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  Cleaning up Corbin: About 40 people turned out Saturday morning for the Keep Corbin Clean Spring Community Clean-Up. Volunteers picked up trash along Main Street, Depot Street, Roy Kidd Avenue, Master Street, Fourth Street, Fifth Street, Rotary Park, Gordon Hill and the...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT A number of local artisans set up booths inside the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center on Saturday for the city’s annual craft fair. The fair included a variety of items ranging from stuffed animals to candy. Proceeds from table rentals for the...

A Knoxville couple is suing the City of Williamsburg in connection with a fall last summer at the Kentucky Splash Waterpark that took place in a wading area where a non-slick surface had allegedly either worn away or was removed. The lawsuit also alleged waterpark officials were...

A number of expansion plans at Kentucky Splash Waterpark that had been stalled previously due to funding issues are now expected to move forward later this year thanks to money that should be earmarked for the City of Williamsburg in the state’s newest budget. Read this story and...

The Kentucky General Assembly has allocated $29 million for work to widen I-75 from mile point 28.85 in southern Laurel County to mile point 19.2 in Whitley County although it is still a few years away before actual construction will start on the project. Read this story and more...

Planning work to improve the intersection of KY-92 and Penny Lane in Williamsburg, widening the bridge at 3-point, possible construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Arena Drive and Corbin Center Drive, and work to improve the intersection of US25W and High Top Road...

Last week, it was reported that Maggy Monhollen would be stepping down from her position as executive director of the Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission in order to accept the new role as the newest manager of the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park. The hunt is now on for a...

A trio of University of the Cumberlands students are getting the once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel the world this spring – and have it partially paid for. One of those lucky students is Rachel Medlin of Corbin. Medlin (elementary education major), Kristen Fugate (pre-medicine),...

Last spring, the Whitley County Cooperative Extension office in Goldbug hosted the first-ever Eastern Kentucky Small Farms Conference. The event was a huge success, and organizers are hoping to see an even bigger turnout when the conference returns later this month.

Graduation celebrations are already underway at University of the Cumberlands – specifically, the hooding ceremony for students who completed their Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MSPAS) at Cumberlands’ Williamsburg campus. During the ceremony, 27 physician...