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Bluestone Resources Hiring In Eastern KY Bluestone Resources says it is hiring 290 more workers for its coal-mining operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia.Bluestone says it’s looking for miners at its operations in Pike County, Kentucky. Jay Justice, who operates the mines for Justice Companies, says workers are being sought to operate all…
New Water Tower In Eastern KY As industrial and customer demands grow in London, local and state officials were present at the groundbreaking for a new water tower in response to those demands this week. Congressman Hal Rogers, London Mayor Troy Rudder and County Judge Executive David Westerfield, among others, were at the groundbreaking.…
Grace Women’s Health Opens New Facility Grace Health Women’s Care moved to a new and larger location in the former Forest Bowling Lanes building in Corbin. The building is 19,300 sq ft., has 160 parking spaces, 26 exam rooms, 2 procedure rooms, 2 fetal non-stress testing chairs, and behavioral health counseling. At the event,…
Opioid Crisis Hits Very Close To Home In KY As President Trump signed a bill this week to curb the opioid crisis it’s important to know, from 2013 to 2015, there were more than 50,000 children raised by a relative in Kentucky after being taken from drug addicted parents. From 2016 to 2018, that…
Economic Development Symposium Stimulates Growth In an effort to link local manufacturing companies with large defense contractors, organizers brought the Supplier Education and Economic Development (SEED) Symposium to the Corbin Center.State officials say, on Thursday, nearly 200 people from 1/3 of the state participated in the event, looking to meet, talk, and make deals…
Making Halloween Special For Special Needs Kids It’s almost Halloween and for some special needs kids, trick-or-treating when the rest of the community does isn’t always doable. To make up for missing out on the big night, Eli’s Hope and the City of Hyden stepped in to give special needs kids their very own…
Hepatitis A Outbreak In KY Causing Concerns There continues to be an outbreak of hepatitis A in some places and one southern Kentucky county has seen numerous cases. State officials say the cases of hepatitis A are well over the 10-year average, and pharmacies are struggling to keep up with the demand for vaccines.…