The first case of novel coronavirus in Letcher County has been confirmed. At a press conference on Friday, Scott Lockard with the Kentucky River District Health Department reported that a 50-year-old male has tested positive for COVID-19 in Letcher County. The case is the latest in Eastern Kentucky…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A 400-bed field hospital will be set up at the University of Kentucky as health officials prepare for a potential surge of coronavirus patients, UK HealthCare officials said Friday. The goal is to have the makeshift hospital ready in the next two weeks at Nutter Field House,…

West Virginia’s National Guard commanding officer is pushing back against rumors that the guard is being deployed to conduct law enforcement activities in the state. Major Gen. James Hoyer, the adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard, said Friday during Gov. Jim Justice’s daily update…

UPDATED: 11:56 a.m. Friday The Virginia Department of Health reported the first confirmed case of novel coronavirus COVID-19 in Wise County, but local officials are saying the report is inaccurate. According to the VDH website, Wise County is now showing as having a confirmed case of coronavirus. However,…

The federal government has declared a Major Disaster in Virginia due to the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19. On Thursday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced that the state had received the declaration, which will aid Virginia in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Northam made the request for the…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will release nearly 200 inmates in the first phase of reducing prison populations in response to the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration said Thursday. The governor signed an executive order to shorten the sentences of 186 inmates determined to be…

Since the Gov. Beshear’s recommendation of social distancing and isolation along with President Trump announcing that a large number of citizens will be receiving stimulus checks, many households have received an increase in fraudulent calls and emails trying to steal their information or money. According…

Travel restrictions already in place in Kentucky were tightened on Thursday. In his daily media briefing, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that he had issued new executive orders tightening travel restrictions in the state. Beshear’s previous orders centered upon Kentuckians being asked not to travel out…

Schools in Kentucky will now be closed throughout the month of April. Pike County Schools personnel were informed on Thursday that Gov. Andy Beshear had ordered all of the state’s school districts to continue non-traditional instruction, or NTI, until May 1. Pike Schools administrators were unable…