Pikeville City Commission Oath Of Office Patrick McNamee, Steve Hartsock, Allison Powers and Bob Shurtleff took the oath of office once again during the Pikeville City Commission meeting on Dec. 28. They all ran unopposed for the commission in…
Appalachian Wireless Arena Cost While discussing its 2019-20 audit report on Dec. 28, the Pikeville Exposition Center Corporation Board of Directors revealed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Appalachian Wireless Arena in 2020.The City of Pikeville Exposition…
Waiting For Unemployment Benefits Thousands of Kentuckians whose unemployment benefits expired the day after Christmas may wait weeks before seeing their next payment as the state switches over to the new benefits extension recently passed by the federal government.Despite…
Vaccinating More Kentuckians Doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are being shipped across the country.Kentucky has received more than 107,000 with nearly 29,000 of those administered to frontline healthcare workers and long term care facilities in Phase 1A…
Selling A Kentucky Shriner’s Hospital After nearly four years on the market, the former Shriners Hospital on Richmond Road in Lexington has been sold, according to a post on the Facebook page of Fayette PVA David O’Neill.The post says…
Meteor Shower Space lovers and those looking towards the new year will get a nice treat. 2021 is starting off with the peak of the Quadrantids meteor shower.CBS News reports that NASA calls it one of the “best annual…
Governor Beshear Likes Larger Payments Kentucky’s Democratic governor has made a pointed plea for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks, saying the larger direct payments would pump an extra $5 billion into the state’s virus-damaged economy.Gov. Andy Beshear sided Tuesday with…
Virginia Hands-Free Law Virginia’s new hands-free law will go into effect on Jan. 1.Under the new law, it will be illegal to hold your phone at all while driving.Violators may be fined $125 for the first offense and $250…
Magoffin County Receives Vaccine The Magoffin County Health Department received 200 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week. Within days, according to Public Health Director Pete Shepherd, most of the area’s first responders and medical workers received the…
Parks And Pages Book Club The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park in Kentucky is inviting the public to read books along with park rangers for a second year.Officials said in a statement that the popular Parks and Pages…