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The Letcher Fiscal Court voted this week to hire a stateapproved appraiser to determine the value of the old Whitesburg Post Office building and the old Jenkins High School building. Approval for the hiring the appraiser came in two separate votes Monday night at the fiscal court's July meeting. More ... Kentucky State Police are investigating the death of an 18- year-old Nicholasville man who died in Letcher County almost two weeks ago. Letcher County Deputy Coroner Wallace Bolling Jr. said he responded as a member of the Letcher Ambulance Service to a 911 emergency call around 1 p.m. More ... Shock probation has been granted to an elderly woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in March 2006 for dealing in narcotics. Joetta Charles, 65, was sentenced to serve 10 years for selling OxyContin and five years for being in possession of narcotics at the time of her arrest. More ... FRANKFORT Bill Nighbert, a former state transportation secretary for former Gov. Ernie Fletcher, has resigned his post as a top aide in the Republican-controlled Senate. Senate President David Williams says Nighbert left his job as a top aide approximately 10 days ago. More ... NEW YORK Americans' struggle with $4 gas doesn't just mean we are turning in our gas-guzzling SUVs for more fuel-efficient cars, forgoing vacations or socializing more at home. People are moving to be closer to their jobs. They are taking mass transit or carpooling more often. They are changing their work schedules, where they shop and go to school. More ... LONDON, Ky. Officials of the YMCA in London have shut down most programs, saying they can't afford to continue them. Director Don Burgin said the London-Laurel County "Y'' struggled with $6,000 monthly utility bills and its budget was further stretched by an increase in the minimum wage. More ... COLUMBUS, Ohio Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago. More ... VIRGIE, Ky. Gov. Steve Beshear said legalizing casinos remains a possibility in Kentucky even though lawmakers rejected the idea earlier this year. "I don't think that issue is dead," Beshear told about 400 people gathered in a school auditorium in Virgie last week. "I think we will be talking about it a lot more. More ... LOUISVILLE U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning again condemned a support package for troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying the plan backed by the Bush administration "smacks of socialism. More ... 11961 WaltersLM.ai 7/16/ FRANKFORT The latest employment figures show Kentucky's jobless rate rose slightly to 6.3 percent in June. Office of Employment and Training chief labor market analyst Justine Detzel blamed economic factors for the increase from May's 6.2 percent unemployment. More ... Alpha Natural Resources, which has extensive mining operations in Letcher County, is being purchased by Cleveland- Cliffs for nearly $10 billion. The purchase is the biggest acquisition to date for Cleveland Cliffs, and the cash-and stock deal will create a company with the largest reserves of iron ore and metallurgical coal in the U.S. More ... BEIJING Twenty miners have escaped or been rescued from a flooded coal mine in southern China but six have died and 30 remain trapped, a state-run news agency said Tuesday. Xinhua News Agency said 56 miners were trapped when the Nadu mine in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region flooded late Monday afternoon, but seven managed to escape. More ... The new Millstone bridge, above, is nearing completion and will be dedicated Aug. 1. The old bridge appears in the photo at right. More ... Residents of Eolia have received a gift from the Arch Coal Foundation and Cumberland River Coal Company to fund major improvements to the Eolia Community Park. The grant, the amount of which wasn't released, was announced by Lively Hope Inc. More ... |
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