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It’s official. There will be contested races for sheriff, jailer, PVA, judge-executive, Corbin City Commission, and in three out of four magistrate and constable districts this May in Whitley County, and a contested district judge race in November. Read this story and more for...

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between October 2021 and November 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...

Whitley County was blanketed in snow after winter weather dumped approximately seven inches of precipitation on the area Sunday evening. While snow totals varied throughout the county, schools, businesses and government offices closed Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day...

A Kentucky State Police trooper shot an armed man following a domestic dispute in Whitley County late Saturday evening, according to a KSP release. 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...

Cumberland Valley Electric is working to restore power to more than 3,000 customers. The electric cooperative has an outage affecting 950 customers on East Ky 92 in Whitley County near the county line. This is the largest reported outage in the county as of 10:35 a.m. According...

A program aimed at helping get youth involved in the judicial system off drugs and to stay in school, among other things, is adding suicide prevention to its mission thanks in part to the efforts of a woman, whose teenage daughter took her own life. “The whole idea is to surround...

With the election filing deadline extended until Jan. 25, it will be a few more weeks until we know what the final election battle lines will look like in 2022, but a few additional people have tossed their hats into the ring running for elected office in Whitley County. Read...

The area basketball schedule was no match for Mother Nature as games across the area and the commonwealth were cancelled because of the snow last Thursday and into the weekend. The Corbin Redhounds, who defeated Whitley County last Tuesday, 74-60, were scheduled to get back on...

The Whitley County Lady Colonels will begin a seven-game string of road games with a trip to Jenkins Friday night. “Road games will help prepare us for post-season,” said Coach Sean Pigman. “For us each day, practice, game is another chance to get better, learn and compete. We...

More upcoming battle lines for the May Primary election have been drawn thanks to recent candidate filings. As of Tuesday afternoon, three of the four incumbent magistrates on the Whitley County Fiscal Court will be facing at least one primary challenger. First-District...