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Cumberland Falls again named best long weekend getaway

Once again Cumberland Falls State Resort Park has made Kentucky Living’s Best in Kentucky winners list. For the second consecutive year, Cumberland Falls at Cumberland Falls State Resort Park has taken home the first place award in the best long weekend getaway category....
Posted On 28 Aug 2022

W’burg officer graduates from police academy

A Williamsburg police officer recently graduated from the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT)’s basic training academy in Richmond. Daniel Lovitt was among the graduates, who received 800 hours of recruit-level instruction over 20 weeks. Major training areas...
Posted On 27 Aug 2022

Bridge replacement project expected to start Aug. 29 in Whitley County

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 11 Office advises motorists that a bridge replacement project in Whitley County is expected to start on Monday, Aug. 29, with the bridge closure lasting about two months. This Whitley County bridge project replaces the Powers...
Posted On 26 Aug 2022

Corbin City Commission approves bid to repair city pool, first reading of budget

With any luck, the Corbin city pool will be back open in time for next summer. During a special called meeting late Thursday afternoon, the Corbin City Commission awarded a $2,232,000 bid to repair the McBurney Center Pool Project to W. Principles LLC, which will serve as the...
Posted On 25 Aug 2022

Whitley County getting $90k grant to help pay for voting equipment

Thanks to the Kentucky Board of Elections, Whitley County is getting back about one-third of its cost to purchase new voting equipment earlier this year. The Board of Elections announced Aug. 16 that it had voted to allocate $630,000 to 11 counties for upgrading voting equipment...
Posted On 25 Aug 2022

Dates for Williamsburg mobile disaster recovery center changed

If you had planned to go to the Whitley County Health Department in Williamsburg on Thursday, Friday or Saturday of this week in order to talk in-person with a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) about damage you suffered during the July 31 flash flooding or other flooding...
Posted On 24 Aug 2022

To his credit, Jerry Taylor was a great politician

Whether you loved him or hated him – and there were certainly a few people who did one or the other – you didn’t have to spend much time around former Whitley County Judge-Executive and Jailer Jerry Taylor to figure out why the guy kept getting elected so much in his life. He was...
Posted On 24 Aug 2022

Mobile disaster recovery center set for Aug. 25-27 at Whitley Co. Health Department

Those affected by the July 31 flash flooding in Whitley County or other flooding events across eastern Kentucky, who want to talk to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official in-person, can go to the Whitley County Health Department on Thursday, Aug. 25, through...
Posted On 24 Aug 2022

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Posted On 24 Aug 2022

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Posted On 24 Aug 2022