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Jackson Warewashing announces layoffs due to COVID–19

From The Mountain Advocate   Jackson Warewashing will be laying off 94 employees effective Monday, April 6, 2020, according to a WARN notice Friday. The plant closed for a period of time in March to thoroughly clean it’s facilities. The layoff announcement  is the latest...
Posted On 03 Apr 2020

HOLY ROLLING: Area church hosts ‘drive-in’ service to comply with social distancing standards

What’s a church to do when social distancing restrictions are in place? The answer that Poplar Grove Baptist Church and some other local churches have come up with is having drive-in church. In the case of Poplar Grove Sunday, Pastor Bobby Joe Eaton delivered his sermon to a...
Posted On 03 Apr 2020

‘Golden Alert’ issued for missing Rockholds teen

Law enforcement and emergency personnel in Whitley County are searching the Rockholds community for a runaway teen girl. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said the 16-year-old was last seen at her home on Underwood Cemetery Road, off of Ky. 26, at...

Tips on how to deal with anxiety during the coronavirus

(By The University of Tennessee Medical Center) As coronavirus news floods our news and social media feeds, it is easy to become overwhelmed by fear and anxiety. The anxiety felt because of coronavirus uncertainty, or many other stresses, can affect your physical and mental...
Posted On 03 Apr 2020
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Kentucky Coronavirus Fraud Task Force alerts Kentuckians about scams involving federal COVID-19 stimulus checks

State and Federal law enforcement officials from the Kentucky Coronavirus Fraud Task Force are alerting Kentuckians about potential scams involving payments from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress last week. Kentucky Attorney General...
Posted On 03 Apr 2020
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Gov. Beshear recommends schools stay closed until May 1 in COVID-19 fight

Gov. Andy Beshear recommended Thursday that school districts statewide extend the suspension of in-person instruction until at least May 1 in the latest intensification of efforts to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Governor spoke earlier in...
Posted On 03 Apr 2020
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Mayor Razmus recommends that locals avoid Cumberland Falls ‘right now’

Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus is supporting Gov. Andy Beshear’s decision to close Cumberland Falls State Park and other Kentucky state parks to over night visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Razmus is even going as far as recommending that local residents avoid visiting Cumberland...
Posted On 03 Apr 2020

Corbin leaders encourage public to get outside, but maintain proper social distancing

Now, more than ever, it is important for people to maintain social distancing and to wash their hands multiple times per day as precautions against the COVID-19 virus. This was the message that Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus and Corbin City Manager Marlon Sams delivered to a Facebook...
Posted On 03 Apr 2020