Forcht Group of Kentucky founder and President Terry Forcht is one of 20 entrepreneurs from the Bluegrass State featured in a new book written and compiled by the co-founder of a business and technology incubator in downtown Lexington. Luke Murray said he wrote “Unbridled Spirit:...

A family-owned French company that manufactures ice-cream and coffee-stir sticks will be the latest firm to open a manufacturing facility in the Southeast Kentucky Regional Business Park in Corbin — a 90-job, $15 million operation capable of producing up to two billion of the...

You and Me, Coffee and Tea is getting its own line of tea. Owner Andy Salmons announced that the 10 varieties of loose-leaf tea would be unveiled at a special event Saturday at the Main Street location. Salmons said he and his employees tasted more than 140 varieties of tea to...

The national Community Action Partnership presented Paul Dole, KCEOC President/CEO, with the 2017 Robert M. Coard Innovation Award at the national annual conference on September 1st in Philadelphia, PA. The Award is named after Robert M. Coard, the long-time President/CEO of...

Hood Harris, President of AT&T Kentucky, will be the featured speaker next Tuesday at the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce monthly membership luncheon. The title of Harris’ keynote speech is: “Investing in the Future: Telecommunications Today and Tomorrow in Southern...

The Wrigley Taproom in Corbin was closed Monday but Kristin Smith and some of her employees were working to #KeepCorbinClean. Smith along with Josh Wren, Nikolah Bishop, Shannon Ferrell, Melissa Bond, and friend Thor Barman III, covered Depot Street, the public parking lots and...

A Whitley County native is working to bring a staple of the country music scene in Lexington to Corbin. Josh Brock, who owns Austin City Saloon in Lexington, has submitted an application for a quota retail license in Corbin doing business as Austin City Saloon. According to the...

Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison signed a proclamation Friday afternoon declaring October 2017 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the city of Williamsburg and he urged all community members to support efforts and dedicate themselves to the fight against the disease. He was...

One of the largest non-profit organizations in the U.S. celebrated its 32nd anniversary last week with a special open house at one of its main distribution centers, located in Corbin. “Operation Sharing,” a program of the Christian Appalachian Project (CAP), gathered employees,...

Unemployment rates fell in 32 Kentucky counties, stayed the same in three, including Whitley County, and rose in 85 counties, including Laurel and Knox counties, between August 2016 and August 2017, according to the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics (KCEWS),...

Critically ill patients at Baptist Health Corbin will be among the first in the state to benefit from a state-of-the-art program that allows doctors and nurses from across the nation to partner with local physicians to enhance patient care. During a special reception Tuesday...

Water and sewer rates in and around the city of Corbin are likely increase in 2018, but City Utilities Commission leaders say they are still among the cheapest in Kentucky. The CUC’s three-member board of directors met last Tuesday and approved to go ahead with the rate increases...

Between 2013 and the middle of 2017, more than 21 million doses of prescription opioids, including hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol and oxymorphone, were dispensed in Whitley County, which has a population of about 36,000 people. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

The city of Williamsburg is trying to help evacuees from recent hurricanes. Mayor Roddy Harrison told the city council during its monthly meeting Monday that he received a call Friday from two employees at the Kentucky Welcome Center, which was overrun by hurricane evacuees,...

Several forms of cancer are treatable particularly when they are caught early, and regular, early screenings are the best way to do that. This was the crux of the message that Baptist Health COO Anthony Powers delivered to the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce during its...

In a day and time where people are constantly on the go, finding the 30 to 45 minutes to squeeze in a workout is becoming more and more difficult, especially when it involves a trip to the gym. Doug Ladd and Caroline Hendy are seeking to expand that window to workout to anytime...

Magistrates of the Knox County Fiscal Court voted to save county residents money and not raise their tax rate. During the August meeting, the court heard from Knox County Property Valuation Administrator Bill Oxendine on the assessed property value of the county. “We’ve grown in...

Students at the University of the Cumberlands will soon be able to play video games as a varsity sport. This year e-sports, or video gaming, is being started as a club sport. “It is catching on across the country. A lot of schools have added it. We are going to start it at the...