Whitesburg, KY

PDF of print edition Court agrees to help fund ARH addition By WILLIAM FARLEY       The Letcher Fiscal Court voted after considerable discussion this week to allocate $100,000 in coal severance tax funds to Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital. More ... Youth forum with Edwards will be open to public in Whitesburg       Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will be in Whitesburg today (Wednesday) for the next-to-last stop of three-day "Road to One America" tour. Edwards will take part here in a youth-led forum on drug abuse and other problems caused by poverty. The forum, which is open to the public, is... More ... Grand jury indicts 14       Fourteen people are named in felony indictments returned last week by a Letcher County grand jury. The true bills handed up to Letcher Circuit Judge Sam Wright on July 12 charge four county residents with obtaining or attempting to obtain controlled substances by fraud. Operation UNITE Detective J... More ...       MEMORY MOTEL - The old Suburban Motel in downtown Whitesburg was reduced to a pile of rubble this week. The structure is being demolished to make room for the new Letcher County Health Department. More ...