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Williamsburg City employees to receive premium pay before holiday

Employees of the City of Williamsburg should be able to expect some extra money in their pocket for Christmas this year following a decision by the Williamsburg City Council. The council doesn’t traditionally meet in December, though all members were present Monday night to vote...

It will take the work of all of us to see COVID truly end

When you are out in public, you get the feeling that the pandemic is about over. You see fewer masks and schools are starting to relax their mask regulations. I wish it was true, but unfortunately it is not over. Experts say that despite the decreases in cases, hospitalizations,...
Posted On 16 Nov 2021

January tip off works for high school basketball

COVID–19 has changed the way a number of things work from voting to high school basketball. Because of the pandemic, early and absentee voting was made more widely available. It proved so popular, with voter turnout increasing exponentially in both the 2020 primary and general...

Looking back at the year that was 2020

Let’s face it. 2020 was quite the year from a worldwide pandemic to the third highest flood in Whitley County and Williamsburg history. Just in Whitley County alone, we were pretty much a war and a famine short of having our own Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse…LOL. Maybe 2020...
Posted On 12 Jan 2021

Three new COVID–19 cases confirmed in Laurel County Friday

Laurel County Health Department reported three new COVID–19 cases on Friday, bringing the active total to 11. “All three of today’s cases are recovering at home,” officials stated in the announcement posted on the health department’s Facebook page. To date, Laurel County has...

Developed recreation areas closed in Daniel Boone National Forest

The developed recreation areas in Daniel Boone National Forest have been temporarily closed in an effort to help curb the spread of COVID–19 Officials at with the London Ranger District announced the closures Thursday, noting it includes campgrounds, picnic area and shooting...