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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...

President Donald J. Trump’s major federal disaster declaration Friday for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and 27 Kentucky counties including Whitley, Bell, Knox and McCreary counties, will mean federal funding to repair some of the more than $1 million in flood damage in Whitley...

The rate that people are testing positive for COVID-19 locally has slowed down in recent days, but it is still increasing. Tuesday afternoon, Whitley County reported its eighth confirmed case of COVID-19 involving a non-hospitalized adult. Whitley County Public Health Director...

The number of COVID-19 cases in southeastern Kentucky has grown significantly in recent days. Over the course of less than 36 hours from Friday morning to Saturday afternoon, Whitley County’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped from one confirmed case to six confirmed...

Knox county small businesses may be eligible for aid through a new fund created by the Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky (CEDIK). Eligible businesses could receive up to $3000 in grant money. Knox County was selected as one of a handful of Eastern Kentucky...

Both Whitley and Knox counties announced Monday each county’s first confirmed case of COVID-19. The Whitley County Health Department’s Epidemiology Rapid Response Team is collaborating with the Kentucky Department for Public Health to identify people who have had close contact...

Unemployment rates rose in 94 Kentucky counties – including Whitley, Knox and Laurel – between January 2019 and January 2020, fell in 21 and stayed the same in 5 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce...

From The Mountain Advocate   Jackson Warewashing will be laying off 94 employees effective Monday, April 6, 2020, according to a WARN notice Friday. The plant closed for a period of time in March to thoroughly clean it’s facilities. The layoff announcement  is the latest...

If you live in the Tri-County area and you have old tires that you need to get rid of, then you will soon be in luck. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 11 and the Kentucky Division of Waste Management will be hosting several waste tire clean ups from March through May....

A Knox County man, who was last seen leaving home for work Thursday night, was found dead in his vehicle that had been swept from the roadway by floodwaters. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said 74-year-old Ronnie Bryant was found inside his 2012 Nissan...