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40th Anniversary Of KY Main Street Program The Kentucky Main Street Program is marking its 40th anniversary with a conference this week about downtown redevelopment for rural and urban communities.The Kentucky Heritage Council/State Historic Preservation Office says Kentucky Main Street was created in 1979 to reverse economic decline in central business districts through historic…
Case Of E. Coli In Boyd County One case of E. coli has been confirmed in Boyd County.The Ashland-Boyd County Health Department confirms there is one case in the county linked to a multi-state outbreak. The person did not need to be hospitalized, according to health department officials.Investigators believe ground beef is the likely…
Nature Conservancy Acquires Land In KY Ridge State Forest A land conservation organization has acquired 100,000 acres (40,469 hectares) on the Kentucky-Tennessee border.News outlets report The Nature Conservancy announced on Monday that the purchased area covers 156 square miles (404 sq. kilometers) across areas of northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky and will link the…
Deadly House Fire In Harlan County EMS responded to a house fire in Harlan County Monday morning.Fire officials tell us the fire was at a home in the Totz community, off Route 522.Kentucky State Police said the call came in around 11:18 a.m. They found a husband and wife lying on the ground outside…
Governor’s School For Entrepreneurs Selects Students Dozens of Kentucky high school students have been selected to participate in the Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs this summer.The Education and Workforce Development Cabinet said in a news release that more than 300 high school students applied to participate in the program at Northern Kentucky University. A total…
KY Students Talk About E-Cig Dangers Middle and high school students from around the state will be featured in a new statewide campaign to warn young people about the dangers of vaping and smoking e-cigarettes.The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky campaign was unveiled at a news conference this morning. The foundation’s campaign will reportedly…
Audit Outcome Of KEMI Suspects Problems The governing board of Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance has recommended its chief executive take a pay cut and lose his long-term job contract in favor of year-to-year probation. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the action follows an audit that criticized spending practices at KEMI, including no-bid contracts and University…
Voter Registration Deadline Today If you have not registered to vote, you must do so by today.You can register at your local county clerk’s office or at govoteky.com.The May primary election will be held May 21.Top ticket races this year include governor, attorney general and secretary of state. Source: MG News Return…
Local Easter Egg Festivities Jenny Wiley State Park teamed up with the City of Prestonsburg to host an annual Easter egg hunt Saturday morning.Many kids love the holiday for multiple reasons.We asked a few kids their opinion of the best part of the holiday.”I love Easter because you get to find eggs and spend…
Eastern KY College Graduates New Nursing Class One of the colleges in Eastern Kentucky working to fight the nursing shortage in our region is the Galen College of Nursing.Friday night at the Hal Rogers Forum in Hazard, about 20 students graduated from the Hazard campus.The school opened about two years ago. The class graduating…