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The Williamsburg High School Alumni Endowment Inc. recently awarded four scholarships to Williamsburg High School seniors. Pictured are President Harry Alder, Dennis Patrick-Salas, Benjamin Hale, Kirsten Skidmore and Secretary Lynn Steinglein. Heaven Warren was not present.

The Center for Rural Development has selected several local students to participate in its summer leadership programs. Rogers Scholars Corbin High School sophomores Reid Bryant and William Taylor, and Lynn Camp High School sophomore Matthew Garrison will join high school students...

Aaron Sevier (left), an employee of Corbin’s City Utilities Commission, was presented his Journeyman Lineman Certificate by Electric Superintendent Doug Lawson (right). Sevier has successfully completed one of the world’s most comprehensive training programs for power line...

Each spring, University of the Cumberlands (UC) partners with the Maiden Drug Company of Williamsburg to award the Deborah Carol Childress Scholarship to two high school seniors from the Whitley County area who will be attending Cumberlands in the fall. The 2023 recipients of the...

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell, and McCreary counties between March 2023 and April 2023, according to the Kentucky Center of Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate...

Update: The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department announced at 3:30 p.m. on June 2 that the missing juvenile has been located. Original story The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s assistance in an attempt to locate a missing teenager....

Courtney Wrinn of Corbin was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. She was initiated at Eastern Kentucky University. Wrinn is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty,...

Baptist Health Corbin Volunteers received a Helping Accomplish Noteworthy Duties Successfully (HANDS) Award at the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) Convention held recently in Lexington. The KHA presents the HANDS award to hospital volunteers and auxiliary groups that conduct...

Williamsburg Independent School in Whitley County was one of eight Kentucky high schools rewarded $500 by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) for participating in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion Challenge. KHEAA encouraged...

More than 500 University of Kentucky (UK) undergraduates participated in the 17th annual Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars, including Corbin residents Kayli Bolton and Cierra Ledford. The showcase empowers undergraduates to share their research discoveries, ideas and creative...