Local Obituaries-Thursday February 1, 2024
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Nancy Carol Smith Nancy Carol Smith, age 71, of Kingdom Come Creek, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2024 at the Whitesburg ARH. She is survived by her husband: Carroll Smith; […]
Kentucky Drops Tough One to Florida in OT
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Ugonna Onyenso had a career night, but Kentucky lost a tough one to Florida at Rupp Arena last night, losing 94-91 in overtime. Onyenso finished the night with 13 points, 16 […]
Boys A-Team County Tournament Semi-finals Tonight
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The LCEAA Letcher County Boys A Team Tournament semi finals will be played tonight at Jenkins Middle High School. 4 seed Letcher will play 1 seed Whitesburg at 6:00pm this […]
Upcoming Games for Jenkins and LCC Basketball
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The Jenkins Lady Cavaliers and Jenkins Cavalier will next play a boys and girls double header tonight at Cordia in a district game and then play another boys and girls […]
Mountain High School Basketball Scoreboard January 31
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Boys Jenkins-Rye Cove VA-cancelled Mountain Mission VA beat Letcher County Central-67-53 in Grundy Knott County Central over Harlan 63-56 Girls East Ridge got by Jenkins 50-47 Knott County Central over […]
Fleming Neon Water System Almost Back to Normal
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The Fleming-Neon water system is nearly back to normal. Mayor Ricky Burke tells the Mountain Eagle with the supply wells filling back up with the recent snow they are now […]
New South Perry Elementary Proposed Site Has Some Parents Concerned
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Some Perry County parents are reportedly not too happy with a proposed location for a new elementary school. The Perry County School Board has been scouting locations for the new […]
Wise County Receives Federal Grant Money For Data Centers
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Wise County is reportedly getting more than $4 million in federal grants to help build a couple of data centers. The Johnson City Press reports the Abandoned Mine Lands Economic […]