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Staying Safe On The Water Along with the summer-like heat comes summer activities and at Buckhorn Lake, people are gassing up their boats and starting up their engines.”Boating season is when we start getting busy, people start to bring their pontoons over,” says Buckhorn Lake Marina Operator Ryan Miller.Along with boat season comes safety…
Raising Of The New Flags In Eastern KY A special ceremony kicked off Memorial Day weekend in Pikeville.”Today we kind of had a memorial opening ceremony,” said Jacob Selwood.Selwood is Commander for the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3769.”We lowered the old flags and raised the new flags,” says Selwood. This serves as…
Eastern KY Team Competes And Wins A Problem-Solving Contest Almost 900 teams from across the globe competed this past week at the 40th Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in Lansing, Michigan.Odyssey of the Mind is an international creative problem-solving program for students in kindergarten through college.This year, two Eastern Kentucky teams brought home…
Veterans Cemeteries, VA Centers Holding Ceremonies This Weekend Memorial Day ceremonies are planned at five state veterans cemeteries as well as veterans centers around the state. The Department of Veterans Affairs said Kentucky Veterans Cemetery South East in Hyden and the Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center in Hazard are both holding ceremonies…
Travel, Weather Records Could Fall Over Holiday Weekend A pair of records are set to be broken this weekend AAA is projecting this long holiday weekend to be one of the busiest travel holiday weekends on record, with more than 37 million people nationally expecting to take a trip of 35 miles or more…
Pike Co. Officials Find Body of Missing Kayaker Authorities in Pike Co say the body of a missing kayaker has been found in the Big Sandy River. Kentucky State Police said in a news release that the body of 47-year-old Paris Smith was recovered in the river late Friday morning in Pike County. Rescuers…
Showcasing Safety Equipment The Bluegrass Healthcare Coalition is compromised of agencies in 17 counties that all share the common mission of responding swiftly in the case of an emergency.At Blue Grass Airport Thursday, more than a dozen agencies showcased their equipment that would be used in an emergency.In the event of a natural disaster…
Safety Reminders For Memorial Day Weekend Workers at Hatfield and McCoy River Trails say they take safety seriously and encourage anyone spending Memorial Day weekend on rivers and lakes to do the same.They say this is a very popular time of year for people to be outside enjoying rivers and lakes.Workers say the easiest…
A Discussion On Chronic Wasting Disease A biologist from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife came to the Perry County Public library on Thursday to teach a class on Chronic Wasting Disease.Similar to Mad Cow Disease, Chronic Wasting Disease is found in the brain of elk and deer when abnormal proteins are present.There…
Displaying The Flag On Memorial Day Memorial Day is a time to honor those who died serving the United States and to display the flag they represent with care.Avoid making these mistakes with the American flag.Here are some mistakes to avoid with the American flag:– Fly the flag at half-staff from sunrise until noon…