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Grandson gives Jenkins man car of his dreams — 1936 Ford sedan
When Arlie Potter was handed a shoebox-sized present at a family gathering at his home in Jenkins recently, he thought he was getting diecast toy model of his favorite car ever. Imagine Potter's surprise when he reached into the box and found a set of keys to the real thing More...
Another woman says she's innocent of murder charge
By SALLY BARTO

For the second time in less than two weeks, a Letcher County woman charged with murder denies any involvement in the crime other than helping hide the body. The latest denial comes from Rosemary McClain, who is being tried in Letcher Circuit Court this week for the 2005 murder of her best friend, Lisa Jenkins. More...

Letcher, Perry tied for region's lowest unemployment rate

Letcher County's unemployment rate fell slightly in July even though 38 fewer people held jobs here than in the month before. According to statistics released this week by Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, 8,128 Letcher County residents held jobs last month compared with 8,166 in June, dropping the county's jobless rate from 7.8 percent to 7.6 percent. More...

 Features
• What the jury heard
Testimony was heard from a total of nine witnesses by the end of the day on Tuesday in the trial of Rosemary Fields McClain, the Eolia woman who is charged with murdering her best friend, Lisa Jenkins. Testimony is scheduled to resume in Letcher Circuit Court at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday (August 28). More...
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 News
• School board declares plumbing at Fleming-Neon an emergency
The Letcher County Board of Education voted this week to spend more than $150,000 on plumbing repairs at Fleming- Neon Elementary School after Supt. Anna C. Craft warned that the situation was "critical." "We've got to get the plumbing fixed or we are going to be shut down," Craft said. More...
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 Opinions
• Undermining independence
Just when you think you've seen it all, somebody in the Bush administration comes up with another way to compromise somebody else's rights. The latest example is Richard Stickler, director of the Mine Safety and Health Administration. More...
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 Columns
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Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years
August 28, 1958 Annexation fever has hit the Whitesburg City Council again. The council this past week voted unanimously to direct City Atty. LeRoy Fields to prepare a new annexation ordinance for submission to the council at its Sept. 4 meeting. More...
• Car Talk
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 Sports
• In praise of catching fish at night
Gabby's Fishing Fever
A lot of fisherman, myself included, do not care much about getting out in the hot sun and trying to fish. If you are one of this type of angler, there is another time to fish — it is at night. I have night fished for about as long as I can remember. Some of my best crappie and largemouth bass fishing trips have been at night. During the early morning from around 4. More...
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 Speak Your Piece
• Speak Your Piece
Tell us what's on your mind. No need to give your name.
E-m@il address In addition to the telephone and the U.S. Mail, The Mountain Eagle accepts comments to Speak Your Piece by electronic mail. Our address is: mteagle@tgtel.com To all residents of Heritage Drive who have pets: How would you feel if you had no animals and had to clean after the neighbors' animals constantly? More...
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 Health
• Support group will meet at Whitesburg
The Letcher County Breastfeeding Support Group meets on first Thursday of each month at 12:30 p.m. at the Harry M. Caudill Library in Whitesburg. The meetings include activities for children, gifts and refreshments. Parents exchange breastfeeding and other important child-rearing information. The group is sponsored by the Kentucky River Health District Health Department. More...
• Vitamin D: Who to test, what to take?
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 Families & Friends
• Pageant applications
Applications for entrants in the Miss Teen Mountain Heritage pageant, ages 13-17, and the Miss Mountain Heritage pageant, ages 18-21, are now available at the Bank of Whitesburg and Community Trust Bank. Deadline for submission of applications is Sept. 4. For more information, call Phyllis Barker at 633-7943. More...
• There's nothing like gathering fresh vegetables
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 Patchwork
• Tyme to perform
East KY Tyme will play at the Russell County Fair at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 29. The group will also perform at Isom Days at 1 p.m., Saturday, August 30, at Jenny Wiley State Park at 6 p.m., Saturday, August 30, and at Riverside Park in Whitesburg at 2 p.m., Monday, Sept. 1. For more information, contact Astor Taylor at 633-2708. More...
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 Obituaries
• Services are held for Shirley Combs
Funeral services for Shirley Blevins Combs, 84, were held August 21 at Everidge Funeral Home. Burial was in Green Acres Cemetery at Ermine. A daughter of the late Alonzo and Bertha Louemma Blevins, she was born in Coeburn, Va. She died August 18 at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was married to the late Herman Combs Jr. More...
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• Lee Crase, 73, dies in Indiana
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