KSP Cruiser Contest After a second place showing in a national contest last year, the Kentucky State Police is asking for your help to take the top spot.The American Association of State Troopers “America’s Best Looking Cruiser” contest is underway.This year, KSP’s entry is a 2015 Camaro, equipped with a 6.2 liter V8 producing…
Owsley County Road Construction Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) officials warned drivers in the Owsley County area that a road will be closed due to drainage pipe replacements today.KY 708 will be closed in two locations between milepoints 0.6 and 0.7 and between milepoints 2.2 and 2.3, for replacement of two drainage pipes.The first location…
Looking For Employees With a 15-hundred dollar work incentive by most employers, the Kentucky Career Center hosted a job fair in Hazard Tuesday as part of its Hire-A-Bration series going on through the end of the month.The fair in Hazard featured employers from healthcare, mining, telecommunications and shipping industries. Trish Adams, the Agency Ambassador…
KSU President Resigns Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II has resigned.Brown submitted his resignation to the board of regents, effective immediately, at a Tuesday morning meeting.The board immediately went into closed session Tuesday morning for two items, one discussing “litigation”, and the other, a matter discussing either the appointment, discipline, or dismissal…
Elkhorn City Council Approves Budgets During a regular scheduled meeting, the Elkhorn City council voted unanimously after second readings, to approve budgets for the water district in the amount of $263,250, the sewer department in the amount of $275,000 and the city budget in the amount of $482,650.After the vote, Darrell Maynard with Eastern…
Pikeville Gas Outage In response to an ongoing gas outage that began Friday, officials with one of the companies involved have released a statement.The Kinzer Companies says following a safety inspection on the lines servicing the Robinson Creek and Hurricane Creek areas, crews found “serious leaks in populated areas” that led to an “imminent…
Alley On Main Opens With the hope of bringing new life to the downtown area near Paintsville owners say you don’t have to look any further for somewhere new to eat or looking for something to do on the weekends.Alley on Main will open its doors on August 6th, bringing in live music or…
Knott County Farmer’s Market Expansion Definitely a plus for older or disabled people, the Hindman Settlement School received $5,445 to expand the Knott County Farmer’s Market.The funds are part of a statewide push to diversify agriculture and develop rural communities. The market expansion in Hindman is important to officials who see it as a…
KSU Board Of Regents Meeting Kentucky State University’s board of regents has called a special meeting to address financial concerns.The historically Black college is preparing for a $50 million campus project. The regents agenda says the special meeting was called to hire an outside auditor to review the school’s financial status. Source:…
Harlan County Road Construction Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet say slide repair operations are underway on KY 1556 in the Bobs Creek area of Harlan County.Because of that, between now and July 30th, the road will be closed at different times from mile points 0.18-0.22 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Officials say…