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One week left to apply with FEMA
FRANKFORT — Eastern Kentucky homeowners and renters who suffered damage to their property from the severe July floods still have one week left to apply for federal disaster assistance. Wednesday, Sept. 28, is the deadline to apply for assistance for survivors in Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and…
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Governor announces plans to complete Mountain Parkway
PRESTONSBURG — Gov. Andy Beshear joined state and local officials Monday in Prestonsburg to announce plans for the final section of the Mountain Parkway Expansion in Eastern Kentucky – delivering on a decades-old promise to complete a four-lane parkway from Winchester to far Eastern Kentucky. While in Prestonsburg, the governor also announced that the first…
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Big Sandy Jail Blotter
AN APPALACHIAN NEWSPAPERSSTAFF REPORT PAINTSVILLE — Several people were arrested recently and lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center. Those arrested, according to the booking log at the jail, included: Tuesday, Sept. 13 Jacob Rain Crockett, 21, of Apollo Lane, Hurricane, W.Va., theft, theft of contents from a vehicle and a traffic charge. John…
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Doctors back booster shots for recent COVID-19 variants
BY AL CROSS KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Kentucky experts largely dismissed concerns about speedy approval of the new coronavirus vaccines on “Kentucky Tonight,” a Kentucky Educational Television program, Monday night. Ilhem Messaoudi, chair of microbiology at the University of Kentucky, said she has been surprised at people who she said are “up in arms” about the…
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COVID-19 map shows 41 counties with less risk than last week, but Eastern Coal Field remains almost fully high-risk
BY AL CROSSKENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS The weekly COVID-19 risk map for Kentucky took a solid turn for the better Thursday, as more than a third of the state’s counties had a lower risk level than a week earlier. Only two counties, Barren and Trigg, showed a higher level of risk on the three-level scale of…
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Man arrested for murder in Pikeville shooting
PIKEVILLE — A Pikeville man was arrested for murder Monday evening following a shooting on Caney Drive in Pikeville. The Kentucky State Police Pikeville Post received a 911 at 6:42 p.m. regarding the shooting. Investigators responded to the residence and discovered a male had been shot. The initial investigation indicates an altercation between Monroe Jackson, 56, of…
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Parking impacts, delays for Inez
Asphalt resurfacing project begins Tuesday BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Kentucky Department of Transportation will begin work Tuesday on an asphalt resurfacing project in the City of Inez. Inez Street Commissioner Dennis Hall said the project would impact parking and create delays. There will be no parking on the shoulder along Route…
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Second tire cleanup of Tug River in Warfield-Kermit
Hundreds of tires removed from water BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD-KERMIT — Volunteers waded the Tug Fork River in the Warfield and Kermit area to clean up old tires — some that had been in the water for many years. John Burchett, a member of Friends of the Tug Fork River and a commissioner…
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Kermit approves $400 million settlement
Tempers flare on dilapidated property BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN KERMIT, W.Va. — The Kermit Council approved a participation agreement for the $400 million settlement that West Virginia cities and counties reached in a lawsuit with three major U.S. drug distributors in August. Tish Chafin, legal counsel from Williamson, W.Va., joined the Kermit meeting Monday…
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Inez searching for alleged agreement on creek dredging
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The City of Inez is seeking an alleged agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Martin County whereby the county purportedly received a grant to channel the creek in town for flood control. In exchange, the county allegedly agreed to keep the creek banks free of brush…
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