A major traffic switch is planned Monday Oct. 9 along a section of the Mountain Parkway in Magoffin County, approximately 10 miles west of Salyersville. Motorists should expect temporary stops and delays throughout the day from mile markers 65 to 68 as crews work to shift traffic from the existing parkway…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County couple was taken to jail after they were discovered living in filthy conditions with a child, in a house that was stealing electric power. Deputies were called to conduct a welfare check at the home on U.S. 460 at 4 o’clock Wednesday morning. When they…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man who was arrested earlier this year, after he went through a roadblock and police found a pound of meth in his car, has been arrested again, after the car he was in went through a roadblock and police once again found meth in the car. Nicholas Coleman, 54,…
Read MoreCORBIN, Ky. — As has become a tradition during the annual SOAR conference, Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers came bearing gifts, in the form of grant funding. They announced Wednesday more than $26 million in Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization grants that will benefit nine Eastern…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. – Pikeville Medical Center has announced it has been awarded a second prestigious Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. This grant represents a significant milestone in PMC’s commitment to enhancing emergency…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A roadblock on the Mountain Parkway in Magoffin County ended up capturing a Bourbon County couple for fentanyl trafficking. State troopers and Magoffin County sheriff’s deputies were staging the roadblock Thursday night just before midnight, when a U-Haul truck driven…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. – The University of Pikeville Board of Trustees has approved the naming of the “Tanner College of Dental Medicine” in recognition of the family, that made a transformational $25 million gift last year to establish the college and dramatically increase access to dental care in Central…
Read MoreIVEL, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been arrested one month after police say he broke into some Magoffin County storage units. Police were called to Action Storage back on Aug. 28 after the manager reported that someone had cut the locks off of four storage units. Security video showed a pickup…
Read MoreLOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 20 percent of nursing positions in the Commonwealth remain vacant, according to the Kentucky Hospital Association — and combined with workforce shortages in other medical professions, the state is facing a massive health-care workforce crisis that could have…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. — The suspect in the shooting death of a Letcher County woman was arrested overnight. Lawrence “Eugene” Halcomb, 39, of Blackey, was wanted for murder and fetal homicide. Police say he is believed to be the person responsible for shooting and killing 43-year-old Vanessa Halcomb,…
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