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Unemployment rates increase in Knox, Laurel, Whitley counties

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between November 2021 and December 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
Posted On 05 Mar 2022

November unemployment rates decrease in Knox, Laurel, Whitley counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between October 2021 and November 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
Posted On 24 Jan 2022

Forcht Bank Donates to Local Food Banks to Help Stick a “Forcht” in Hunger

(Lexington, KY) In its fifth year, Stick a Forcht in Hunger, hosted by Forcht Bank, collected over 22,900 nonperishable food items to be donated to local food banks. Customers, community members and employees dropped off items for nearly six weeks at Forcht Bank locations to be...
Posted On 16 Jan 2022

UC’s online IT degree ranked among top 20

A University of the Cumberlands (UC) online program was recently recognized by an online college ranking service as one of the top 20 online information technology programs in the county. College Values Online has identified UC as having the 19th best online bachelor’s in...
Posted On 11 Jan 2022

Unemployment rates drop in Whitley, Laurel, Knox counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between September 2021 and October 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
Posted On 27 Dec 2021

Baptist Health Corbin receives the 2021 KHA Quality Award

Baptist Health Corbin’s Critical Care Unit (CCU) recently received the 2021 Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) Quality Award for Acute Care Hospitals with more than 250 beds. The KHA Quality Award honors hospital leadership and innovation in quality, safety, and commitment in...
Posted On 28 Nov 2021

Forcht Bank partners with food banks to fight hunger in local communities

(Lexington, KY) Kicking off it’s fifth year, Forcht Bank’s Stick a Forcht in Hunger will be working to help community members in need by accepting non-perishable food items between November 8 and December 22. All donations brought to Forcht Bank locations will be donated to local...
Posted On 25 Nov 2021

Multi-employer job fair slated for Nov. 18 in Corbin

Needing a job, but you don’t want to drive around all over the place putting in job applications? If so, then you are in luck. There will be a multi-employer job fair held on Nov. 18 at The Corbin Center from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Once there, job seekers will be able to meet with...
Posted On 09 Nov 2021

September unemployment rates increase in Whitley, Laurel and Knox counties

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, and Knox counties between August 2021 and September 2021, but decreased in McCreary and Bell counties during that same time frame, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and...
Posted On 06 Nov 2021

Unemployment rate drops in Whitley, Laurel and Knox counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, McCreary and Bell counties between July 2021 and August 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...
Posted On 02 Oct 2021