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Legal Notices for 11-9-16

NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE In accordance with KRS 350.093, notice is hereby given that Mountainside Coal Co., Inc., 7692 S. HWY 25W, Williamsburg, KY 40769 has applied for a Phases I Bond Release on Increments 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 of Permit Number 918-0466. The application covers an...

Master Commissioner Sales 11-9-16

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY 34TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITLEY CIRCUIT COURT DIVISION II CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-CI-00851 TAX EASE LIEN SERVICING, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. DELANA QUARRELS AND UNKNOWN SPOUSE; CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, KENTUCKY; WILLIAMSBURG INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRUCT; and WHITLEY...

All the local candidates deserve respect

Why are you running for office? “Boy, that’s a good question. I’ll have to think about that one,” is a response that I have gotten back on multiple occasions over the years interviewing candidates. At that point, I am usually thinking, “I really hope...
Posted On 09 Nov 2016

Sunday vigil planned for teen who took his own life

Family and friends are asking the community to come together Saturday to remember a Corbin teen who took his own life and encourage those who may be considering suicide to seek help. Bailee O’kuma, a junior at Corbin High School, said Stephen Woolums had attended Corbin...

Prevailing winds pushing smoke from wildfires into the area

The haze that has been hanging over Corbin and Whitley County is from a combination of forest fires burning in Knox and Harlan counties along with multiple fires in Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia. Shawn Harley, the meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in...

Three new Corbin City Commissioners elected

The Corbin City Commission was assured of having two new commissioners and now will have three as Trent Knuckles, David Grigsby Hart and Andrew Pennington finished among the top four Tuesday night along with incumbent Ed Tye. I feel good about it,” Tye said of winning another...

Regina Bunch wins re-election by large margin

Republican State Representative Regina Bunch will be returning to Frankfort in January and it will be as part of the new Republican majority in the State House of Representatives. Bunch, who was seeking her second third term in the seat, handily defeated democratic challenger...

Over 50 percent of voters go to polls in Whitley County

Over half of Whitley County’s registered voters went to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in the presidential race. Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz said voter turnout was 51.84 percent, which exceeded her prediction of a 48 percent turnout. “That was very...
Posted On 09 Nov 2016

Caddell, Steely elected to W’burg school board

Two local school boards will be getting new members next year. During Tuesday’s General Election, Williamsburg voters and Corbin voters each elected one new school board member. Williamsburg voters gave the nod to incumbent Allan Steely and newcomer Jason Caddell, who is the...
Posted On 09 Nov 2016