Miners Head To Bankruptcy Hearing Dozens of miners got up early and left their protest site near Cumberland heading to the Harlan Center in Harlan to make the trek to Charleston, West Virginia early this morning. The employees of…
Beshear Calls for Labor Secretary’s Firing Over Blackjewel Standoff Today marks day six of the Blackjewel miners’ protest. They are still waiting for their unpaid wages. Governor Matt Bevin addressed the situation during an event in Louisville Friday morning…
Boyd Co. Settles for .75M in Jail Death A Eastern Kentucky county has agreed to pay the estate of a man who died while in jail custody $1.75 million. The Daily Independent reports it obtained documents on Thursday detailing…
Federal Officials Continue to Investigate Lincoln Co. Pipeline Blast Federal officials are in Kentucky investigating a natural gas pipeline explosion that killed one woman and hospitalized five others and have asked anyone with video of the blast to contact…
State Police Investigating Death of Corbin Toddler Kentucky State Police say they are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl who was reported missing. Police said in a statement that the Whitley County Sheriff’s Office initially responded to a…
KY Amazon Facility Evacuates Authorities say a package emitting a vapor led to the evacuation of an Amazon fulfillment center in Kentucky.News outlets report the Lexington Fire Department responded Friday morning to the scene and evacuated about 500 employees…
KY State Treasurer Helps Coal Miners Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball announced Thursday in a news release that her office will begin expediting all unclaimed property claims for Harlan County to help those affected by the Blackjewel bankruptcy.“As an…
Protests Continue At KY Coal Mines Protesting Kentucky coal miners sweated through a fourth day on top of a railroad track as they continued blocking a coal train from leaving a Harlan County mine.Recently laid off, the miners are…
HUD Secretary Visiting KY Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is coming to Louisville today as part of the Book Rich Environments program.The program, which partners the departments of Housing and Urban Development and Education with the National…
Needed Improvements Coming To KY 30 Gov. Matt Bevin and Kentucky Transportation Secretary (KYTC) GregThomas have announced plans to complete the final segment of KY 30 along the 37-mile corridor that stretches from KY 11 in Booneville to the…