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Corbin Public Works employees renovate Engineer Street bridge

Aerial photography by TIMOTHY WYATT Corbin Public Works employees worked Monday to put the finishing touches on a project to replace the decking on the Engineer Street Bridge. While the bridge has been closed to vehicle traffic for several years, it was still open as a pedestrian...

Cleanup along KY312, KY770 performed last week

Area residents that frequently travel KY312 and KY770 into and out of Corbin through Laurel County should hopefully be able to notice the drive is now a little less unsightly after a day-long cleanup last week. Workers with Corbin Public Works spent much of last Thursday along...

Corbin rolls out new garbage carts

Corbin residents and businesses will start seeing brand new 95-gallon, gray garbage carts appearing at their residences. The carts were ordered by the city in early this year after the Corbin City Commission voted on July 1 to budget $209,000 to purchase the 3,500 new carts. The...

Corbin commissioners seek municipal order on list of streets needing blacktop

The Corbin City Commission wants a list of streets in need of blacktopping. At Monday’s quarterly work session, Commissioner Trent Knuckles asked City Attorney Bob Hammons to draw up a municipal order that requires that the commissioners receive the list by March. “It needs to be...

Corbin’s litter problem gets full-time staff

The fight against litter along Corbin’s roadways not has its own full-time staff. At Monday’s meeting of the Corbin City Commission, Public Works Director Gary Kelly said the three-person crew has been working almost daily since Feb. 5 and has collected 238 bags of trash, 27...