KY Highway Fatalities The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has released the preliminary numbers for highway fatalities in Kentucky last year.According to the report KYTC’s Office of Highway Safety, the initial data indicates there were 778 fatalities in 2020, compared to 732 in 2019, a five percent increase.“2020 was a year of devastating loss for Kentuckians,…
More Vaccines In Pikeville Pikeville Medical Center is fast tracking who’s up next to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.PMC is moving to phase 1C, five days before the state does with regional vaccine sites. The group now eligible to receive the vaccine includes: those over the age of 60 and anyone 16 and older with…
Blackjewel Receives Court Order Bankrupt coal company Blackjewel has been ordered by a federal judge to clean up a Kentucky mine site.In a bankruptcy court ruling issued Wednesday, Judge Benjamin Kahn said the Bell County site presented a potential threat and ordered Blackjewel to excavate and treat coal mining ponds until the company is…
Big Sandy Regional Call Center Is Open The Big Sandy Regional Call center is now in operation. Nursing students are waiting by the phone to help in a five-county effort to connect more people with access to COVID-19 vaccines.“Right now, you know, this is a pandemic that we’ve not experienced before at our age,”…
Johnson County Homes Catch Fire Two homes in Johnson County caught fire Wednesday afternoon.W.R. Castle Fire and Rescue posted on Facebook about the fire.Firefighters responded to two mobile homes on fire at 55 Daniels Road in Nippa.The firefighters were able to save and keep the fire from spreading to two other mobile homes. …
Pinnacle Overlook Is Closed Recent winter snow and ice storms caused trees and branches to fall across trails at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and now Pinnacle Overlook is closed. “Literally, thousands of trees have come down they have blocked trails leading to the overlook,” said Supervisory Park Ranger, Carol Borneman.A forestry technician says…
In-Person Learning Update Starting Monday, March 1, districts are encouraged to start offering in-person learning if they haven’t already done so, or bring more students back to the building. As of Tuesday, six districts in the state have not returned to in-person learning.“At the end of the day we didn’t vaccinate our educators for…
KY Early In-Person Voting Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams is applauding legislation that would make early in-person voting a fixture in Kentucky’s elections.The bills have been introduced in the House and Senate. Adams says the proposals would create four days of early in-person voting, including a Saturday, with no excuse required.Adams says the…
No Impeachment Petitions Kentucky legislative panel has recommended that no further action be taken on impeachment petitions filed by citizens against the governor and the attorney general.The bipartisan committee’s decisions came after a long meeting behind closed doors Tuesday night.Rep. Jason Nemes says the panel’s reports and recommendations that no further action be taken…
Failed Unemployment System State lawmakers have advanced a bill they say will address at least some of the unemployment problems people have had over the past year. A major issue is people being told to pay back the money they tried so hard to earn even after they lost their jobs during the pandemic.Kentucky’s…