Whitesburg, KY

Mayor stalls demolition plan       Whitesburg Mayor James W. Craft this week declared a moratorium on the issuance of a work permit that would allow contractors to begin tearing down the old KYVA Motor Company building on Madison Street. More ... Court is asked to OK weaker code of ethics By WILLIAM FARLEY       The Letcher County Fiscal Court this week approved the first reading of an ordinance that greatly weakens a county government code of ethics that has been in place for a number of years. The ordinance read at the court's May meeting on Monday guts rules on nepotism, but broadens the financial dis... More ... U.S. 119 construction should be 'fully underway' within 2 years       Construction should be fully underway within two years on a $101 million project to reconstruct 9.6 miles of U.S. Route 119 in Letcher County. That's the message a state transportation official delivered to the U.S. 119 Pine Mountain Task Force at a meeting held here to discuss the status of the ... More ... Firm buys building       An oil and gas service company has completed its purchase of a "spec" building the county erected several years ago at the Gateway Industrial Park at Jenkins. Letcher County Economic Development Director Joe DePriest told the Letcher County Fiscal Court at its May meeting on Monday night that Dri... More ...