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Flooding and tornadoes are nothing new for Kentucky. Over the last five years alone, the Commonwealth has been home to ten Presidentially declared disasters, most coming in the form of severe storms, flooding and tornadoes.

(Letter to the Editor by Hilary Baker, Cumberland River Behavioral Health Child Trauma Therapist and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) To the Editor, Have you ever been bullied? Do you see bullying at your school? Has anyone bullied you online? These are some of the...

(Letter to the Editor by Cecelia White, Cumberland River Behavioral Health Emergency Services Director) To the Editor, As a therapist and the Emergency Services Director at the local community mental health center, talking with people about suicidal thoughts is common. However,...

This is an open letter from the Corbin Board of Education to our local businesses requesting that you move vaping products behind the counter and closely monitor the selling of these products to minors. Use of vaping products by minors in our schools is an ever growing and very...

To the Editor from the physicians of Saint Joseph London and Baptist Health Corbin: As physicians, we are called to care for the sick no matter the time of the day, or day of the week. We are asked to put others before ourselves. During the pandemic, our call is no different. We...

The 72nd consecutive year of providing food baskets to local families during the Christmas season was unlike any other that the Corbin Lions Club has seen.  Due to concerns related to COVID-19, the club mailed a $50 gift card to 254 individuals and families in the greater Corbin...

With the year 2020 nearly behind us, I wanted to take a few moments this week to say “thank you” to all of the essential workers out there who have helped us get through the difficulties of the past nine months. Of course, this includes all of the medical professionals who have...

(Letter to the Editor By Trevor Sherman, Corbin) To the Editor: I wanted to give a big shout out this week to everyone who has helped make recent Christmas-related events possible in the City of Corbin. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, things have looked and felt much...

(Letter to the Editor By Maggy Kriebel, Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission Director) To the Editor: The Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission would like to express its sincerest appreciation to everyone who was involved, and participated in the 2020 Corbin Christmas...

(Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of a letter to the editor, which was written by Jack Sellards in 2006. He asked that we run it again as it is as appropriate now as it was 14 years ago.) Dear Editor, More and more solicitors are appearing at Wal-Mart and supermarkets that are...