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A Corbin business has been awarded $500,000 in federal funding to combat opioid abuse. U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will distribute $2 million to three Kentucky organizations...

Thanks to $2,419,802 in funding that is coming to the region, 125 unserved households in Whitley County, Knox and Bell counties will be getting clean drinking water. Whitley, Knox and Bell counties are all receiving a portion of the $30 million in funding that the state has...

Baptist Health and its employees are rounding up medical and household supplies to assist healthcare providers and families in Letcher and Clay counties – two areas battered by torrential rainfall and massive flooding that has swept away homes, businesses, and resulted in a...

When Matt Manning was tasked with starting a new community theater group earlier this year he wasn’t sure what to expect, but now, after three successful showings of the group’s debut production, Murder Within Us, he is feeling very optimistic about what the future could hold....

UPDATE: Kentucky State Police announced Wednesday evening that both the stolen vehicle and the suspect had been located in Fleming County. The suspect, whose name was not released, was arrested in Fleming County on unrelated charges and will have pending charges in Knox County...

Whitley County residents, who were affected by the July 31 flash flooding, should contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to see if they qualify for federal disaster assistance. Leslie, Magoffin, Martin and Whitley counties are now eligible for FEMA assistance...

A Barbourville man was released from the Whitley County Detention Center on a $25,000 bond Tuesday afternoon after getting arrested in the parking lot behind a Corbin restaurant early Saturday morning for felony assault. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...

Alcohol involvement is suspected and one person remains behind bars in lieu of a $100,000 cash bond in connection with an Aug. 3 shooting near Williamsburg. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

Changes are likely coming at Campbell Field and they could start being seen relatively soon. The Corbin Independent Board of Education met in a special-called session Thursday evening, where initial construction documents were approved for renovations at the district’s high...

GARRISON (Correction: In the Aug. 10 print edition of the News Journal and in an initial version of this story, which appeared on the News Journal’s website the morning of Aug. 10, a story regarding Payton Chase Garrison’s rape trial incorrectly stated that Garrison...