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The Corbin Tourism Commission is set to unveil a life-size, chainsaw carved statue of Corbin most famous citizen – Colonel Harland Sanders – on May 5 at the Corbin Welcome Center. The statue was created by local chainsaw carving couple J&K Carvers. The duo also created all of...

Inclement weather wasn’t enough to keep community members from converging on downtown Corbin on Saturday for Colonel Fest. Although the crowd was significantly smaller than anticipated, many of the vendors still set up booths along Main Street.  “I think that overall, despite the...

Gov. Andy Beshear announced 1,732,791 Kentuckians have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday. With Tuesday’s update, approximately 800,000 more Kentuckians need to receive the vaccine for Beshear to lift capacity restrictions and social distancing...

The William Whitley Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution rededicated and cleaned the gravesites of Captain Charles A. Gatliff (1748-1838) and his wife Christina McGuire Gatliff (1753-1807) following its regular monthly meeting on April 10 in...

McKenzie Walters, a senior at Whitley County High School, has been named a National Honor Society (NHS) Scholar. According to the school’s Facebook page, “[Walters] has demonstrated a strong commitment to the four pillars of NHS: scholarship, service, leadership, and character....

Horizon Health has opened the doors of its Williamsburg facility. This is the second facility that the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization has opened with the first being in London. The organization, which started in 2013 to connect health care providers and auxiliary services...

The Corbin City Commission discussed what actions can be taken about unpaid violations issued by Corbin Code Enforcement during its monthly meeting on Monday. “I had this placed on the agenda,” said Commissioner Seth Reeves. “The properties I was aware of were the Roy Kidd...

The Corbin City Commission voted unanimously to award the KYOVA Electric the bid for the Corbin Civic Center Lighting System Project. KYOVA Electric’s bid was the only one the commission received for the project, but it came in less than anticipated, according to Corbin’s City...

Mike Sharpe was honored at the 10th Annual Daniel Boone Visionary Award Dinner, on April 15, as the 2021 Visionary Award Recipient. The event was a fundraiser to support the Mountain Laurel District Boy Scouts. London troop 572 Scouts were in attendance for the event. They...

The Whitley County Health Department’s annual Child Abuse Prevention Walk in Corbin on Saturday sought to bring awareness to child abuse in the community. The walk is an annual event to build up awareness in the community that everybody has the ability to do something to help a...