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Corbin struggles with 911 dispatcher shortage

The City of Corbin is facing an essential worker shortage in the lifeline that police officers and firefighters rely heavily upon – the 911 dispatchers. At Monday’s regular monthly meeting of the Corbin City Commission, the commissioners accepted the resignation of dispatcher...

Gov. Beshear orders flag flown at half-staff for COVID victims

Gov. Andy Beshear ordered flags across Kentucky to be lowered to half-staff on Friday in honor of the Kentuckians who have died from COVID–19. As of Thursday, the Kentucky Department of Public Health reported 8,466 deaths, of which 7,556 are confirmed. Locally, Laurel County has...