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November unemployment rates decrease in Knox, Laurel, Whitley counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between October 2021 and November 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...

Posted On 24 Jan 2022

, By Mark White

WCHS agriculture students use hydroponic system to grow first of many new crops of lettuce

If you grew up in southeastern Kentucky, then there is a pretty good chance that at some point in your life you have worked in a garden. Come spring the ground was tilled. You dug a hole, put down some fertilizer and planted a seed. Then a few weeks later, depending on what you...

Posted On 23 Jan 2022

, By Mark White

Whitley County Board of Education votes to join regional grant co-op

How can you get grant money to do things when, in many cases, the big grants may require that 15,000 – 20,000 students to be serviced by the grants and you don’t even have that many students in your entire school district? The Whitley County School District and a few other local...

Posted On 22 Jan 2022

, By Mark White

Baptist Health Corbin makes urgent plea to the community as COVID-19 numbers increase

As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise and hospitals face increasingly crowded conditions, Baptist Health Corbin officials are asking the community to stop coming to the emergency department for routine tests for the COVID-19 virus. “We are having issues with patients coming into the...

Posted On 21 Jan 2022

, By Mark White

Jan. 25 is election filing deadline in Whitley County

You’ve still got a few more days to file, if you are thinking about running for elected office in Whitley County this year. Gov. Andy Beshear recently signed HB172 into law, which extended the candidate filing deadline until 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25. It was originally set for...

Posted On 20 Jan 2022

, By Mark White

W’burg police seize over 300 suspected Ecstasy pills

Williamsburg police say a domestic dispute at a Williamsburg motel Friday led to the discovery of over 300 suspected ecstasy pills, and the arrest of one adult and one juvenile on a drug trafficking charge. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get...

Posted On 19 Jan 2022

, By Mark White