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COVID-19 has upended the world and the economy, with massive changes to retail, which means the holiday shopping season is likely to look very different in 2020. However, the National Retail Federation estimates consumers will still spend an average of nearly $1,000 this year on...

(OpEd By Dr. James Finck, who is a Professor of History at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and Chair of the Oklahoma Civil War Symposium. To receive daily historical posts, follow Historically Speaking at Historicallyspeaking.blog or on Facebook.) There comes a...

(By Jeff Ledington, The Mountain Advocate) A 2011 graduate from Lynn Camp High School can add working for one of the world’s premiere comic book companies to his portfolio.  Justin Mason, 27, was born in North Carolina before moving to Corbin at a young age. He developed an...

(Letter to the Editor By Maggy Kriebel, Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission Director) To the Editor: The Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission would like to express its sincerest appreciation to everyone who was involved, and participated in the 2020 Corbin Christmas...

COVID-19 vaccinations are now underway for employees at Baptist Health Corbin, which was one of the first 11 hospital in Kentucky to receive the vaccine and administer the first shipments of the vaccine. “Our first group of employees to receive doses of a vaccine to protect...

(Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of a letter to the editor, which was written by Jack Sellards in 2006. He asked that we run it again as it is as appropriate now as it was 14 years ago.) Dear Editor, More and more solicitors are appearing at Wal-Mart and supermarkets that are...

COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased demand for pets as people seek adding a pet to the family to ease the loneliness and tension of prolonged time at home. Many feel that they now have more time to train a puppy. With this rising demand has come a spike in pet scams, in...

Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Kentucky Utilities Company and Old Dominion Power Company joined more than 145 fellow U.S. and Canadian utilities on November 18 for the fifth annual Utility Scam Awareness Day to raise consumer awareness on how to recognize scams and offer...

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron recently issued guidance to businesses on COVID-19 surcharges. Surcharges are fees added to the base price of a product or service in order to offset additional costs incurred by a business. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many Kentucky...

(OpEd By Kentucky Treasurer Allison Ball, who is the 38th State Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and is currently serving her second term.) As of October, more than two million women in the U.S. left the workforce, the majority having left to tend to their children’s...