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Even the most casual NASCAR fans know the name Kyle Petty. Son of the legendary race car driver Richard Petty, Kyle established his own legacy in the sport over the course of his near 30-year career, and he continues to contribute to this day as a racing analyst and commentator.

Annual unemployment rates increased in 80 Kentucky counties between 2022 and 2023 – including: Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties – decreased in 22 and stayed the same in 18 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the...

The Mint Gaming Hall Cumberland in Williamsburg is partnering with W.D. Bryant hardware company to stage a Kentucky Derby Day eggstravaganza on May 4. In addition to being southeastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee’s biggest watch party for the 150th Kentucky Derby, The Mint...

The Corbin Garden Club celebrated Arbor Day with the Seventh Grade Science Class at the Corbin Middle School by  planting an Eastern Redbud tree (native as in grows in the state of Kentucky)! It is a small tree common in the understory and along roadsides. After pledging the...

Even though it has no foundation or even walls yet, you could still get an idea Sunday evening of what the Immanuel Baptist Church building for its Williamsburg campus was going to be like. There were chalk outlines around where the outer walls would be and around where the...

“We need more reliable employees.” This is an observation that has been made by employers with increasing frequency in recent years. Since the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, many businesses have struggled to stay consistently fully staffed.

Aerial photography by TIMOTHY WYATT Corbin Public Works employees worked Monday to put the finishing touches on a project to replace the decking on the Engineer Street Bridge. While the bridge has been closed to vehicle traffic for several years, it was still open as a pedestrian...

Whitley Ella Hurst, the 2024 May Queen, and Lainey Page Williams, this year’s Tiny Queen, will be crowned Friday night, May 3, at 7 p.m. during the 81st presentation of the May Day Festival at the Arena in Corbin. Hurst is the daughter of Jason and Crystal Hurst. She will be...

Community members are concerned about the lack of changes to the proposed Jellico Mountain logging project outlined in a new draft environmental assessment that was released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Forest Service last week, which still...

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