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A blaze that broke out Monday afternoon at Bolton’s Towing off the Cumberland Gap Parkway in southern Laurel County engulfed approximately 30 vehicles and took multiple agencies nearly three hours to extinguish. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...

A recent decision by the Whitley County Fiscal Court to provide raises for their employees to help offset losses due to changes in federal guidelines has been met with some ire by those within the county who are not expected to benefit from the pay increase. Read this story and...

About 14 percent of Whitley County voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in statewide races for governor, secretary of state, state treasurer and a handful of other races. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

More than 8,500 students qualified for the Fall 2022 University of Kentucky Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester. To make a Dean’s List in one of the UK colleges, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher and must have earned 12 credits or more in that...

The Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics at Morehead State University is proud to announce the members of the Class of 2025, including students from Corbin and Williamsburg. Students from across the Commonwealth were chosen to attend the Craft Academy, which is...

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky has selected 99 Kentucky sophomores for the Class of 2025, marking The Gatton Academy’s 18th incoming class, including two Whitley County residents. Home schooler Caitlyn A. Peters is the daughter of James Hinkle, Shelly...

The Foundation at Baptist Health Corbin created a Nursing Excellence Fund that will be used to support nurse recruitment, development and retention. This includes scholarships for entry level nurses. “Keeping our staffing resources strong in our area is a priority,” said Sherrie...

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

Corey Griffith, a Data and Enterprise Sales Engineer with Appalachian Wireless, was the keynote speaker Tuesday afternoon for the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s monthly membership luncheon, which was held at The Corbin Center. During his presentation, he spoke about the...

The Whitley County Health Department (WCHD) was recently awarded for their outreach and work within the community. Several members of the health department’s staff attended the Kentucky Public Health Association’s (KPHA) annual conference last month in Bowling Green, which acts...