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RV Resort With the main concern being the enormous size of the park, developers of a new RV resort in Midway hosted an open house on its potential grounds.The developers will be hoping for approval from the city for a project that spans dozens of acres in Woodford County, but a group of concerned…
Unemployment System Slowdown Governor Andy Beshear acknowledged the state is taking much longer than it should to process unemployment claims yet, he says the state is working hard to get through the sheer volume of claims left.“One thing that we are slower than we should be to do is to purge the fraudulent claims,…
Breathitt Flood Rebuilding A state Representative is willing to shoulder the blame for Breathitt County homeowners who’ve been trying to remodel the inside of their homes after the flooding that caused widespread damage in March.Locals say a group of officials from Frankfort came to the area and said the homeowners need to stop because…
Eastern KY All-Star During his Team Kentucky update on Thursday, Governor Andy Beshear announced an Eastern Kentucky man as this week’s Team Kentucky All-Star.John Rosenberg is a Holocaust survivor and an Appalachian Civil Rights Attorney. He is also the founder of AppalReD, a research and defense fund which has provided free legal services to…
Ft. Campbell Soldier Charged Unfortunately, the US Army says a Fort Campbell solider has been charged with ending his wife’s life.Fort Campbell said in a statement on Wednesday that Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Santiago was charged with murder in the death of his pregnant wife, Meghan Santiago, and with injury of an unborn child.The…
Social Security Scam Congressman Hal Rogers say it’s time for the worry to be over years after one Eastern Kentucky lawyer orchestrated a $600 million fraud, and his clients remain entangled in a legal mess.Eric Conn is in prison for running the largest Social Security scam in U.S. history. He bribed doctors and a…
New Clay County Magistrate Kentucky’s second district in Clay County now has its first female magistrate.Sonya Hoskins Gray was sworn in to fulfill her father’s term after he died on September 14th. She was appointed by Governor Andy Beshear on Wednesday.She said she will be filling some big shoes, but she is confident she…
SOAR Receives Grant Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) was recently given an economic development grant from Kentucky Power in order to host summits in the region.The grant is for $50,000 and was funded by the Kentucky Power Economic Growth Grant program.“SOAR is such an important organization for eastern Kentucky,” Kentucky Power President, Brett Mattison…
Surveying Park Visitors Officials have begun a yearlong effort to survey visitors at the Daniel Boone National Forest.A statement from the Forest Service said a team from the University of Tennessee began conducting the National Visitor Use Monitoring survey on Saturday and will continue through Sept. 30, 2022.Surveyors in bright orange vests will be…
KY Seatbelt Awareness Kentucky law enforcement officials will be stepping up enforcement of seatbelt laws this month.The effort is part of Operation Crash Reduction, which is meant to remind drivers the importance of seatbelt use and attentiveness behind the wheel.From 2015 to 2019, October was the deadliest month for car crashes in the region.…