Operation BBQ Operation BBQ Relief has set up at Food City in Hazard and is sending meals all across the region. So far the relief group has sent around 90,000 meals to flood victims in a span of 23 days.Michele Rusek, a member of Operation BBQ Relief, said it is their mission to serve…
FEMA Assistance Improving A week after criticizing FEMA and their lack of approval for eastern Kentucky flood victims, Gov. Andy Beshear says it is starting to get better. This week FEMA officials announced some additional steps they were taking to get more people approved, and Thursday the governor says numbers are going up.Since then,…
Johnson County Deputy Dies Members of the law enforcement community in one Eastern Kentucky county are mourning the loss of one of their own.In a post on the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, officials say longtime Deputy John Dale III died earlier this week.The post did not state how he died, but said…
FEMA Mobile Recovery Centers Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency have announced the expansion the number of Mobile Recovery Centers throughout Eastern Kentucky.The two new locations are in Leslie County and Martin County.The Leslie County center is at Leslie County 911 at 24770 Hwy. 421 in Hyden and the Martin County center is…
KY Still Pro-Life Pro-life wins in Kentucky until at least November as abortion remains banned in Kentucky.The Kentucky Supreme Court issued an order Thursday morning which means abortion in the state will remain blocked.The court declined to reverse a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge who had allowed enforcement of two laws that ban nearly…
Lifting COVID Protocols Officials with Baptist Health Corbin said they are following trends across the state and country with COVID protocol.The outpatient COVID-19 screening center at the hospital is shutting down as many people believe the coronavirus is becoming an endemic instead of a pandemic.“The need for that clinic in general-we had a clinic…
Long-Term Flooding Solution Representative Hal Rogers said on Thursday that a long-term solution is needed following the flooding in Eastern Kentucky.The Fifth District Representative said a solution to severe flooding along the Cumberland River was found decades ago, adding he wonders if something similar could work in the communities hit by flooding in the…
More Mobile Recovery Centers Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency have announced they’ve expanding the number of Mobile Recovery Centers throughout Eastern Kentucky.The two new locations are in Leslie County and Martin County.The Leslie County center will be at the Floodplain Management Building at 24770 Hwy. 221 in Hyden and the Martin County…
Fuel Thieves Unfortunately, deputies with the Perry County Sheriff’s Office are increasing patrols in one area of the county after receiving reports of people stealing fuel.The reports are of someone stealing fuel from the excavators and equipment around East Perry Elementary School during the overnight hours. Deputies say they and their colleagues from Hazard…
SOAR Helps The help continues pouring into the region including from Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) that recently launched the Eastern Kentucky Student Support Fund to help students affected by flooding.Executive Director Colby Hall said people at the organization are working with public Kindergarten through 12th grade school systems in FEMA-declared disaster counties.SOAR is…