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The Appalachian Photographic Society has announced the winners  of the NIBROC Photo Contest. Pictured, APS President Peggy Yaeger presents the Best in Show Award to Joshua Blankenship for his photo of Cumberland Falls. Vice President Jamie Carter presented the Dr. Thomas Barnes...

(Story by John Dunn, Mountain Advocate, for the News Journal) The Lynn Camp Wildcats are looking to build off of an arduous season in 2021. After opening the season 0-9 in 2021, Lynn Camp was forced to forfeit its final two games due to a limited number of available players. Read...

A Whitley County High School alumnus is one of 30 college students representing 22 Kentucky counties, who are recipients of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) scholarships to help pay for tuition and land a full-time job building a better Kentucky through transportation,...

2021 Rogers Scholar and Corbin High School student Grace Gibson partnered with Corbin Independent Schools to present birthday bags for 108 students at Corbin Preschool Center as her community service project. Each bag contained a box of cake mix, icing, candles, a disposable pan,...

UPDATE: Kentucky State Police announced Wednesday evening that both the stolen vehicle and the suspect had been located in Fleming County. The suspect, whose name was not released, was arrested in Fleming County on unrelated charges and will have pending charges in Knox County...

U.S. News & World Report recently recognized Baptist Health Corbin as a 2022-23 High Performing Hospital for COPD care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn from U.S. News’ Best Hospitals and Procedures & Conditions ratings. The annual Procedures & Conditions...

An investigation is ongoing into a break in at a family-owned deli market in Gray that occurred overnight. Cope’s Grocery and Deli, located at the corner of Calvary Church Rd. and KY1232, was broken into early Friday morning by several unidentified individuals using a full-size...

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), who is a ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, recently recognized a Corbin restaurant as the Senate Small Business of the Week. Paul entered the following into the Congressional Record: “As Ranking...

Charlie West (Story by Mark White and Trevor Sherman) Alcohol involvement is suspected and one person is behind bars in connection with an early Wednesday evening shooting, which took place on KY 1481 about five miles north of Williamsburg, according to an arrest citation and the...

Eastern Kentucky University has announced recipients of the Dean’s List, and Dean’s Award for the spring 2022 semester. To achieve Dean’s List honors, students attempting 12 credit hours must earn a 3.75 grade point average, students attempting 13 credit hours must earn a 3.65...