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Community clothesline, chat benches set up at NIBROC Park

The upcoming holiday and winter season can be a lonely and uncomfortable time for those in search of companionship or warm winter clothing and the Corbin Downtown Program has taken steps to help alleviate both of those problems at NIBROC Park. The city park at the intersection of...

W’burg Police Chief explains, defends CBD gummy Facebook posts

Williamsburg police are defending Facebook posts Saturday night warning parents to check their children’s Halloween candy carefully following a report from a parent that their child’s trick-or-treat candy contained a CBD gummy bear. “I hate that it caused parents to feel like we...
Posted On 06 Nov 2019

Forest Service waives recreation fees for Veteran’s Day

Nov. 6, 2019 – In honor of Veterans Day, the Daniel Boone National Forest will waive fees at several recreation areas. The fee waivers apply to all forest visitors at designated locations. “We want to especially recognize our nation’s veterans and enlisted military members on...
Posted On 06 Nov 2019
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Whitley County has higher than expected election turnout

A total of 36.3 percent of Whitley County voters went to the polls on Election Day to cast their ballots and overwhelmingly threw their support to incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz said that she was pleased with the voter turnout Tuesday,...
Posted On 06 Nov 2019

W’burg City Council approves resolution to seek $330,000 in FEMA funding

The Williamsburg City Council approved a resolution Monday night, which will allow it to start applying for reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for various road repairs caused by water issues over the last year. “Bottom line, it is a resolution so we...
Posted On 06 Nov 2019

1,315 voters on ‘inactive’ list in Whitley County

If you are one of the 1,315 people in Whitley County, who haven’t cast a ballot in the last two presidential races or during the last eight years, but you want to vote on Election Day, then you can still do so. However, you will have to jump through a few more proverbial hoops in...
Posted On 04 Nov 2019

Schwartz predicts 30 percent voter turnout on Election Day

Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz is hoping for a 30 percent voter turnout for next week’s General Election as voters head to the polls to cast their ballots for governor, attorney general, secretary of state and a handful of other statewide offices. During the 2015 gubernatorial...
Posted On 04 Nov 2019

Local men face federal charges for drug dealing

Two local men are among three individuals named in a federal indictment charging a conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone and Oxymorphone in Whitley, Knox, Laurel and Rockcastle Counties. Albert D. Davis, 62, of Gray, and Logan Ray Towery, 72, of London are each charged with...

Vice President Mike Pence visits Corbin, says ‘Kentucky and America needs four more years of Matt Bevin…’

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stopped at a downtown Corbin restaurant Friday afternoon to campaign for incumbent Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin. It was a capacity crowd at Shep’s Place, a restaurant and sports bar on Main Street, for Pence who was traveling with Bevin and...

Kentucky Street going back to ‘the way it was’

Traffic flow and parking on Kentucky Street in Corbin is going back to the way it was. The City of Corbin recently moved the centerline for parts of Kentucky Street, eliminated parking on the right hand side of the road and created designated parking spots on the left hand side...
Posted On 01 Nov 2019