A Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission is set to visit Letcher County next week.
Commissioner Anna M. Gomez will visit Fleming-Neon June 18 to take part in a public event on the First Amendment and the freedoms it guarantees for the press, speech, religion, the right to assemble, and the right to petition the government.
The Mountain Eagle reports the Center for Rural Strategies in Whitesburg is hosting the event which will be held at the Neon Lights coffee shop and community venue on Main Street.
The event begins at 1:15 with a statement from Commissioner Gomez and will include a panel discussion and a Q&A with several local panelists.