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With new COVID-19 cases still being announced every day, the process of contact tracing is playing a crucial role in tracking, and hopefully reducing, the spread of this deadly disease.

A regional brand now identifies the 41 counties of southern and eastern Kentucky as an enticing tourist destination: The Kentucky Wildlands. The Kentucky Wildlands is a regional tourism marketing initiative that showcases the region’s majestic beauty and rich heritage with the...

Kentuckians wanting to vote this fall will be able to request a paper ballot that can be mailed can, will be able to vote in-person prior to Election Day, or can vote in-person on Election Day under an agreement announced Friday afternoon between Gov. Andy Beshear and Secretary...

“She was willing to do whatever was asked of her. No job was too big or too small.”

Systemwide, across its eight hospitals, physician offices, and other provider and outpatient locations, Baptist Health has passed the 100,000 mark in testing for COVID-19, having conducted 102,013 tests as of July 31. In Kentucky, 91,384 tests were performed, with an additional...

(Letter to the Editor by David O. Smith of Corbin) History always repeats itself unless we retain what we learn. I have been saying this since the individual everyone thought was a buffoon was elected President. In the 1930’s the world thought Hitler was a buffoon. No one thought...

A late night complaint Sunday about someone covered in blood resulted in the arrest of a Corbin man for various offenses a short time later. About 11:55 p.m., Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Mikey Ashurst received a complaint about a man covered in blood in the back yard and on the...

Baptist Health Corbin opened an 18-bed unit for Senior Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment. This unit will provide a safe and structured environment for seniors ages 65 years and older who require behavioral health services. Travis Powers, RN, Behavioral Health Community Liaison,...

Charles Tye has been appointed as the new agency manager with Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) Insurance at the Whitley County Farm Bureau – Williamsburg office. Tye’s appointment was announced in Louisville by Chuck Osborne, Vice President of Agency Support & Marketing for KFB...

(OpEd By  Dr. James Finck, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha, who is Chair of the Oklahoma Civil War Symposium. Follow Historically Speaking at www.Historicallyspeaking.blog.) Today I read a post about an article from...