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The Spirit of KY: Locals jump in to help with flood relief efforts

As soon as word began spreading throughout the region Thursday and Friday of last week about the devastation wrought by historic flooding in several eastern Kentucky counties, people all over our local area immediately jumped into action. Read this story and more for just $.99...

Tourism: Corbin set to host several events in near future; Director explains shortened July 4th fireworks display

The Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission met for its latest regular meeting on Monday, July 25, and several topics of interest were covered. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a...

Corbin Arena announces ‘West Fest’ show for Sat., Sept. 10

The Corbin Arena opened up the week with a bang Monday, announcing via its official Facebook page that rap legends Ice Cube, Cyprus Hill and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will be in town for a show they are dubbing “West Fest” on Saturday, Sept. 10.

Upchurch returns to Corbin Arena

Due to high ticket demand for his March 13 show, Ryan Upchurch will return to the Corbin Arena on Saturday, April 10. Upchurch’s March 13 show sold out with over 3,000 people in attendance. “We had such an overwhelming response for Upchurch tickets but had to cut off sales...

Arena hosting auto parts swap meet Friday and Saturday

The Arena in Corbin is hosting an auto parts swap meet Friday and Saturday. The event, which features of variety of vendors offering new and used parts and accessories, opens at 8 a.m.

I’ve seen lots of positive change in the last 21 years

It’s pretty common that I will hear someone say they feel our area is stagnant. There is no growth or new jobs. Nothing ever changes. There is nothing to do. We are stuck in the mud. I disagree. There have been a lot of significant developments, physical improvements, and...

Corbin Arena Manager talks about most recent bookings

Less than two months after taking over as manager at The Arena, Kristi Balla announced two of the biggest acts to ever play Corbin in classic rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd and comedian and actor Bill Engvall. “It just worked with their booking agent and management,” Balla said when...

Ratt, Lita Ford, Great White coming to The Arena

The new Arena manager has booked her first show and it will have the house rockin’ with the sounds of Ratt, Lita Ford, Jack Russell’s Great White, FireHouse and Trixter.

New Arena manager hired Monday

The Arena in Corbin is under new management. At a special called meeting Monday morning, the Corbin City Commission voted 4-0 to hire Kristi Balla to be the new Arena manager. Balla, a 1995 graduate of Corbin High School, has previously worked at other venues including the KFC...

Tourism Commission deserves voice in what happens at The Arena

Years ago, when I was Chairman of the Corbin Tourism Commission, I signed a letter that was sent to Mayor Amos Miller telling him that the Commission had voted to give 75 percent of its restaurant tax money to the city for the purpose of reducing the debt on the new Arena....
Posted On 30 Jun 2016