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Laurel County now has 20 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The Laurel County Health Department announced its most recent case Thursday. Out of the 20 cases, two are deceased, 11 have recovered, and seven cases are active. Among the active cases, one is undergoing hospital isolation, and...

When it comes to COVID-19, there is some good news locally and some bad news. It has been nearly two weeks since a new COVID-19 case was confirmed in either Whitley or Knox County, but two new cases were reported Tuesday in Laurel County, according to local health departments....

As pretty much everyone expected, unemployment rates between February 2020 and March 2020 rose in every county in Kentucky, but probably not as much as many feared with local rates going up anywhere from 1.7 – 2.0 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics...

Laurel County reported its 17th COVID-19 case late Wednesday afternoon, according to the Laurel County Health Department. Out of the 17 cases, two are deceased, nine have recovered, and six cases are active. Among the active cases, two are undergoing hospital isolation, and four...

A majority of Whitley County’s nine COVID-19 cases have been released from isolation, including one of the county’s two hospitalized patients, who has been discharged to go home, the Whitley County Health Department reported Monday afternoon. Five patients have now been released...

President Donald J. Trump’s major federal disaster declaration Friday for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and 27 Kentucky counties including Whitley, Bell, Knox and McCreary counties, will mean federal funding to repair some of the more than $1 million in flood damage in Whitley...

The rate that people are testing positive for COVID-19 locally has slowed down in recent days, but it is still increasing. Tuesday afternoon, Whitley County reported its eighth confirmed case of COVID-19 involving a non-hospitalized adult. Whitley County Public Health Director...

The number of COVID-19 cases in southeastern Kentucky has grown significantly in recent days. Over the course of less than 36 hours from Friday morning to Saturday afternoon, Whitley County’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped from one confirmed case to six confirmed...

Unemployment rates rose in 94 Kentucky counties – including Whitley, Knox and Laurel – between January 2019 and January 2020, fell in 21 and stayed the same in 5 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce...

Unemployment rates rose in 56 Kentucky counties between December 2018 and December 2019, including Whitley County, fell in 46, including Laurel County, and stayed the same in 18 counties, including Knox County, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency...