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Keeping A Homeless Shelter Open Volunteers at Warm Souls for Warn Soles in Manchester made the call to work extra hours to keep their homeless shelter open all day so people without a home did not have to freeze…

Deciding Not To Run For Governor Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes released a statement on Monday regarding the 2019 election.Grimes said she has been considering running a campaign to become Kentucky’s second female Governor in 2019 for many…

Closure of KY-315 in Breathitt Co. Postponed Due to Weather Drivers who use KY 315 in Breathitt County will get a bit of a break this weekend after a planned road closure has been postponed. DOT crews were scheduled…

Rockslide Closes KY-160 in Letcher County State transportation officials were forced to shut down Kentucky 160 in both directions in Letcher County last night. A rockfall blocked all lanes near mile marker 16 around 630 last night. Everything was…

Jenkins Man Looking to Open Hemp Extraction Facility in Letcher Co. A Jenkins man is hoping to open the first industrial hemp extraction facility in Eastern Kentucky, in Letcher County. Neal Spears told WYMT-TV that he believes that hemp…

Four Eastern KY Counties Receiving Share of .1M to Cleanup Illegal Dump Sites Kentucky officials say more than $1.1 million in grant funding will be used to clean up 77 illegal dumps in 20 counties statewide. Among the counties…

Jenkins Auctioning Off Historic Firearm to Buy New Police Equipment One eastern Kentucky city is auctioning a 1921 Thompson submachine gun to raise money for its police department. Jenkins Mayor Todd DePriest said that the gun appraises for at…

KY Dump Clean-Up Efforts Receives Funding Kentucky officials say more than $1.1 million in grant funding will be used to clean up 77 illegal dumps in 20 counties statewide. Officials say the following counties received grants: Breathitt, Bullitt, Butler,…

FDA To Resume Risky Foods Inspections Despite Shutdown The Food and Drug Administration says it will resume inspections of some of the riskiest foods such as cheeses, produce and infant formula as early as Tuesday. The routine inspections had…

Perry County Parks Getting An Upgrade Parks in Perry County are soon to get a much-needed upgrade.County Judge-Executive Scott Alexander and Sheriff Joe Engle are teaming up to bring quality cameras to the parks.”Once those things become a reality,…