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The ongoing COVID–19 pandemic has continued to generate questions and controversy. As a result, The News Journal reached out to Baptist Health Corbin Medical Director Dr. David Worthy to answer a number of the most common questions concerning the state of the virus, testing, when...

Laurel, Whitley, Bell and McCreary counties all reported additional COVID-19 cases Friday. The Whitley County Health Department announced five new cases Friday, which all tested positive with either a PCR/Molecular or antigen test. The Whitley County Health Department reported 12...

The Kentucky Supreme Court has cleared the way for evictions and criminal trials to resume across the state starting next month, according to an announcement issued Monday afternoon. Also, starting next week those wanting to go to the Whitley Circuit Clerk’s Office to renew a...

Both Whitley and Laurel counties reported double-digit increases Thursday in the number of new COVID-19 cases. The Whitley County Health Department announced Thursday that 19 new COVID-19 cases, which all tested positive with either a PCR/molecular or antigen test. The Whitley...

Bell, Laurel, and Whitley counties all reported additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The Laurel County Health Department announced Wednesday that 12 new COVID-19 cases had been reported, who ranged in age from an 8-year-old to a 53-year-old. All 12 new cases are recovering at...

Bell, Laurel, Knox, McCreary and Whitley County each reported additional COVID-19 cases Tuesday. The Whitley County Health Department reported six new COVID-19 cases Tuesday. The Whitley County Health Department reported five new cases Monday, four new cases Sunday, three new...

The Whitley County Health Department has issued a public notice concerning the potential exposure to COVID–19 of those who attended Sunday services at Saxton Baptist Church in Williamsburg. Health Department Director Marcy Rein said she elected to issue the notice after learning...

Bell, Laurel, Knox and Whitley County are all reported additional COVID-19 cases Monday. The Bell County Health Department reported 21 additional cases Monday, including four individual independent cases and 17 long term care cases. These new cases bring the total number of...

The Whitley County Health Department announced nine new COVID–19 cases Monday afternoon. Officials noted that five of those are from Sunday and four are from Monday. With those new cases, 89 cases have been reported in Whitley County since early April. Twenty-seven of those cases...

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday afternoon that he would be closing all bars in Kentucky bars for two weeks and that he is reducing the capacity of restaurants for in-person dining to 25 percent in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Kentucky. “We are in an...