Community Development Block Grants Fourteen recovery centers across the Commonwealth are eligible to receive approximately $200,000 through Community Development Block Grant CARES Act funding. The money is intended to help centers offset any costs lost during the coronavirus pandemic.Gov. Andy Beshear announced the grant Tuesday.“Everyone should have access to safe, stable housing,” he said.…
University Of Pikeville Welcomes Medical Students The University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine (KYCOM) formally welcomed the Class of 2024 during a Virtual White Coat Ceremony recently. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the ceremony was prerecorded and available for students, friends and family to view and celebrate this milestone for these future physicians.White coat…
It’s Christmastime For The Salvation Army Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and some people became unemployed, The Salvation Army has ramped up their efforts to help the community. The winter and Christmas season is usually a busy time for the organization anyway, and this year they are unable to fundraise in person as much…
ATV Trail System An ATV trail system is one step closer to reality in Pike County.During the Oct. 6 Pike County Fiscal Court meeting, a Master Service Agreement for planning and engineering was awarded by the court to the Thrasher Group, Inc.Two land representatives were also announced during the meeting. Source: MG…
Stolen Truck Suspect Arrested Pikeville Police investigating a report of a stolen pickup truck found the vehicle, along with drugs inside.The truck was reported stolen to Pikeville Police late Friday night. The owners had security camera footage of a car dropping off a man, who then drove away with the truck.The vehicle was tracked…
New KY Parks Commissioner Kentucky has a new state parks commissioner after the previous head of the agency left last month, state officials said.Russ Meyer of Nicholasville, who recently resigned as state representative, was named parks commissioner by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported.Meyer replaced Robert Haley Conway of Georgetown, who ran…
Lawrence County Schools Into Virtual Learning Officials with Lawrence County schools say students in their district will return to virtual learning for at least the rest of this week.Superintendent Dr. Robbie Fletcher made the announcement in a letter attached to the school system’s Facebook page early Tuesday morning.In the letter, Fletcher states they have…
McConnell And McGrath Debate Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s opponent Amy McGrath accused him of failing the country with the lack of another coronavirus relief package, while the Republican incumbent described himself as a powerful advocate for Kentucky in a hard-hitting televised debate Monday evening.In their first, and potentially only debate of the campaign,…
Frontier Medical Expands To Johnson County With clinics in Floyd, Martin and Magoffin counties, officials with Frontier Medical Associates wanted to expand to Johnson County.“It was our missing link on our network of rural health clinics,” said Dr. Antoin Hana, president of Frontier Medical.In August, Frontier Medical Associates took over the third floor of…
Pink Pineapples Are Now A Thing When you think of pink food, do pineapples come to mind? According to Del Monte, pink pineapples are now available for purchase.Pinkglow pineapples are dyed pink and exclusive to Del Monte.According to the company, they took about two years to grow and are hand-picked on a special farm…