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After more than two weeks of treatment for COVID–19 at Baptist Health Corbin, 68-year-old James Walters was discharged Wednesday afternoon. Walters, a Corbin resident, was wheeled through the hallways where hospital staff applauded and showed signs supporting his effort to...

(OpEd By Eric Friedlander, Acting Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services) May has arrived in Kentucky, and rather than planning a Kentucky Derby celebration, a road trip to Pikeville for the Mountain Laurel Festival, to Cumberland Falls to take in the...

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron called on Gov. Andy Beshear Tuesday to end his targeting of faith-based gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic and allow in-person church gatherings to resume, consistent with Centers for Disease Control recommendations to prevent the...

There are now six locations in Whitley County where you can get COVID-19 testing, but none of the sites offer free testing, according to the Whitley County Health Department. “None of the testing at local healthcare provider offices is free. Those are providers that have acquired...

A majority of Whitley County’s nine COVID-19 cases have been released from isolation, including one of the county’s two hospitalized patients, who has been discharged to go home, the Whitley County Health Department reported Monday afternoon. Five patients have now been released...

The number of local COVID-19 cases continues to slowly increase. On Friday, the Laurel County Health Department reported its 13th COVID-19 case, and on Saturday, it reported its 14th COVID-19 case. Out of the 14 cases, two patients died, nine have recovered, and there are three...

Additional federal funding is being released for Kentucky’s coronavirus-related response efforts to enhance local testing and support for hospitals and small businesses from the CARES Act, approved by Congress last month. “With historic amounts of federal funding...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Whitley County Health Department’s Facebook page, where it has been publishing much of its information for the public about the virus, has gotten a lot more popular to the tune of over 3,000 followers. “That may be double a year ago,” Public...

The Whitley County Health Department reported its ninth COVID-19 case late Wednesday afternoon. A total of four cases have been released from isolation, and five patients are still in isolation. Six diagnosed patients have been males, and three females. Two patients are/were...

The Circle K on Gordon Hill in Corbin reopened Saturday after being closed due to an employee being diagnosed with COVID–19. Company officials closed the store Thursday after learning that the employee, who had last worked at the store on April 7, had contracted the virus....