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Unemployment rates decrease in Whitley, Knox, Laurel counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between October 2022 and November 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
Posted On 14 Jan 2023

‘Operation Joy’ helps 65 local families have a better Christmas meal

Criminal justice students recently hosted their Eighth Annual “Operation Joy” Holiday Christmas Food Basket program that hopes to help dozens of area families have a better Christmas meal. The Corbin Area Technology Center Criminal Justice classes donated 65 holiday food baskets...
Posted On 25 Dec 2022
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Unemployment rates increase in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between September 2022 and October 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
Posted On 10 Dec 2022

September unemployment rates drop in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between August 2022 and September 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
Posted On 05 Nov 2022

B’ville man charged with Tomahawks, Express Mart burglaries

Area police departments in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties believe they have solved a series of break-ins at local businesses, which involved the perpetrators allegedly stealing vehicles that were then rammed into businesses in an attempt to steal the ATM machines located...

Unemployment rates drop in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between June 2022 and July 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...
Posted On 03 Sep 2022

Drug-related charges highlight Laurel County indictments

Less than two dozen indictments were handed down Friday by a Laurel County grand jury, with the majority involving drug-related charges. The grand jury returned 22 indictments Friday, some naming multiple defendants. Of those 22 indictments, 13 contained some type of charges...

June unemployment rates increase in Whitley, Laurel, Knox counties

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between May 2022 and June 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...
Posted On 06 Aug 2022

I-75 asphalt rehab project in Laurel, Whitley counties starts Monday, July 18

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) crews began an asphalt rehabilitation project on I-75 in Whitley and Laurel counties on Monday, July 18, between the two Corbin exits. The project area will extend from mile point 24.73 in Whitley County to mile point 29.00 in Laurel County....
Posted On 16 Jul 2022
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Local May unemployment rates increase slightly since April

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between April 2022 and May 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...
Posted On 02 Jul 2022