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City of Williamsburg sets budget for next fiscal year, raises for employees included

The City of Williamsburg’s 2024-2025 fiscal year budget has been set, and it includes raises for city employees. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Williamsburg tax rates officially set for 2022

The Williamsburg City Council has finalized tax rates for 2022, and city residents can expect to see a slight drop in their property taxes. Council members met for a special-called meeting on Sept. 14 for a second reading and vote of an ordinance setting the city’s real and...

Williamsburg Ind. tax rates increase based on revenues

The Williamsburg Independent Board of Education approved a 4 percent increase in real and personal property tax rates last week, though tax payers will not be seeing an actual 4 percent jump on their tax bills. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...

Corbin School votes to collect taxes in-house beginning 2022-2023

Beginning with the 2022-2023 tax cycle, Corbin residents will be paying some taxes directly to the Corbin Independent School District rather than to the city. The Corbin Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the in-house collection of taxes beginning in the 2022-2023...

Downtown Corbin business open again after court orders it closed for outstanding taxes

Corbin 1 Hour Cleaners on South Main Street reopened Thursday, two days after the business was court ordered to be closed for failure to pay state taxes. “I got behind on paying some taxes, which I take full responsibility for,” said owner Joe House. “We got them taken care of...

IRS: Corbin hypnotist and author owes almost $1 million in back income taxes

The Internal Revenue Service has filed paperwork in U.S. District Court in London claiming that a Corbin man owes almost $1 million and seeking a judgment to collect the taxes along with interest and penalties. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...

Gofundme.com page established to help Dixie Cafe owners pay back taxes

Less than a week after it began, a gofundme.com effort to raise the tax money owed by The Dixie Café is almost halfway to its $5,500 goal. Ed and Carolyn Garr have been making payments to the city in an effort to catch up on the quarterly restaurant tax payments dating back to...

City files lawsuit against The Dixie Café to collect overdue restaurant taxes

A little over a month after threatening to file legal action against several restaurants in the city that were woefully behind on paying taxes, iconic downtown Corbin restaurant The Dixie Café is the first to actually be taken to court. Read this story and more for just $.99...

Corbin BOE votes to raise taxes, tuition

Property taxes to support Corbin Independent Schools are going up but in an effort to balance the equation, so is tuition. At the regular monthly meeting last Thursday, the Corbin Board of Education approved a four percent increase in the property tax rate. The new rate, which...

Whitley County tax rates remain largely the same

Whitley County property owners can expect little to no change in their land and vehicle taxes as the four taxing districts that report to the fiscal court have all elected not to increase their rates from 2015. At Tuesday’s fiscal court meeting, the fiscal court approved the...