More Visitors In Kentucky

More Visitors In Kentucky Kentucky tourism officials say more people visited the state in 2018 and spent more money.Officials say visitor trips to and within the state topped 71.6 million last year and visitor spending rose to nearly $7.6…

Filling A Vacancy

Filling A Vacancy Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has set a special election to fill a House of Representatives vacancy for a seat in parts of two Kentucky counties.Republican Rep. Diane Murray St. Onge (AHNJ’) resigned effective Monday to move…

Loosely Displaying In God We Trust

Loosely Displaying In God We Trust A new state law requires Kentucky public schools to display the motto “In God We Trust,” and one school district has responded with framed copies of a $1 bill.Fayette Superintendent Manny Caulk told…

Screening Student Athletes For Heart Ailment

Screening Student Athletes For Heart Ailment Baptist Health Corbin and the mCORE Foundation recently screened Corbin Independent student-athletes for underlying heart conditions.Baptist Health staff say sudden cardiac arrest, or SCA, is the leading cause of death in student-athletes each…

Discussing Blackjewel Operations

Discussing Blackjewel Operations Two state lawmakers will be in Harlan this morning.Senator Johnny Ray Turner and Representative Angie Hatton plan to discuss a pre-filed bill to close the loophole that allowed Blackjewel to get by without paying a bond…

New Trail System Is Open

New Trail System Is Open Perry County hosted a grand opening of the new trail system Tuesday night.This project is two and a half years in the making. A couple years ago, Perry county received a $100,000 recreational trail…

Coal Company Hiring

Coal Company Hiring A coal company will be hosting a job fair Thursday in Boone County, West Virginia.Blackhawk Mining, LLC has job openings for various positions in the company.Those positions include, but are not limited to: section foreman, electrician,…