1.0The News Journalhttps://qa.thenewsjournal.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GxXFvjR1ed"><a href="https://qa.thenewsjournal.net/legal-notices-for-9-30-15/">Legal Notices for 9/30/15</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://qa.thenewsjournal.net/legal-notices-for-9-30-15/embed/#?secret=GxXFvjR1ed" width="600" height="338" title="“Legal Notices for 9/30/15” — The News Journal" data-secret="GxXFvjR1ed" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! 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The permit area is located in at the head of Rose Creek approximately 2.1 mile north-northeast of Patterson Creek Road’s junction Rose Creek Road.  The latitude is 36° 39’ 22”.  The longitude is 84° 02’ 28”. The KY Bonding Pool now in effect is $45,600.00, of which 100 percent is requested to be included in this phase of bond release. Reclamation work performed includes:   As of November 1, 2010, the mine site has been backfilled and graded, and seeded and mulched according to the revegetation plan.  The mine site is revegetated.   Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing must be submitted to the Cabinet at:  Director, Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement, #2 Hudson Hollow, Frankfort, KY  40601, by November 6, 2015. A public hearing has been scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on November 9, 2015, at the Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 E. Cumberland Ave., Middlesboro, KY  40965.  This hearing will be canceled if the Cabinet does not receive a request in writing for the public hearing by November 6, 2015.   NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE Pursuant to Application Number 918-0476, In accordance with KRS 350.055 notice is hereby given that Alden Resources LLC 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, Kentucky 40701 has applied for a permit for a surface, auger/highwall  coal mining and reclamation operation affecting 161.39 acres located 3.9 miles southeast of Rockholds in Whitley County. The proposed operation is approximately 0.8 miles northwest of KY 779 junction with KY 3423 and located 2.2 miles northwest of the confluence of an un-named tributary of Meadow Creek with Meadow Creek. The proposed operation is located on the Rockholds, KY 7½ minute quadrangle map. The operation will use a combination of contour, area and auger/highwall miner methods of surface mining. The surface and auger/highwall mining area is owned by Donald Bunch, Loyd Jackson, Don Young, Gary McKeehan, Tommy Freeman, Thomas Neal and Michele Neal. The operation will affect an area within 100 feet of public road (CR) Springtown Road. The operation will not involve relocation or closure of the public road. The application has been filed for public inspection at the Department for Surface Mining and Reclamation and Enforcement’s, Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 East Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, Kentucky 40965-1229. Written comments, objections or requests for a permit conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Mine Permits, 2 Hudson Hollow Road, U.S. 127 South, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.                      AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE YEAR 2015 Ordinance 15-003 Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Williamsburg, Kentucky, the 2015 tax rate for Real Property shall be $0.3000 per $100 dollar valuation. Personal Property including automobiles shall be $0.4193 per $100 dollar valuation. Any City Property taxes unpaid as of January 1, 2016 shall be assessed a penalty of Ten (10) percent, as well as interest at the rate of six (6) percent until paid. First Reading: September 23, 2015 Second Reading: September 24, 2015 Published: September 30, 2015 RODDY HARRISON, MAYOR ATTEST: Teresa Black, City Clerk   Notice of Bond Release Permit #918-5197 In accordance with KRS 350.093, notice is hereby given that Alden Resources LLC, 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, KY 40701, has filed for a Phase I Bond Release on Increment No. 1 of permit number 918-0517 which was last issued on March 12th 2015. The application covers an area of approximately 738.90 acres located approximately 1.5 miles Southwest of Lick Fork  Road’s intersection with KY Hwy 92, and approximately 0.9 miles west of Poplar Creek in Whitley County, Kentucky.  The operation is further located 1.5 miles southwest of the community of Carpenter, Kentucky.  The bonds now in effect are as follows: Increment one (1) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $ 491,000.00. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $ 491,000.00 is included in this application for release. Reclamation work performed includes: Backfilling, re-grading, topsoil replacement, and drainage control including soil preparation and initial seeding and mulching in accordance with the approved reclamation plan, completed March 2015. Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing of informal conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Field Services, #2 Hudson Hollow, Frankfort, KY 40601, by November 20, 2015. A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for November at 9:00 am the Department for Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 East Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY 40965-1229. The hearing will be cancelled if no request for a hearing or informal conference is received by November 20, 2015.   PROPERTY TAX NOTICE The Whitley County Sheriff Department will begin collections for the 2015 Whitley County Property tax bills on October 1, 2015. If you do not receive your bill in the next few days, please contact the Whitley County Sheriff¹s Department at (606) 549-6006. When mailing in your payment, please include your copy of the tax bill or put the bill number on your check. If you wish a paid receipt returned to you, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. In office payments of credit/debit cards are accepted with an additional convenience fee. We will NOT accept credit/debit card payments by phone. The following are the collection dates for Property tax:              2% Discount       10-01-15 thru 11-01-15           Face Amount        11-2-15 thru 12-31-15   5% Penalty         01-01-16 thru 01-31-16 21% Penalty       02-01-16 thru 04-15-16 Please make checks payable to: Whitley County Sheriff Department. Mail payments to: P.O. Box 118, Williamsburg, KY 40769   COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY 34TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITLEY […]