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Two people were arrested at a residence on Ky. 26 in Rockholds Thursday night after Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies reported finding “Ice” methamphetamine and Suboxone and a handgun inside. According to Sheriff Colan Harrell, deputies arrested 31-year-oold Nancy A. Slayer and...

Corbin firefighters were called to Baptist Health Corbin Friday morning to battle a vehicle fire in one of the hospital’s loading docks. Firefighters said the van, belonging to Tri Tech, was destroyed by the blaze. Firefighters were paged to the scene about 3:50 a.m. in response...

The Corbin Board of Education unanimously agreed Thursday night to increase the cost of tuition for students who live in school districts with which Corbin does not have a reciprocal agreement. Tuition for the 2016-17 school year has been increased from $3,000 to $3,500. District...

Incumbent State Representative Regina Bunch, R-Williamsburg cleared her first hurdle to re-election Tuesday night, overwhelmingly defeating challenger Alex Patrick in the Republican primary contest in the 82nd house district. “I’m very pleased,” said Bunch, who will face democrat...

A 25-year-old man is back home after surviving a 50-foot fall out of a tree Monday morning. Jacob Beverly was working as part of a crew from Phillips Tree Experts to clear hanging branches around power lines off of Log Cabin Road between Canadatown and Falls Road when he fell...

The federal case against the fourth of 17 individuals charged in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and oxycodone in Knox, Laurel, Rockcastle and Madison counties was officially closed last week when he was sentenced to six years, three months. Read this story and more...

The Corbin Tourism Commission received some financial help Saturday in its on-going effort to return the L&N 2132 locomotive, along with its coal tender and caboose to their former glory. The board of directors of the L&N Historical Society, which held its quarterly...

Grace Community Health CEO Michael Stanley signs legal paperwork to purchase 10 acres in the Southeast KY Business Park for the company. More than a year-and-a-half after the project was first announced, officials with Grace Community Health Center and the Southeast Kentucky...

Cleanup efforts are continuing on Bacon Creek following a diesel fuel spill Monday night. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said approximately 350 to 400 gallons of fuel spilled into the creek from Baptist Health Corbin. The fuel was held in a 500-gallon...

Yet another round of layoffs is set to hit the employees at Whayne Supply in Corbin. According to a letter sent to employees at the company’s Corbin facility, obtained by The News Journal, Whayne Supply Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Joe Yoerg announced the...