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The Corbin City Commission has approved a contract with a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm on a trial basis. At a special called meeting Monday afternoon, the commission voted 4-0, with Commissioner Andrew Pennington absent, to enter into a three-month contract with JBC...

The company that owns commercial property near The Corbin Center is planning to build an access road and asked the Corbin City Commission to agree to accept the new road into the city. At a special called city commission meeting last Thursday, David Myers, the Managing Member of...

The battle lines are now set for the 2020 elections in Whitley County following the passage of the candidate filing deadline at 4 p.m. Friday, and there will be a two-way race to fill the remainder of former Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz’s term in office. Schwartz retired on...

In addition to the presidential race on next year’s election ballots, there will also be a handful of local races for area residents to vote in, including state representative, state senator, Corbin City Commission and Williamsburg City Council. The 82nd Kentucky Representative...

Those thinking about running for Corbin City Commission or Williamsburg City Council next year are going to have less time to decide than in prior years. A recent change to the law moves Kentucky’s election filing deadline for these offices from the last Tuesday of January 2020...

Just shy of three months since Mike Mahan stepped down as Corbin’s code enforcement officer, the position will be officially filled as Lawrence Benefield begins his tenure on Jan. 2. “I look at this job as a way to grow,” said Benfield, who has spent 10 years in residential...

Following a meeting between city officials and representatives of architects at Brandstetter Carroll, Inc., the proposed site plan for the Corbin splash pad was unveiled at the regular meeting of the Corbin City Commission Monday night. The rendering features the train theme with...

State Senate President Robert Stivers, R–Manchester, attended the Corbin City Commission’s regular meeting Monday night where he accepted the 2019 Friend of Cities Award from the Kentucky League of Cities, and took the time to answer questions concerning the state of the proposed...

The number of competitive bids coming in for goods and services for the City of Corbin has declined and, at the city commission’s quarterly work session Monday, Commissioner Trent Knuckles questioned why that was so and what may be done to increase those numbers. “Maybe we need...

Now that the space has been cleared, the process of building the new Corbin splash pad is moving forward as city and tourism officials are scheduled to meet with the architect this week. At a special called meeting of the Corbin Tourism Commission Monday, Tourism Director Maggy...