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Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers with be speaking on the 2022 legislative session next week during a luncheon co-hosted by the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Knox County Chamber of Commerce. The monthly luncheon will be held Tuesday, May 17, at 11:45 a.m. at...

Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center residents and staff played host to Kentucky State Senator Julie Raque Adams during an April 22 visit where she spent about two hours touring the facility. After touring the facility, she enjoyed having lunch with residents, staff and...

Gov. Andy Beshear announced the award of $4.9 million in grant funding Monday to help address Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) by offering comprehensive treatment and recovery services to pregnant and parenting women, including funding that will go to a facility located in...

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between January 2022 and February 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...

When Dr. Terry Forcht first came to what was then Cumberland College in 1964, he had a wife, four children, a beagle and they all arrived in town in a Volkswagen bug. There wasn’t much need for seatbelts. Everyone was packed in their pretty tight, Forcht recalled. Today, the...

For the eighth consecutive year, Forcht Bank has been named one of the best places to work in Kentucky. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management (KYSHRM) and ClearPath Mutual Insurance Company recently announced the 100 companies that...

The Save A Lot store in Jellico donated $1,157 to the Canada Town Fellowship from Bags of a Brighter Holiday donations. The fellowship will be getting a new pantry to help serve more people. The donation for the pantry was from a man in Knoxville. (Top: Joyce Wilson, with the...

Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison and Whitley County Judge Executive Pat White Jr. served as the guest speakers at Tuesday’s Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center. Harrison updated chamber members on several of the major...

Baptist Health Corbin was recently recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of only 14 hospitals in Kentucky to be named “best hospitals for patient experience.” Becker compiled the list using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System...

Forcht Group of Kentucky has named Reda Shemelya as Corporate Human Resources Director. She joins the Forcht Group after 23 years of human resources experience with Wal-Mart Home Office, People Division in Bentonville, Arkansas, as regional senior human Resources director,...