Health Coverage Sign-Up Extended

Health Coverage Sign-Up Extended Aggressive steps continue to be taken to battle COVID-19 and provide access to quality, affordable health coverage to the uninsured, which is why the President reopened the federal health care marketplaces from Feb. 15 to…

KDE Issues School Event Guidelines

KDE Issues School Event Guidelines The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) released new guidance for school-related student travel. “COVID-19 School-Related Student Travel Considerations” includes several factors to be taken into consideration when planning any school-related student travel, except for…

Nursing Program To Help Breathitt County

Nursing Program To Help Breathitt County Officials with Hazard Community and Technical College say the Lee’s College Campus in Jackson has its nursing program back. For Dr. Jennifer Lindon, President and CEO of HCTC, bringing back the program is…

Restoring Electricity

Restoring Electricity Brutal weather has slowed progress to get power on for everyone in Eastern KY. The Big Sandy Rural Electric Cooperative worked through Wednesday to restore electricity to people in its coverage area, starting the week with more…

Radio Icon Rush Limbaugh Dies

Radio Icon Rush Limbaugh Dies Rush Limbaugh, the influential conservative radio host, has died from complications of lung cancer, his wife Kathryn announced on his radio show Wednesday. He was 70 years old. “It is with profound sadness, I…

KSP Delivers Life-Saving Medicine

KSP Delivers Life-Saving Medicine Four different posts with Kentucky State Police worked together to deliver life-saving medicine from Lexington to Harlan.There was the change of the batonas KSP officials with the Frankfort, Richmond, London, and Harlan post met up…

Krispy Kreme Offering ‘Mars’ Donut

Krispy Kreme Offering ‘Mars’ Donut There is a doughnut that’s outta this world. When NASA’s Perseverance rover goes through the “seven minutes of terror” to land itself on Mars February 18 you can be munching on a special Mars…

COVID-19 Vaccine For Childcare Workers

COVID-19 Vaccine For Childcare Workers Child care workers can now get the COVID-19 vaccine in Kentucky. Governor Andy Beshear made the announcement Monday.“We are making a change in that we are moving child care workers to group 1B, the…

Warming Centers Open

Warming Centers Open As a way of helping counties across the mountains have opened warming centers for those who have lost power during the ice storm and need a place to stay warm.In Jackson County, the Judge-Executive Shane Gabbard…