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A new coalition is being established between multiple organizations in hopes to help make students in Williamsburg at all grade levels more successful in making smart choices for themselves and others. A meeting was held Thursday morning at Williamsburg Independent School, where...

A fire in the mechanical room of Corbin High School Wednesday morning has cancelled school for the remainder of that day at the high school location only.

 Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT Story time: Kentucky’s First Lady Britainy Beshear and Miss Kentucky Hannah Edelen were both present for the unveiling of a new Little Free Library at Whitley North Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon. The library, which was sponsored by Oakwood Homes...

Work on a new Kentucky Splash Waterpark attraction—which is anticipated to be in place before the park opens for the season in May 2023—could begin by the end of the year as bids for necessary work have now been approved by the Williamsburg City Council. Read this story and more...

A pair of Williamsburg residents are organizing a town hall meeting later this week to discuss the United States Forest Service’s plan to log a portion of nearly 10,000 acres of the Daniel Boone National Forest, which is located in Whitley and McCreary counties. The land would be...

A Williamsburg native is being inducted into the Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame (KEHOF) on Wednesday, Nov. 16, during a ceremony that will take place in downtown Louisville. The Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame is a physical and virtual destination that shares and...

Generous donors raised $309,157 to support student scholarships and programs for University of the Cumberlands’ annual Give Day. Cumberlands Give Day 2022 began the morning of Nov. 1 and concluded Nov. 2. Donations toward this year’s “One Big Give” could be made to the university...

Fire destroyed a Rockholds landmark late Saturday morning despite the efforts of nearly every fire department in Whitley County. The Rockholds Pit Stop, which was formerly known as Grannies Country Store, was destroyed after a vehicle crashed into the store and then caught on...

Composite ACT scores for Whitley County High School’s current senior class are tied for 26th out of 228 schools in the state, according to a recent report.

While the 2023 session of the Kentucky General Assembly will officially start in January, work to prepare for the legislative session is already underway. Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers visited Corbin Monday morning to meet with representatives from the Kentucky...