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Clinicians treating severely suffering COVID-19 patients at Baptist Health Corbin now have access to the FDA-sponsored, Mayo Clinic-led expanded access treatment program through a clinical trial using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment option. The...

(Letter to the Editor by David O. Smith of Corbin) It’s clear the first COVID relief bill passed by Congress basically went to big business, except for the $600 benefits to individuals receiving unemployment in an attempt to equalize funds received in each state. Hopefully, the...

When it comes to COVID-19, there is some good news locally and some bad news. It has been nearly two weeks since a new COVID-19 case was confirmed in either Whitley or Knox County, but two new cases were reported Tuesday in Laurel County, according to local health departments....

In the era of COVID-19, some of our government agencies are getting creative when it comes to members maintaining social distancing while still meeting. One of the more creative approaches I have seen was the Whitley County Water District earlier this month, when the three board...

As pretty much everyone expected, unemployment rates between February 2020 and March 2020 rose in every county in Kentucky, but probably not as much as many feared with local rates going up anywhere from 1.7 – 2.0 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics...

Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. announced Friday that he has created three task forces to plan how courts across the state will resume limited in-person services. “As Kentucky begins to gradually reopen business, the courts must prepare to do the same,” Chief Justice...

A Whitley County man, who is a twice convicted felon and has damaged not one but two houses of worship, was one of 352 state prisoners, whose sentences were commuted Friday by Gov. Andy Beshear due to COVID-19 concerns. Suffice it to say that the prosecutor and the arresting...

“I did everything that I knew to do, and I still got sick.” This is the story of 38-year-old wife and mother Charity Bowlin, who has spent the better part of the last month battling a coronavirus infection that landed her in the UK hospital, and very nearly saw her having to go...

Laurel County reported its 17th COVID-19 case late Wednesday afternoon, according to the Laurel County Health Department. Out of the 17 cases, two are deceased, nine have recovered, and six cases are active. Among the active cases, two are undergoing hospital isolation, and four...

Public testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus has made its way to Knox County. Starting Monday, May 4, anyone wishing to be tested for the coronavirus will have that option. The Knox County Health Department has partnered with Gravity Diagnostics to provide COVID-19 testing through...