State and Federal Officials Support Plans for New Letcher County Airport
State and federal aviation officials have voiced their support for a new Letcher County airport. At a meeting last week the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Aviation and manager […]
Judge Denies Sentence Reduction for Eugene Sisco
A former drug treatment clinic operator from Pikeville sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2021 for health care and wire fraud is not going to have his sentence reduced […]
FEMA Announces More Money For Flood Damaged Properties in Floyd County
FEMA has announced another $1.6 million for Floyd County to buy out some properties destroyed in the July 2022 flood. WYMT reports the money will pay for the county to […]
Former Letcher County Deputy, Officer, Public Servant Passes Away
A former Letcher County Deputy and Whitesburg Police Officer has passed away. Sheriff Mickey Stines says Sean Michael Blair passed away at his home in Dry Fork on Sunday at […]
Harlan County Judge Exec. Addresses Evarts Water Problems
Harlan County Judge/Executive Dan Mosley says officials have been actively working for the last year-and-a-half to secure funding for a new water treatment plant for Evarts and the Black Mountain […]
Letcher County Tourism/Double Kwik To Hold Christmas Scavenger Hunt
The Letcher County Christmas Scavenger Hunt is tomorrow evening. Letcher County Tourism and Double Kwik have teamed for the fun family event on Thursday from 5-9pm. Start off the night […]
City of Evarts Dealing With Water Issues
The City of Evarts is supplying some bottled water following another outage within the city and Black Mountain Utility District. The trouble began with the heavy weekend rains that churned […]
Pike County Couple Plead Guilty on Drug and Weapons Charges
A Pike County couple will be spending several years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug and gun charges. Mountain Top News reports Joshua Allen and Malinda Mounts of […]
Audit Finds No Inappropriate Payments Made From Flood Relief Fund
A state audit of the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund has found no improper payments were made to anyone from the Fund. The Hazard Herald reports the Kentucky Auditor […]
Former Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll Passes Away
Former Kentucky Governor Julian Morton Carroll has passed away at the age of 92. Carroll served as Governor from 1975 to 1979 having been Lieutenant Governor prior. He also served […]