KY House Passes Bill to Boost Rural Hospitals The Kentucky House voted Friday to create a loan program to provide struggling rural hospitals with cash transfusions lawmakers hope will spark a financial turnaround. Hospitals in counties with fewer than…
Kentucky Dems Calling on Pikeville Senator to Resign The Kentucky Democratic Party is calling on Senator Phillip Wheeler from Pikeville to resign. A photo of Governor Andy Beshear posing with a group of drag queens and other LGBTQ activists…
Restoring Voting Rights For Felons The Kentucky Senate on Thursday approved a proposed constitutional amendment to restore voting rights for some felons who have completed their sentences.The measure passed on a 29-7 vote and now heads to the House,…
Fire And Rescue Partnership Evaluated A recently-proposed partnership between the City of Prestonsburg and Lifeguard Emergency Medical Services was declined by the city council this week.According to Mayor Les Stapleton, the partnership would have been a managerial labor contract…
Investigating Abortion Issue The Family Foundation has announced at a press conference in the State Capitol, that it and 35 state legislators are asking Attorney General Daniel Cameron to investigate the University of Louisville Medical School’s Ryan Residency Program…
Limiting Pardon Powers Responding to an outcry over former Gov. Matt Bevin’s flurry of last-minute pardons, the Kentucky Senate advanced a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to prevent his successors from doing the same thing in their final days in…
Pizza Lunch For Lydia’s House In Benham is Addiction Recovery Care’s ‘Lydia’s House’, a recovery center for women.Wednesday, Letcher County District Court Judge Kevin Mullins, along with Hunt Brothers District Manager Tim Fields, donated a pizza lunch to the…
KY Sunglass Company Adds Jobs A Kentucky sunglasses provider is expanding with a $400,000 investment and plans to add 38 full-time jobs.S. Rays Inc., which is headquartered in Simpsonville and operates under the name Shady Rays, will add managerial…
Hazard Schools Take Time Off School officials with Hazard Independent Schools decided on Wednesday to close for Thursday and Friday citing low attendance.Superintendent Sondra Combs said attendance has been very low for the past couple of days.”It dropped way…
Pike County Applies For Economic Grant During a recent meeting of the Pike County Fiscal Court, the court approved allowing Pike County Grants Administrator Sharon Hall to apply for an economic development grant to help fund phase one of…