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(OpEd By Eric Friedlander, Acting Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services) May has arrived in Kentucky, and rather than planning a Kentucky Derby celebration, a road trip to Pikeville for the Mountain Laurel Festival, to Cumberland Falls to take in the...

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron called on Gov. Andy Beshear Tuesday to end his targeting of faith-based gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic and allow in-person church gatherings to resume, consistent with Centers for Disease Control recommendations to prevent the...

Moonlight Meat Processing Inc. of Whitley County is one of the 103 markets across the Commonwealth accepted into the 2020 Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) Certified Farm Market Program. In joining the KFB Certified Farm Market Program, Moonlight Meat Processing Inc., has committed to...

There are now six locations in Whitley County where you can get COVID-19 testing, but none of the sites offer free testing, according to the Whitley County Health Department. “None of the testing at local healthcare provider offices is free. Those are providers that have acquired...

A majority of Whitley County’s nine COVID-19 cases have been released from isolation, including one of the county’s two hospitalized patients, who has been discharged to go home, the Whitley County Health Department reported Monday afternoon. Five patients have now been released...

The Upper Cumberland Community Foundation is helping out two local senior citizens centers in Whitley County, which are doing COVID-19 work. The Corbin Senior Citizen Center and the Williamsburg Senior Citizen Center will each receive $750 to cover the additional expense of...

The number of local COVID-19 cases continues to slowly increase. On Friday, the Laurel County Health Department reported its 13th COVID-19 case, and on Saturday, it reported its 14th COVID-19 case. Out of the 14 cases, two patients died, nine have recovered, and there are three...

The Center for Rural Development is honoring several local students for being selected for its annual youth programs, Rogers Scholars and Rogers Explorers. “We hope our communities will join us in congratulating the students on their selection for these highly competitive...

Whitley District Judge Fred White found probable cause Monday morning and ordered that a vehicular manslaughter charge against a Williamsburg woman be forwarded to the Whitley Grand Jury after a preliminary hearing held via video conferencing, according to the Whitley Circuit...

President Donald J. Trump’s major federal disaster declaration Friday for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and 27 Kentucky counties including Whitley, Bell, Knox and McCreary counties, will mean federal funding to repair some of the more than $1 million in flood damage in Whitley...