Back the Blue Appreciation Day shows respect with free lunch for officers
Organizer Brad Hamilton started the event, saying “We need these cops.”
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Porter Elementary Students Display Leadership Skills
Students at Porter Elementary held their Leadership Day, where they got to perform, play, and show off the leadership skills they’ve learned.
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Mountain Parkway plans call for roundabout at Prestonsburg Elementary
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Once the new section extending the Mountain Parkway from Salyersville to Prestonsburg is complete, it will include a new transportation feature not yet seen in our region. Plans announced Monday by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet call for the installation of a roundabout…
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Mountain Grrl Experience Begins with the Front Porch Panel
Area leaders were invited to share their experiences at a panel at the University of Pikeville on Friday, October 17, 2025.
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Community Picnic to be Held in Honor of Coal Miners
The first Coal Miner’s Community Picnic will take place at the James Wiley Craft Memorial Park in Whitesburg, Kentucky, on October 18, 2025.
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PSC to take public comments on Kentucky Power rate hike request during series of hearings
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Public Service Commission has scheduled three hearings to take comments from the public regarding Kentucky Power’s request to raise residential power bills by about 15 percent. Back in August, Kentucky Power filed its application for a rate increase back in…
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Public reporting sought after increase of suspected bird flu cases in SW Va.
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has recently received reports of groups of dead black vultures across the state including several counties in Southwest Virginia. Preliminary testing indicates that the likely cause is H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).…
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Prosecutor to ask for delay in Amber Spradlin murder trial
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The prosecutor in the Amber Spradlin murder trial tells Mountain Top News he will file a motion for a continuance tomorrow, in order to give the State Crime Lab time to complete DNA testing of blood evidence. Spradlin’s body was found June 18, 2023, at the Arkansas Creek home…
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UPIKE’s annual Horrorfest lets students show off their filmmaking chops
Students have been hard at work seeking to impress with their original short horror film ideas
Read MoreGoodwill Opportunity Center’s Partner Day presents area residents with options for educational and career choices
Goodwill’s partners were present to showcase their organization and hopefully bring others on board
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