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This From the Sidelines column appeared in the March 18, 2020 print edition of the News Journal…

If you are looking for more information regarding the ongoing health crisis related to COVID-19, or the coronavirus, the News Journal’s official Twitter account is a good place to start. Here is a comprehensive list of all posts that have been made since Wednesday that...

The news cycle over the past few days has been totally dominated by COVID-19, or the coronavirus. This outbreak of illness, which has now led to President Trump declaring a national emergency, has affected all of us in one way or another. Many local business owners are currently...

No coverage area team managed to make it past the first round of the 13th Region tournaments this year, but it was still a season full of spectacular performances on the court. Here are the News Journal’s selections for the 2019-2020 All-County teams in boys and girls high school...

From a press release dated March 4, 2020: Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $900 million to build, preserve or improve rural electric infrastructure across 16 states (PDF, 151 KB). Censky...

Williamsburg’s newest downtown dining destination, the Butcher’s Pub, is nearing completion. In fact, owners have already made plans to open the doors to customers for the very first time on Tuesday, March 17 in order to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day the right way – with plenty of...

At Wednesday’s weekly meeting of the Corbin Kiwanis Club, April Stauffer of the Alzheimer’s Association took the podium to discuss dementia. Stauffer is a Community Outreach Coordinator working in the association’s greater Kentucky and southern Indiana chapter.

When Pineville, Ky. native Amber Bailey, a registered nurse at Barbourville ARH Hospital, learned she had stage four cholangiocarcinoma, she knew she had to fight this terminal cancer for her three children. What Amber didn’t know was her ARH co-workers would form an army to join...

If you have visited the Wal-Mart in Williamsburg lately, or any of the surrounding businesses, you may have noticed a new tenant where Hibbett Sports used to be. State Farm Agent James Baker and his crew may be new to the building, but they are certainly not new to the community,...

Do you ever wish you could go back in time? Sure you do. Who hasn’t at some point in their life said, “I remember when,” and then you can fill in the blank – things used to be a certain way, we communicated differently, we dressed differently, et cetera, et cetera?