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Whitley County Health Department launches formula locator program

The ongoing nation-wide formula shortage continues to leave both federal and state organizations grappling with possible solutions as parents scramble to find what little formula may be left on store shelves. Though there still doesn’t seem to be a clear end to the shortage in...

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Posted On 11 May 2022

Corbin ATC students create specialty bike racks for city

The City of Corbin will soon be adorned with one-of-a-kind bike racks designed and built by local students as plans to make the area more bike-friendly continue to move forward. As part of a joint effort between the city, the Whitley County Health Department, Corbin Tourism and...

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Posted On 27 Apr 2022

Mural provides a message of hope for inmates at the jail

“Where there is life there is hope,” reads the message at the top of the mural, whose audience is primarily inmates inside the Whitley County Detention Center. Mural with a message: Inmate Brandon McCullah (third from left) was the primary artist who painted this mural inside the...
Posted On 21 Apr 2022

WCHD’s child safety kits distributed to police officers

The Whitley County Health Department and local police will soon be taking additional measures to try and prevent some deaths involving young children. Whitley County Health Department Public Health Director Marcy Rein said that the health department ordered child safety kits to...
Posted On 01 Apr 2022

Whitley County Board of Health sells property by Corbin office

Parking may be a little harder to come by at the Whitley County Health Department’s Corbin office over the next couple of years. During a special called meeting Monday evening, the Whitley County Board of Health, which oversees the health department, voted to sell 1,584 square...
Posted On 31 Mar 2022

Health Department giving inmates Naloxone doses, training upon release

In an effort to combat overdose deaths, the Whitley County Health Department is now offering free Naloxone to inmates when they are released from the Whitley County Detention Center. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...
Posted On 24 Mar 2022

Naloxone is saving lives in Whitley County

Consider this statistic regarding drug overdoses. In September and October, 32 people participating in the Whitley County Health Department’s Harm Reduction program, which is more frequently referred to as the needle exchange program, reported having either overdosed or having...
Posted On 29 Nov 2021

Whitley County’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 89 people

On Monday, two more Whitley County residents died from COVID-19 bringing the total number of people killed by the virus in Whitley County to 89 people. While the ages of the two deceased people were not revealed, Whitley County Public Health Director Marcy Rein told the Whitley...
Posted On 17 Nov 2021