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The Whitley County UNITE Coalition is awarding $4,000 total for four local projects. Each local UNITE coalition is allocated $4,000 every six months by Operation UNITE to use towards local projects. The Whitley County UNITE Coalition held its quarterly meeting Monday, and voted...

From 2006 to 2012, there were 47,677,589 prescription pain pills supplied to Whitley County or enough for 187 pills per person per year, according to data from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System, which is also known as...

Funding to help start a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program for the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, and a new local clinic to treat people diagnosed with Hepatitis C were two of the topics discussed during the Whitley County UNITE Coalition’s quarterly...

Local youngsters, who want to learn more about basketball and meet a former University of Kentucky basketball player, will have the chance to do so for free this summer. Whitley County High School will play host to one of Operation UNITE’s “Shoot Hoops Not Drugs” programs. The...

The Whitley County UNITE Coalition approved action plans from four groups Monday, who will split $4,000 in funding that the coalition receives from Operation UNITE. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

Consider this. Kentucky typically has about 20 cases of hepatitis A diagnosed each year, but as of June there had already been 969 reported cases statewide. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

Discussion of overdose statistics, possible changes to state drug laws and substance abuse treatment funding were some of the topics on the agenda for the quarterly Whitley County UNITE Coalition meeting Monday. Whitley County E-911 officials said that based upon a quick check,...

You might say that Anchored Ministries, a faith-based drug and alcohol addiction treatment program for women, is running on faith. The program is completely free to participants and receives no government funding. “We rely completely on donations. We are reaching out right now to...

Enthusiasts of kayaks, John Boats and tubing will have the chance to race in the Cumberland River this summer and raise some money to help the children of Whitley County. Whitley County Projects Director Amber Owens announced during May 15 monthly Whitley County UNITE Coalition...