Jenkins City Cleanup Set For Saturday
The City of Jenkins Annual Clean Up is tomorrow. Volunteers will meet at 8:30am at the City Park. Clean up will conclude at noon, with lunch provided by Coal City […]
Downed Tree Causes Major Letcher County Power Outage on Wednesday Night
Kentucky Power says it was a downed tree that fell into some power lines that knocked out the power for about 5000 Whitesburg and several other Letcher County residents last […]
KSP Reporting Second Fatal UTV Accident in Pike County
Kentucky State Police are reportedly investigating a second fatal weekend UTV crash in Pike County. Earlier this week we reported KSP was looking into a Saturday night crash on State […]
Flood Repair Work On The Neon Library To Begin Soon
Work is set to start soon on repairs to the Fleming-Neon Public Library. The Mountain Eagle reports Lewis Brothers Inc. has signed a contract for the work to fix damage […]
Artist Lacy Hale Wins East KY Leadership Award
Knott County native Lacy Hale has won the 2024 East Kentucky Leadership Award for Cultural-Arts. Known for her murals as well as other works, the Hindman native went to the […]
Former Pike County Employee Facing Charges After Monday Incident
A former Pike County employee is facing charges including terroristic threatening and animal cruelty for an incident that happened Monday outside the office of Pike County Judge Executive Ray Jones. […]
New Elkhorn City Mayor Making Progress
Elkhorn City’s new mayor has been getting down to work. Nathan Bryant was appointed by the city council earlier this month to replace Mike Taylor who resigned amid findings of […]
Letcher County Photographer Malcolm J. Wilson Wins East KY Leadership Award
Renowned Letcher County photographer Malcolm J. Wilson has won the 2024 East Kentucky Leadership Award for Media and Technology. Wilson tells WYMT his life’s goal has been to tell the […]
Pike County Giving Out Weather Radios
In an effort to keep more citizens safe in case of disaster, Pike County has been giving out free weather radios this week. Mountain Top News reports the county got […]
Fatal UTV Crash in Pike County
Kentucky State Police are investigating a UTV crash in which someone was killed on Saturday night in Pike County. KSP says it happened around 11:30 pm Saturday on State Highway […]