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The means of measuring school accountability has been a moving target for several years. Just as districts, parents and stakeholders begin to get comfortable with a system and its components, the system changes once again. Because of the accountability system’s history of change,...

Kentucky’s education accountability system is kind of like Kentucky’s weather. If you don’t like it, wait a little while and it will change. Next school year could potentially usher in a new accountability system after it was proposed during the Kentucky Board of Education’s Feb....

W.D. Bryant is celebrating the grand opening of its newest edition, Outdoor Solutions, on March 19 and 20. The store is offering special promotions during the grand opening event. Outdoor solutions has a variety of products ranging from lawn and gardening tools and products to...

Due to high ticket demand for his March 13 show, Ryan Upchurch will return to the Corbin Arena on Saturday, April 10. Upchurch’s March 13 show sold out with over 3,000 people in attendance. “We had such an overwhelming response for Upchurch tickets but had to cut off sales...

The Corbin Public Library is now home to a mural that embodies the joy and knowledge of reading. Artist Lacy Hale was contacted about the project at the end of 2019. The library was familiar with Hale’s work through Moonbow Art Gallery owner Sky Marietta. After beginning work on...

Laurel County Sheriff John Root arrested a Corbin man on drug trafficking charges after a tip prompted a drug investigation at a north Corbin motel room and local residence early Tuesday morning. Charles Ray Salmon, 55, was charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled...

The owner of Sweeties Ice Cream & Mini Doughnuts asked Corbin City Commissioners to approve the closure of an alley behind the establishment during the commission’s monthly meeting Monday evening. The Corbin City Commission recognized the Corbin Middle School seventh grade...

A federal indictment filed March 4 in U.S. District Court charges eight Tennessee physicians with conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances in Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties from approximately 2013 to 2018. In addition to the eight physicians, one nurse and...

The Bell County Health Department sadly announced two new COVID-19 related deaths Tuesday. These account for the second and third deaths this week. The total number of COVID related deaths in Bell County is 41. Whitley County The Whitley County Health Department announced 10...

Local teams took brought home top awards at the elementary Region 22 Governor’s Cup competition Saturday. The Corbin Elementary Academic Team was named the Overall Region 22 Governor’s Cup champions, and Williamsburg Elementary was named runner up. In addition to the overall...