The Pike County Extension Office is celebrating National Farmer’s Market Week
Patrons can visit the market to meet with the people behind it and enter a new giveaway for a chance to win some free prizes
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Inez Gets Artsy
The Appalachian Artist Festival was held in Inez, Kentucky on Saturday, August 2, 2025.
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Judge considering Deskins’ motion for shock probation
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Three months after reaching a plea deal that saw a murder charge against him dropped, a former assistant Pike County attorney is asking to be released from jail. Donald Kyle Deskins, 56, of Kimper, is currently serving a five-year sentence in the Pike County Detention Center.…
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Pikeville Laundromat Rebrands
A well-known laundromat in Pikeville has undergone a bit of a makeover and will be adding a second location.
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Prosecutors oppose indicted judge’s effort to have criminal case dismissed
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Prosecutors have responded to a suspended Pike County judge’s motion to dismiss federal fraud charges against him, and, unsurprisingly, have reached a different conclusion. Pike Circuit Judge Howard Keith Hall was indicted back in April on two counts of mail fraud and one…
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Logan County play tells the Hatfield-McCoy Feud from a West Virginia look
This is the last chance this year to see Deadly Divide: The Hatfield & McCoy Story, which gives the Hatfield-McCoy feud a West Virginia perspective.
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Wise County woman gets time-served in federal drug case
ABINGDON, Va. — A Wise County woman has been sentenced to time-served, after pleading guilty to federal drug charges. Brittany Chantae Rose, 38, of Pound, pleaded guilty in November to conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of meth and more than 40 grams of fentanyl. She admitted to working…
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Knott man killed in UTV crash
TALCUM, Ky. — For the second time in a week, Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal crash involving an off-road vehicle in Knott County. Police were called to a UTV crash on Starfire Haul Road, at Talcum. Preliminary reports say that Michael Miller, 43, of Vest, was operating a UTV when…
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FEMA looking for properties for flood survivors
FRANKFORT, Ky. – FEMA is seeking information from property management companies with ready-for-occupancy residential or rental properties in or near Kentucky communities affected by the Feb. 14 – March 7 severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides, as well as multi-family…
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Weeks after their power bills went up, RECC customers could see another rate hike
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Six weeks after seeing their power bills rise 12.8 percent, customers of Big Sandy RECC, as well as other electric co-ops in the state, could get hit with another rate hike. That’s because East Kentucky Power Cooperative, which supplies electricity to the co-ops, is asking…
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