Frankfort, Ky: The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Department of Rural & Municipal Aid has announced funding of four repair projects for Knott County and one for Floyd County. The counties are responsible for all phases of work and the money is issued directly to the counties. The projects…
Read MoreFrankfort, Ky: After extreme delays resulting in tens of millions of dollars in additional costs over its initial $324 million budget, House Speaker Pro-Tem David Osborne has filed a resolution urging an investigation into the Kentucky Wired network. The statewide broadband network was supposed to…
Read MoreWise County, Va: A Wise County man is facing federal charges for having 15 firearms and thousand of rounds of ammunition, despite a previous felony conviction … and his wife has also been charged for allegedly lying about it. During a search as part of a drug investigation, authorities found…
Read More[su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/RLKZj4eO-zw” height=”340″] WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The Chattaroy Church of God hosted the annual Mingo County Special Olympics, Tuesday. Every school in the county brought a group of athletes to the Historic Williamson Memorial Fieldhouse…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — The Pike County Board of Education hosts two spelling bees a year. Tuesday was the annual Pike County High School Spelling Bee. Students from each high school in the county, including Pikeville High School, participated. Twenty-one students were competing for the top prize. One…
Read MoreWe often see fundraisers for various causes throughout our region, and they almost always succeed in meeting their goals. But organizers of one recent event for juvenile diabetes research went far beyond expectations. EKB News Reporter Shannon Deskins tells us more. [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nbnLFRoksg&feature=youtu.be”…
Read MoreOfficials in Letcher County are collecting toys and other items to help ease the difficulty for children having to endure the court process. The Letcher County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office’s victim advocates are collecting toys and other items to construct “Busy Boxes” for kids who have…
Read MoreA man is on the run from sex abuse charges and officials believe it will be difficult to find him. 41-year-old Howard Prado, whose address was listed as Williams Hollow Road in Pikeville, was indicted last week in Pike County on three counts of first-degree sex abuse. The indictment stems from an investigation…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved an immediate reduction of rates for a natural gas supplier serving much of Eastern Kentucky, and additional relief could be coming later this year. As it has for a number of utilities, the PSC has been investigating what impact…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Customers of Big Sandy RECC can expect to see their power bills going up. The utility had been seeking authorization for an increase from the Public Service Commission, and the regulator responded by giving the company an increase about $75,000 higher than it had requested. The…
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