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The University of the Cumberlands’s student newspaper, The Patriot, received the third-place General Excellence Award for class 1 student publications at the Kentucky Press Association’s Convention on Friday. In addition to the General Excellence Award, members of The Patriot’s...

Bobbie Poynter, a Corbin resident and cancer survivor, noted in a Facebook post, “Glad to be able to pay it forward.” Poynter donated 20 crocheted toboggans and caps to Baptist Health Corbin’s Oncology Department. Her Facebook post read, “I know first-hand how badly cancer...

The Save A Lot Store in Williamsburg donated 1,519 bags of food to Calvary Missionary Baptist Church as part of its Bags for a Brighter Holiday effort. “This year continued to be challenging for many so we’re honored to be able to support local Williamsburg families in need...

Almost 550 retired teachers live in Whitley County. Out of this number is an organization known as Whitley Area Retired Teachers Association (WARTA). When they retire, many teachers find that the desire to help students and give back to their communities doesn’t go away. One of...

I almost never became a journalist.  The first time I attended a Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association (KIPA) Conference was the summer before my second year at Eastern Kentucky University in 2017.  I had just been hired on as the opinion’s editor at The Eastern Progress,...

“We had actually had our eyes on Corbin for quite a few years,” said owner of Apollo Pizza and Beer Emporium Wesley Browne. “We just had so much on our plates that we didn’t pull the trigger.” The trigger was officially pulled in September when the restaurant owner purchased the...

The Whitley Central Intermediate Cheer Squad won first place in the Elementary School Competition Division and first place in the eighth grade and under stunt competition at The Rock Cheer and Dance Competition on Saturday. The competition was hosted by Joanie Alexander and her...

The Corbin High School Academic team was named the winners on Saturday at the 49th District High School Governor’s Cup tournament hosted by Lynn Camp. The students’ combined written assessment and team quick recall scores resulted in Corbin bringing home the overall winner award....

The Whitley County Fiscal Court unanimously approved Southeast Apparatus’s bid for new ambulances at its Jan. 18 meeting. Southeast Apparatus submitted the only bid for the new ambulance vehicles. The bid came in at $203,434 per ambulance. The Whitley County Fiscal Court will...

Another “eyesore” will soon be gone in downtown Corbin. A subsidiary of Queens Domain LLC has purchased the property currently housing the Karaoke building, aka the blue building, beside Sweeties at the corner of North Main Street and Gordon Street. Jim Bruso, owner...