player, just take a look at senior safety Ty Bryant. He’s a legacy recruit — his father, Cisco, played receiver for coach Jerry Claiborne. He was a versatile all-state player and state champion for Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington. He’s played in all 37 games [...] The post UK’s Bryant embraces leadership

Mountain EagleJul 29

This column is dedicated to our friend, Misty Rogers Combs, as she shares memories of her father, Jack Rogers of Whitesburg. The following are her words, not mine. My favorite fishing memories, though, were our bluegill trips. Those weren’t really for him — they were for us. He wanted us to love the art of fishing, so he always took [...] The post Remembering a father’s love through fishing first

Mountain EagleJul 29

It is that time of year to get out and enjoy some wade fishing in our local streams and rivers. We are blessed to have several excellent wade-fishing streams in our area, along with others just a short drive away. If you’ve never tried wade fishing, you’re missing one of the most enjoyable ways to spend a summer day outdoors. [...] The post Beat the heat, take advantage of wade fishing first appea

Mountain EagleJul 29

A controversy that began with an anonymous reader comment in The Mountain Eagle’s long-running “Speak Your Piece” feature quickly grew into a national social media firestorm July 23 generating hundreds of angry phone calls, emails and online messages directed at the newspaper and its employees. The controversy centered on a comment published in the newspaper’s July 22 edition criticizing President

Mountain EagleJul 29

No arrests have been made in the wounding of a Mayking man last week. According to law enforcement, a man took himself to the emergency room at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital about 8:35 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, complaining that he had been shot with a 12-gauge shotgun by a man whose name he gave only as “Lonnie.” The man [...] The post No arrests yet in Mayking shooting first appeared on

Appalachian News-ExpressJul 28

Education is one of the Kentucky General Assembly's highest priorities, and lawmakers have backed that commitment with historic investments aimed at strengthening public schools and improving opportunities for students across the Commonwealth.

Appalachian News-ExpressJul 28

In what's possibly the worst-kept political secret in a while, Rocky Adkins, a former state representative who served as senior adviser to Gov. Andy Beshear until July 10, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Appalachian News-ExpressJul 27

Thanks to an “unanticipated” corporate income tax payment and revenue surplus, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that Medicaid providers will not suffer a 4 percent reimbursement cut after all.