Earth Day Free Trees In celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day, Kentucky Power officials will be distributing free trees Saturday, May 1 at 8 a.m. It is first-come, first-served until trees run out. Customers will not be able to reserve trees or place an order in advance.There will be four types of trees…
Appalachian Regional Commission West Virginia’s former first lady Gayle Manchin will serve as the co-chair of the nation’s Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) that includes Kentucky.The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved President Joe Biden’s nomination.The ARC is an economic development partnership involving the federal government and 13 states. Source: MG News Return…
New Mask Policy Governor Ralph Northam amended Executive Order Seventy-Two Thursday to reflect the CDC’s new guidance on mask use in outdoor settings.Updated CDC guidelines state that those who are fully vaccinated do not have to wear masks outdoors when alone or in small gatherings. Guidelines still require people wear masks indoors and outdoors…
Pikeville Master Gardners Pikeville Master Gardeners and members of Appalachian Roots Garden Club with the cooperation of the Pike County Extension Office are holding a Spring Plant Swap on Saturday, May 1 at the Pike County Extension Office parking lot (beside south end of the Pikeville Pond).The actual swap starts promptly at 10 a.m.…
EKU Aviation Students Aviation students at EKU can now get flying experience without ever leaving the ground thanks to the university’s new 2D/virtual reality flight simulation lab.EKU is the only university with a flight school in the commonwealth and the lab will help them to continue to make a name in the aviation industry.With…
Elected Officials Visit Addiction Recovery Facility Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon visited Pike County April 22.The two were joined by 92nd Dist. state Rep. John Blanton and 31st Dist. state Sen. Phillip Wheeler on a tour of Riverplace, a men’s residential addiction treatment facility operated by Addiction…
Mountain Parkway Expansion Project This spring, in partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, several projects are underway in Morgan, Magoffin, and Wolfe counties for the Mountain Parkway Expansion project. The project manager says paving is underway on the new westbound lanes of the Mountain Parkway in Morgan County. Westbound traffic will begin using the…
Louisville Officer Retiring Although he says an on-going investigation has not affected his decision, the Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid on Taylor’s apartment is retiring.Police spokesperson Beth Ruoff tells news outlets that Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly is planning to retire from the Louisville Metro Police…
Eastern KY High Schools Rank High With more than 17-thousand schools evaluated, U.S. News & World Report ranked many Eastern Kentucky schools in the top 50 public high schools in Kentucky in the 2021 Best High School rankings.Pikeville High School was ranked 12th and has a 99% graduation rate and Harlan County High School…
More Flooding Assistance With flooding costs sitting at 72-million dollars, Governor Andy Beshear requested federal funding to assist more counties severely impacted by the flooding from February 27 through March 14.This comes after President Joe Biden granted Beshear’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for Kentucky on Friday, April 23. That declaration only covered…