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The message from Kentuckians: Take the time to get health care reform right

In my travels across Kentucky this August, I met with many doctors, nurses, seniors, hospital workers, small-business owners, and countless others concerned about their health care and what kinds of reforms government can make. Everybody had an opinion. No one claimed the...

Posted On 18 Sep 2009
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Woodbine residents arrested for drug trafficking

With the help of a confidential informant, Corbin police arrested two local residents Wednesday for drug trafficking and other offenses at a home in Woodbine.

EXTRA CONTENT: Corbin Tourism board votes to revive Octoberfest

The Corbin Tourism Commission sent outgoing chairman Steve McBurney out in style Monday, thanking him for his 11 years of service with a dinner prior to the Commission's final meeting with him at the...

Posted On 17 Sep 2009
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Click here to see exclusive video of Old Fashioned Trading Days

News Journal reporter Mark White captures the good times at Old...

Posted On 16 Sep 2009

County to apply for ‘zero-energy,’ low income housing grant

The Whitley County Fiscal Court is applying for $300,000 in grant funds from stimulus money to help pay for a pilot project that would replace blighted structures with three "zero-energy" use homes, which would be sold to low or moderate income individuals or families.

Posted On 16 Sep 2009

Schools set to vote Nov. 10 to decide if 13th Region tournaments will be held at Arena

The General Manager of Corbin's 5,000-seat exposition center said Monday that a vote on whether or not 13th Region boys and girls high school basketball teams will play their regional tournament at the facility in the future will be made this November.

Officials: Electric car company to move into old Lion Apparel building by end of month

Barring unforeseen difficulties, a company that plans to produce electric vehicles will start moving to Williamsburg by the end of the month.

Posted On 16 Sep 2009

Viral meningitis case confirmed at Corbin Intermediate School

As if the upcoming flu season and recent H1N1 scare is not enough to worry about, Corbin Independent Schools officials announced there is a confirmed case of viral meningitis in one of it's schools.

Posted On 16 Sep 2009
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Corbin Code Board hands out largest fine ever

The Corbin Code Enforcement Board issued the largest fine to a local property owner in its six-year history last week, and officials say legal action could be forthcoming...

Posted On 16 Sep 2009
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UPDATED: Woodbine man dies in crash on Hwy. 6 Saturday

The wife of a Woodbine man who died in a car wreck on Hwy. 6 Saturday said her...