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Floodwaters Clean-Up For Veterans Referral Center Thanks to a more than 140-thousand dollar grant, the Veterans Referral Center in Paintsville is working to refresh and remodel after floodwaters poured through the area earlier this year.The director says after the community and several organizations pitched in, the center fixed some of its cosmetic concerns. However,…
Pike County Rd. Re-Opening After being closed to traffic for several months, a busy Pike County road is scheduled to re-open next week.Construction on the underground pedestrian tunnel at Pikeville Medical Center started back in the spring. The project connects the hospital to the Riverfill parking lot and runs under Bypass Road, also known…
Buckhorn Children And Family Services Opens To showcase the opening of their new facility, officials with the Buckhorn Children and Family Services in Perry County hosted an open house Thursday.Featuring dinner, drinks, and a tour of the cottage, those in attendance heard from administration and clinical staff, who provided information and answered any questions…
Second Child For KY State Treasurer Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball has become a mother for the second time, giving birth to a daughter. In doing so, Ball made Kentucky history again.Ball’s daughter, Marigold Sophia Swan, was born Tuesday, Ball’s office announced. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces. She’s the second child for…
Replenishing God’s Pantry Power Up the Pantry is coming to help God’s Pantry replenish depleted food pantries in the region.In 2019, the first year for the event, seven and a half tons of food and more than $17,000 was donated to the effort.The second event will be held all day long on August 26th.…
Thanking KY Healthcare Workers Healthcare workers have been at the frontline of the pandemic, facing the virus head on and seeing the toll it’s taken on patients. Wednesday night doctors and nurses in eastern Kentucky were honored for their work to save lives including words from Governor Andy Beshear who said if there is…
COVID-19 Spike In Laurel County Laurel County is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases because of the Delta variant.This has pushed Laurel County back into the red zone, this means the county had more than 25 case per 100 thousand people.Laurel County Health Department Executive Director, Mark Hensley, said the county had nearly 20…
KY Toyota Plant Keeps Producing Toyota has produced 10 million Camry vehicles at its Kentucky manufacturing plant.The company says the white 2021 Toyota Camry SE rolled off the line recently. The Georgetown plant has been in operation for 35 years.The plant employes about 10-thousand Kentuckians.The Kentucky plant produced its 13 millionth vehicle overall in…
Moving Graves Kentucky State Police are investigating after someone made death threats to Clay County school officials over plans to move graves from a cemetery on school property, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.The threatening emails started last week, a day after the Clay County Fiscal Court voted to authorize moving the graves.The cemetery is atop…
University Of Pikeville Fully Reopening As the University of Pikeville plans to fully open this fall, officials are working to relieve some of the financial burden that students may face by continuing to offer free student textbooks, as well as raising awareness about available state grants that students can still apply for this year.UPike…