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Two killed when shoppers on way back home hit by car in wrong lane
The return from a shopping trip in southwest Virginia ended in tragedy Monday night for a Letcher County couple who recently celebrated their second wedding anniversary. John Tate Caudill, 30, of Low Gap Branch, died at the scene of a violent collision when his vehicle was hit head-on by a driver traveling in the wrong direction. More...
Drugs, health care reform at issue in Conway-Paul race
By ROGER ALFORD
Associated Press Writer

FRANKFORT A conservative political group began airing another TV ad Tuesday in several Kentucky cities attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jack Conway for supporting “ObamaCare.” More...

Ahead of schedule

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials say construction of the valley floor section on US 119 is ahead of schedule. More...

 News
• Candidate wants counties to impose, collect severance tax
FRANKFORT Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Moff ett proposed major changes Tuesday to the way coal severance taxes are collected and spent in Kentucky. The Louisville businessman said he wants to eliminate the state tax on mined coal and allow coalfield counties to impose their own levies. More...
• Group not satisfied with new rules, wants ban on mountaintop mining
• Banjo exhibit will be displayed at old Whitesburg High School
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 Opinions
• article has image A Labor Day commitment to common good
America’s corporate chieftains must love poor people, for they’re doing all they can to create millions more of them. More...
• article has image President Obama and the virtues of ‘politicking’
• article has image It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a teacher!
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 Columns
• The way we were
Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years
September 1, 1960 More...
• Car Talk
• article has image Salome's Stars
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 Sports
• article has image Cougars stung by Yellow Jackets; await Bulldogs
It was another Friday night and the Cougars of Letcher were on the road to take on the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets. More...
• Cats, Cards play guessing game
• Gabby’s fishing fever
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 Speak Your Piece
• Speak Your Piece
Transition from black market into legitimate status is worth trillions regardless. Some have become blinded by their stubborn, downright perverse refusal to recognize the truth. Marijuana is a medical plant. More...
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 Families & Friends
• article has image Summer not done with us yet
Hello everyone. I hope you are all doing well. How about this weather? I love it! It feels like fall. Goldenrod and a lot of other fall flowers are blooming, but I’m sure summer is not done with us yet. That’s okay, I love all the seasons. More...
• Many return from 4-H fair with ribbons
• Taylors celebrate anniversary
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 Entertainment
• Tyme to play
East KY Tyme, a country/ bluegrass band, will play Friday, Sept. 3 at 9 p.m., at the Russell County Fair in Castlewood, Va., and Saturday, Sept. 4, at the Bluegrass Festival at Beckham Combs Community Center at Vest at 6 p.m. For more information, call Astor Taylor, (606) 633-2708, or visit www.eastkytyme. comor Myspace. More...
• Gospel singing set
• Static to play
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 Obituaries
• Services set for Roger Hayes
Roger Wayne Hayes, 56, died August 29 at his home at Blackey. A son of the late David Ralph and Alice Hayes, he was the widower of Reneva Adams Hayes. He was retired from Southeast Coal Company, was a member of the Free & Accepted Masons, Chapter 754, and was a Shriner. More...
• Services are held for Monek Hutton
• Funeral services set for Jean Caudill
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