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Knox, Bell counties awarded funding for recycled tire playground projects

Knox and Bell counties will receive a combined $155,362 in state funding for playground projects that will use recycled waste tires to create safer public recreation spaces. Gov. Andy Beshear …

Big problem, but a simple fix

Your right to know what your public officials are saying and doing was recently gutted by the Kentucky supreme court.   Overturning a lower court decision, in a 4 to 2 ruling on …

Looking for a Better Work-Life Balance?

Nolan Group Media Offers Career Opportunities Across the Region For many hardworking individuals across southeastern and south-central Kentucky, long hours, unpredictable schedules, and weekend …

Community Mourns the Passing of Middlesboro Legendary Coach Larry French

Annual Art & Wine Festival Returns to Historic Cumberland Gap on April 2

The Cumberland Gap Artists’ Co-op invites residents and visitors from the tri-state area of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia to the 2026 Annual Art & Wine Festival. This free public event will …
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Obituaries
Earl Cockerham, age 86
Earl Cockerham, age 86, of Wide Creek, Kentucky, passed away on November 2, 2026, in the community where he was born and spent his life, surrounded by the place and people he loved. He was born on …
Janice Loraine Bishop Dobson
Janice Loraine Bishop Dobson was born on June 15, 1968 in Sturgis, Michigan (Sturgis Memorial Hospital) and departed this life on November 02, 2026 in Lexington, Kentucky (Baptist Health Hospital) at …
Jerry McIntosh, 88
Jerry McIntosh, 88, of Booneville, Kentucky passed away peacefully on October 29, 2026 at the Owsley County Health Care Center, surrounded by family.   Jerry was born August 4, 1938 in Owsley …
Paul Douglas Mays
Paul Douglas Mays, known as Doug by those who loved him, and Papa Dean to his grandchildren, was born in Beattyville, Kentucky, on February 13, 1950 to Elmer and Blanche Mays and passed away on …
Della Lou Cooper Spicer
Della Lou Cooper Spicer, widow of Pryce Spicer and daughter of the late Earl and Offie Brandenburg Cooper was born in Lee County, Kentucky on March 22, 1940 and departed this life at her home in …
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Outdoor Truths

By Gary Miller     In a few days I’ll leave once again for Missouri. Dear friends and big deer make the trip something I look forward to each year. In the early years, I grabbed my …

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Shiners: Voices from Owsley County to make statewide debut on KET

"The problems that come with poverty, and this goes for all groups around the world regardless of identity, you see addiction and broken families and hopelessness. And so my film is about a …

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