Gov. Ernie Fletcher was in Whitesburg last week to present two checks totaling $1.2 million to help fund two transportation projects in Letcher County. More...

Randall Click of Betsy Layne in Floyd County has been making woodcrafts for 15 years but only recently has he realized the marketability of his fine crafts. More...

The GED test will be given Friday, Sept. 21, beginning at 8 a.m. Participants must have already passed the practice test and must pre-register. The cost of the full test is $40 and the cost of each section re-taken is $10. More...

It was billed as the game of the year. The Letcher Central Cougars would travel to Clay County to take on the Tigers in a battle for supremacy in the district. More...

CAVS FALLS TO REDSKINS - A Cumberland High School defender prepares to wrap up Jenkins runner Jonathan Taylor during the Redskins' 49-7 win over the Cavaliers on Friday night. (Photo by Chris Anderson) More...

Four weeks into a season and Kentucky is ranked No. 21 in the nation. Clearly, the gods of college football have swung the pendulum. Kentucky didn't only beat Louisville last week, the Wildcats showed themselves to be SEC "big dog" worthy. More...

"25 Years of Festival Memories" 2007 Mountain Heritage Festival Schedule of Events Wednesday, September 19 Photo Contest Entries received from 3 to 6 p.m. Festival Booth Judged on Sept. 21 Displayed Sept. More...

Mother Nature seldom looks at a calendar when deciding that leaves should change color, when the first snows will fly, or when it is time for spring to return. More...

RIBBON-CUTTING - A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the expansion of the Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College respiratory care program on the Whitesburg Campus was held Sept. 11. More...

Funeral services for Hank Wilson Sergent, seven-monthold son of Roger O. Sergent of Eolia, and April Blankenship of McRoberts, were held September 13 at the Eolia Baptist Mission Church. Burial was in the Phillips Cemetery at Flat Gap. More...

Kester "Bug" Logan, 84, of Lake, Mich., died Sept. 4 as the result of a traffic accident. He was reared in Blackey and worked at GM Truck and Bus until his retirement in 1979. He then moved to Somerset and in 1995 moved back to Michigan. More...

Funeral services for Ralph Day Sr., 70, of Craft's Colly, were held September 15 at Letcher Funeral Home. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Whitesburg. A son of the late Burtis and Viola Adams Day, he died September 13 in Morristown, Tenn. More...