Some volunteers are busy carefully carrying tall stacks of gift-filled shoeboxes covered in bright, cheery wrapping paper from trunks of vehicles to a large room at the First Baptist Church in Whitesburg. More...
In a meeting that was notable for its brevity, the Letcher County Fiscal Court received a request from Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital for an additional $100,000 in coal severance funding for construction costs in a facilities renovation. More...
filed to run for county offices in the May Primary Election. District Two Magistrate Archie Banks, District One Magistrate Bobby Lewis, Property Valuation Administrator Randy Hall and County Surveyor Richard Hall have all filed for reelection. More...
A dozen volunteers from a church in South Carolina spent Saturday cleaning and painting a hallway at Letcher Elementary School as a way to show that people in other states care about people in eastern Kentucky. "We just wanted to help," said Danny Ballard, a volunteer from Southside Baptist Churc... More...
Jenkins Homecoming Days Festival committee will host the annual Jenkins Christmas Parade and Santa in the Park on Saturday, Dec. 5. The parade will begin at 6 p.m. in front of the Jenkins Methodist Church on Main Street. Participants should be arriving for the parade line-up at 5 p.m. Floats will... More...
Whitesburg's Bridgette Combs named Miss Kentucky Basketball By Lonnie Sexton What Letcher County has long known became public information Saturday, that Bridgette Combs is the best girls' high school basketball player in Kentucky. More...
After shaking off the school's first losing record in 2008 — just two seasons after winning the school's first regional championship — the Letcher County Central Lady Cougars came roaring back last year, thanks to a blend of talented youth and hard-working experienced role players. More...
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E-m@il address In addition to the telephone and the U.S. Mail, The Mountain Eagle accepts comments to Speak Your Piece by electronic mail. Our address is: mteagle@tgtel.com Our county judge and our District Four and District Two magistrates have done us in. We had a decent, paved road when they... More...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks. More...
When I glanced out the window this morning, the sun was shining down so beautifully, I assumed it was so nice and warm out there. Looks are deceiving. I figured that out real fast when I took the dog out. It was cold. Not just chilly, cold. That wind would chill you to the bone. More...
Whitesburg American Legion Post 152, on Pine Mountain, Hwy. 119, will sponor a dance on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Music will be provided by a live band featuring Chris Isaac, Tony Shortt, and Andy Miranda. The post has karaoke every Friday. Also a pool tournament every Wednesday at... More...
Jackson Dafoe Banks, 69 died November 11 at Pikeville Medical Center. A Whitesburg native, he was a son of the late Ida Stallard and James Banks. He was graduated from Morehead State University and was retired from teaching math at Whitesburg High School, where he had taught for 30 years. More...
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