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Students in the Whitley County School District still have to wear masks while riding school buses, but they can now take off their masks once they get to school. The Whitley County Board of Education unanimously approved the policy change during its regular monthly meeting...

The Corbin Board of Education voted unanimously to make masks optional district wide beginning Monday, Nov. 15 during Thursday’s meeting. The “Motion to make masks optional (ie. Parent/guardian preference) throughout Corbin School District,” was made by board member Todd...

When Baptist Health Corbin’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic started on Dec. 15, 2020, it was one of the original vaccination sites in the state at a time when numerous people were wanting to get vaccinated. Since its inception, the clinic has given over 43,000 COVID-19 vaccinations,...

The Corbin Board of Education voted at a special called meeting Friday to relax the COVID–19 mask mandate, but a group of parents were on hand to continue to voice their frustrations that the masking decision is not in their hands. The board had on the agenda, “COVID protocols,”...

Baptist Health Corbin re-opened patient visitation on a limited basis Monday morning. Starting Oct. 25, visitation resumed from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. with one visitor per patient at a time for those, who are inpatient receiving acute medical, rehabilitation or behavioral health...

Whitley County school district employees could be getting a nice little bonus in time for Christmas if they are already completely vaccinated or get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the near future. The Kentucky Board of Education is offering a $100 incentive for school...

The Whitley County Health Department announced 27 new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed on Tuesday. Four of the cases were children. As of Tuesday, there were 215 active cases in Whitley County. The county’s vaccination rate was at 39.2 percent. Baptist Health Corbin officials...

The mandate for students to wear masks will remain in place at least through fall break, but the Corbin Board of Education said it would revisit the matter at each board meeting going forward. At a special called board meeting Friday night during which the board was slated to...

Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White Jr. is living proof that while getting vaccinated against COVID-19 might not prevent you from getting the virus, it generally can help keep you from getting deathly ill. “There is a lot of talk about breakthrough cases, but in talking to...

If you are an immune compromised individual, you can now get a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Whitley County Health Department, but those are currently the only people who can get a third dose there. “We are not doing boosters right now. We are only doing those immune...