.
Enormous Donation To Eastern Kentucky University A Louisville couple have donated $1 million to the Eastern Kentucky University School of Business to support its Center for Professional Sales.The center now bears the name of Louis and Maribeth Berman. Their gift will be used for space and equipment, increased faculty support, scholarships and more student…
University Of Pikeville Quarantine The University of Pikeville continued its 72-hour quarantine Monday, keeping students in their residential spaces in order to clean the campus as the active COVID-19 cases climb into the double digits.With at least 15 active cases confirmed, the university went into level four of its COVID-19 plan and is working…
KY Applies For Unemployment Aid Kentucky has applied for another round of supplemental unemployment payments for tens of thousands of people who lost work during the COVID-19 outbreak, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday.The Democratic governor said his administration is seeking federal approval to distribute the extra $400 in weekly jobless benefits for an additional…
Preparing For The Election With a little more than a month left until the November 3rd primary election, voters are encouraged to vote whether it be absentee or in person, but what about arrangements for poll locations and workers?Each county must submit a plan for in-person voting that will be approved by the State…
COVID-19 Cases Among UK Students The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department reported 60 new COVID-19 cases for its update for Monday.The health department says 30 of those cases are among UK students. They say the number of UK students who have contracted the virus has now topped 2,000 and students now account for 25% of…
University Of Pikeville On COVID-19 Lockdown The University of Pikeville is on a 72-hour lockdown due to concerns with the spread COVID-19.Monday the university sent an email to its students, informing them that they must stay in their rooms, unless getting food, for the next 72-hours and all classes will move online. …
Hazard Has Drive-Thru Clinic Hazard ARH is hosting a drive-thru flu shot clinic at the Medical Mall.Jeri Lynn Milwee is the Community Pharmacy Clinical Services Coordinator and she said it is likely the COVID-19 virus and the flu viruses will be circulating at the same time this fall and winter.“They have already done the…
Pike County Schools Plan The Pike County Schools Board of Education approved a districtwide facility plan for the first time in nearly a decade, and the plan details the upgrades that the district plans to make to its school buildings over the next four years and beyond.Barry Birchfield, the district’s director of pupil personnel,…
Appalachian Regional Community Grant Congressman Hal Rogers applauds the Big Sandy Community and Technical College for earning a $124,654 competitive grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. This grant will expand the Pike County Industrial Maintenance Technology and Welding Training programs to add 30 more students. Source: MG News Return to News
New KY State License Plate A new kind of Kentucky license plate has started appearing on vehicles across the state.The biggest difference is in the way the new plates are manufactured. State transportation officials say the new plates are digitally printed on flat aluminum instead of traditional, embossed metal with raised letters and numbers.The…