Kentucky Supreme Court Halts Suit Trying to Block Beshear’s COVID Actions Kentucky’s high court on Friday put a temporary stop to efforts by a top Republican to rein in the Democratic governor’s ability to control the coronavirus outbreak with…
Madison County Reports 18 New COVID-19 Cases on Friday Governor Andy Beshear announced 531 new cases of COVID-19 during his update on Friday. He also announced eight new deaths in Kentucky. At least 21,605 Kentuckians have contracted the virus.…
Hazard Schools Reopen Later Hazard Independent Schools released a statement saying they will be delaying the start day for school this fall.The board met and decided to push the start date for students until Monday, August 24 due to…
Daniel Boone Festival Cancelled The Daniel Boone Festival Committee decided to cancel the 2020 festival that was supposed to take place October 4-10 in Barbourville.In a statement, the committee said, “Putting on a festival of this size is a…
Education Commissioner Awarded Contract Kentucky’s new education commissioner, Jason Glass, was given a four-year contract with an annual salary of $260,000 by the Board of Education.Glass’s contract begins Sept. 14. The Brandenburg, Kentucky, native has been superintendent of Colorado’s…
Mountain Heritage Festival Cancelled 2020 would have marked the 38th year of the Mountain Heritage Festival in Whitesburg.The board of the festival met for months thinking of ways they could still hold the festival while not contributing to the…
Pikeville Restaurant Closes A restaurant in Pikeville will shut down operations for the foreseeable future Friday night.In a post on their Facebook page early Thursday morning, officials with the Golden Corral location on Cassidy Boulevard said the COVID-19 outbreak…
Kentucky Wildlands Initiative Congressman Hal Rogers announced $250,000 in grant funding from the Economic Development Administration on Thursday.The money will go to Eastern Kentucky PRIDE who will use it for the new Kentucky Wildlands initiative, designed to promote tourism…
Laurel County Public Schools Reopening Plan Laurel County Public Schools have unveiled a plan for reopening.They are planning on allowing for both in-person attendance and instruction from home while also outlining a number of precautions schools will be taking…
Eastern KY COVID-19 Update Health departments across the mountains reported new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.The Kentucky River District Health Department confirmed 17 COVID-19 cases today. Four are from Knott County with two of those being pediatric cases. One case…