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Some University of the Cumberlands students will soon be receiving emergency assistance funding as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The university will be disbursing more almost $1.4 million in federal aid to eligible undergraduate students....

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has joined a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general in calling on USTelecom – the leading organization representing telecommunications providers – and its Industry Traceback Group (ITG) to continue its collaboration with state...

(Letter to the Editor by Brenda Bugg) In the month of May many will visit cemeteries to honor ancestors. When walking through the cemetery, take note of the soldiers’ graves. Most volunteered to defend this nation and our freedoms. If they knew how easily we have given up our...

Flash flooding like this on Master Street in Corbin Tuesday morning should soon be a thing of the past once a drainage project, which is already underway, gets completed this year. Tuesday flooding also endangered this trailer, which is located off Fifth Street Road. The Corbin...

Clinicians treating severely suffering COVID-19 patients at Baptist Health Corbin now have access to the FDA-sponsored, Mayo Clinic-led expanded access treatment program through a clinical trial using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment option. The...

(Letter to the Editor by David O. Smith of Corbin) It’s clear the first COVID relief bill passed by Congress basically went to big business, except for the $600 benefits to individuals receiving unemployment in an attempt to equalize funds received in each state. Hopefully, the...

(Letter to the Editor by Dr. Kimberly Sasser Croley, Clinical Pharmacist at Laurel Senior Living Communities) All Kentuckians have a part to play in “flattening the curve” of the coronavirus outbreak. Community pharmacists, like all healthcare workers, are first responders to the...

This What’s Happening with Trevor Sherman column appeared in the April 29, 2020 print edition of the News Journal…

If you are traveling on I-75 in Whitley County, you may experience some brief delays starting today due to some alternating lane closures. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is advising motorists that a portion of I-75 northbound and southbound (right lanes) at mile...

The Knox County Board of Education held its April meeting Monday evening via Zoom and streamed live through the school system’s website. During the meeting, the board set the last day for students on May 14, and a return date of Aug. 6. Kicking off the meeting, Superintendent...