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Whitley County remained near the top of Kentucky’s 120 counties in COVID–19 incidence rate Tuesday at 190.7. Only Rockcastle County, with a rate of 196.8, was higher. Powell County at 187.3, Harlan County at 174.1 and Monroe County at 173 rounded out the top five. Clinton County...

Old Fashioned Trading Days returned last week for the first time since 2019 following a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic. To the credit of organizers, the 38th installment of this festival was every bit as good as previous versions of it. While many area festivals returned...

Corbin Walmart will be closing at 2 p.m. on Sept. 15 for additional sanitization and to restock shelves according to a Facebook post made by the store around noon on Wednesday. The store will reopen at 6 a.m. on Friday. Associates will continue to work their normal schedules, the...

Baptist Health Corbin is getting reinforcements from the Kentucky National Guard as it continues to deal with the COVID–19 surge. Hospital officials said 15 of the 310 guard members that have been activated to support hospitals across the state will be assigned to Baptist Health...

State Representative Regina Petrey Huff, R-Williamsburg, is unable to attend the special legislative session because of a family emergency. Gov. Andy Beshear called the special session beginning Tuesday for the purpose of extending the state of emergency that Beshear had declared...

Baptist Health Corbin is overwhelmed right now due to the latest COVID-19 surge, and it has temporarily closed its surgery department and stopped patient visitation. Sherrie Mays, vice president and chief nursing officer for Baptist Health Corbin, was one of the speakers during...

A couple of friends of mine got COVID-19 recently. One of whom had to go to the hospital not once, but twice on two consecutive days. This was largely because there were no available beds when she went the first day in order for her to be admitted. She had to return the second...

Baptist Health Corbin is now restricting visitation and not allowing any visitors at this time for most patients at the hospital. There will be limited exceptions. The change went into effect on today, Aug. 29. “We have seen a significant increase in the COVID positivity rate in...

To the Editor from the physicians of Saint Joseph London and Baptist Health Corbin: As physicians, we are called to care for the sick no matter the time of the day, or day of the week. We are asked to put others before ourselves. During the pandemic, our call is no different. We...

If you don’t like the fact that students, teachers and staff have to wear masks while inside schools, then you shouldn’t take it out on local officials, who are still being mandated by the state to require mask wearing. While the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a ruling Saturday...