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The University of Kentucky has released its Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. A total of 8,580 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance. To make a Dean’s List in one of the UK colleges, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher...

Last week, coverage area teams competed in the 2024 Kentucky High School Athletic Association Track and Field State Championships. Results from the meets, held at the University of Kentucky, are as follows…

Retired educator and local historian Diane Mitchell’s relationship with the town that she calls home goes back generations. Someone in her family lineage has resided in the Corbin area since its very inception, meaning she is uniquely suited to offer glimpses of what life has...

Last spring, the Whitley County Cooperative Extension office in Goldbug hosted the first-ever Eastern Kentucky Small Farms Conference. The event was a huge success, and organizers are hoping to see an even bigger turnout when the conference returns later this month.

If signed into law, a bill currently making the rounds in Frankfort could result in more farms being able to receive certain protections by petitioning to become what is known as an “agricultural district.”

Back in 2014, Spencer Diamond was a senior at Corbin High School. He was a member of the inaugural Redhound swim team, and in an interview former Head Coach Kyle Yeager was quoted in the News Journal, saying, “…Diamond is my distance swimmer, when he isn’t busy flirting...

Several college and university students with local ties have been honored for their hard work in the classroom by being named to their school’s Dean’s List or President’s List. Belmont University Jaylen Gambrell of Williamsburg qualified for the Spring 2023 Dean’s List at Belmont...

The Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) has announced its 2023 class list, which includes five students from Whitley County. This year’s class represents a milestone for the program as it has now accepted students from every single Kentucky county since its inception in...

Last week, athletes from all four of the News Journal’s coverage area high schools made the trip to the University of Kentucky to compete in the 2023 state track and field championships.

More than 500 University of Kentucky (UK) undergraduates participated in the 17th annual Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars, including Corbin residents Kayli Bolton and Cierra Ledford. The showcase empowers undergraduates to share their research discoveries, ideas and creative...