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Gas Prices Up In KY Normally gas prices drop this time of year, but you may have noticed this year it’s not the case.According to AAA, Kentucky had the second highest increase in gas price in the nation compared…

KY Governor Honors Police Officers Kentucky’s governor is honoring two police officers who helped save a man’s life at the state Capitol.Gov. Matt Bevin presented Facilities Security Officers Roger Swiger and Casey Mahoney with the honorary commission of Kentucky…

Last Day To Register To Vote In KY Kentuckians have one more day to register to vote in November’s General Election. Today, Tuesday, October, 9th marks the final day anyone not registered to vote can do so.”The majority of…

Martin County Water Customers Still Getting Repairs More patience is needed. During the weekend, Martin County Water District Customers found themselves without water. “We repaired water lines that were broken and when the water was turned back on another…

Cordia School Closes Earlier this year, the Knott County Board of Education voted to close Cordia School. After months of hashing out the problem in the courtroom, Cordia opened for the 2018-2019 school year. However, problems for the school…

KY Colleges Focus On STEM Progress For Students Kentucky colleges are teaming up to boost the performance of Appalachian students in science, technology, engineering and math.The alliance aims to support STEM education for underrepresented students. The effort is backed…

KY Grant Helping Premature Babies Get A Healthy Start Kentucky officials say a new $7.5 million grant will support a statewide program aimed at decreasing the number of premature deliveries and low birth weight babies.The state Cabinet for Health…

KY Education and Workforce Development Helping Workers Hundreds of people are now without jobs due to layoffs at two manufacturing plants: Hitachi in Harrodsburg, and Trane in Lexington.Despite this bad news, Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Deputy Secretary Josh…

Fire In Jackson County Crews responded to a fire at Phoenix Products in Jackson County early this morning. The business is on U.S. 421, West of McKee, near southern Madison County. The sheriff says an outbuilding was destroyed in…

National Fire Prevention Week It’s National Fire Prevention week and fire officials are encouraging residents to install smoke alarms equipped with sealed-in, non-removable batteries that last for 10 years. These alarms do not require any battery changes during their…