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Most Ky. Arby’s stores donating all proceeds on Monday (Aug. 15) to Ky. flood relief

When it comes to helping Kentucky flood relief efforts, almost every Arby’s store in Kentucky will be doing its part to help raise money for victims on Monday, Aug. 15. On that date, 100 percent of the sales at each Arby’s restaurant in Kentucky, except stores in...
Posted On 12 Aug 2022

Dataseam Apprenticeship training held at Williamsburg Independent

More than a dozen regional students came together last week at Williamsburg Independent School for an in-person training as part of a program that allows these students to both get hands-on IT work experience and make money. The program is headed up by Dataseam, a...

‘Just imagine if you were having to camp out because you had nothing,’ W’burg mayor notes

“Buddy, I lost my town,” was the response Hindman Mayor Tracy Neice had to his friend, Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison, when Harrison called to check on him after the floods. “They were saying just imagine if you were having to camp out because you had nothing, then how would...
Posted On 12 Aug 2022

2021 Rogers Scholar Grace Gibson donates birthday bags to 108 Corbin Preschool Center students

2021 Rogers Scholar and Corbin High School student Grace Gibson partnered with Corbin Independent Schools to present birthday bags for 108 students at Corbin Preschool Center as her community service project. Each bag contained a box of cake mix, icing, candles, a disposable pan,...
Posted On 12 Aug 2022
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Recalling the series of events that led to Williamsburg getting its floodwall

Flooding. The sheer terrifying force of Mother Nature unleashed in the form of flowing, rushing and rising water that leaves devastation, destruction and a trail of stinking, stagnant mud and mold in its wake. The recent massive flash flooding event in eastern Kentucky, which has...
Posted On 12 Aug 2022