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Operation BBQ Relief Now in Kentucky for the second time in a year is Operation BBQ Relief after flash floods destroyed many lives in southeastern Kentucky, families are finding that basic necessities such as showers, clean clothes, and hot meals are a luxury. Set-up in Hazard Operation BBQ Relief is providing thousands of meals…
Tyson Foods Donations Tyson Foods is donating two million meals to flood victims and first responders in Eastern Kentucky.The company is partnering with Walmart, but plans are also underway to provide food and assistance to other communities.Its ‘Meals That Matter’ disaster relief trailer will be in the parking lot of the Hazard Walmart today…
Hazard Flood Volunteers The City of Hazard is still looking for volunteers to help clean up following deadly flooding.City officials are partnering with Team Rubicon Disaster Relief in the effort.Volunteers are needed to clean homes and other areas.City Commissioner Luke Glaser says they need 50 to 100 volunteers. He says if you want to…
PPP Loan Misuse A Kentucky man has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for using false pretenses to accept $370,000 in paycheck protection loans under a federal COVID-19 assistance program.David Christopher Lewis, 49, was sentenced in federal court last week for his guilty plea to wire fraud. He also was…
Local Musician Cory Harris, a musician in the region, was born and raised in Letcher County.The county was one of the areas devastated by Kentucky’s recent flooding.Now, Harris is using his voice to support his home. The mountain musician just wrote a new song inspired by the resilience he has seen as the people…