Unusual Hot Dogs Pass on the ketchup and mustard a locally owned and family-operated food truck is combining a cookout favorite with crazy toppings and combinations.Weird Az Hotdogs owner Richard Burchett says it’s all about bringing new flavors to the mountains and Eastern Kentucky.Hotdogs like “The Big Marsh”, a caramel, chocolate, and roasted marshmallow-topped…
FLoyd County Flood Control Floyd County officials are excited for the future as a project to lift up the Martin community- in more ways than one- continues its second phase.The Army Corps of Engineers Martin Flood Project is working to take down the old structures in the downtown area and lift up the land…
Breathitt County Football Player The visitation for a Breathitt County football player who died unexpectedly is 6 p.m. tonight at the Herald & Stewart & Halsey Funeral Home in West Liberty.Jason Blake Perry died Sunday, June 5, at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington.The 16-year-old had just completed his sophomore year at Breathitt…
Drowning Prevention The National Drowning Prevention Alliance reports the United States loses hundreds of children to unintentional drowning each year.Before you head to the pool, make sure you have some safety precautions in mind.“Just know your boundaries. If you can swim good then do what you want, but if you can’t try to stay…
Blue Grass Chemical Another chemical nerve agent destroyed, and one more to go. Officials with the Blue Grass Chemical Outreach Office have announced all the VX rockets stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot have been neutralized.The Blue Grass Chemical Outreach Office has announced the elimination of 17,000 rockets containing the VX nerve agent.…
Neighborhood House With kids out of school and the woes of inflation and gas prices, there’s more pressure on parents to provide three meals a day.Louisville nonprofit Neighborhood House is doing everything they can to make it possible to feed everyone with their food pantry in Portland. They serve children and families in Dare…
Trail App Just for you! If you have been looking for a guide for local trails, restaurants or other fun things to do in the region, soon enough there will be an app for that.Backroads of Appalachia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting motorsports in the region all while improving local tourism and economy,…
Red River Gorge Development Red River Economic Development has started a fundraising campaign as they continue to push their concerns over a resort development for the Red River Gorge.The proposal was first discussed nearly three years ago, and includes a restaurant, distillery and room for live performances.They are looking for $60,000 to fund studies…
Education Lawsuit Then, the board overseeing Kentucky’s largest school district has filed a lawsuit over legislation passed this year that would shift some authority from the panel to the superintendent.Jefferson County’s board of education said Monday that it sued state Education Commissioner Jason Glass in Jefferson County Circuit Court to block portions of the…
Educators Meet The Interim Joint Committee on Education met in Frankfort this week to discuss the state’s teacher shortage.Kentucky Education Commissioner Dr. Jason Glass said the shortage will get worse if lawmakers don’t act.Dr. Glass told lawmakers that even though alternative teaching programs like Teach For America help address the shortage, the biggest focus…