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A 35-year-old Ovenfork woman was sentenced this week to 20 years in prison for helping her ex-boyfriend murder a 40- year-old Partridge woman in March 2005. More ... According to the Eastern Cougar Foundation, an eight-pound spotted female cougar kitten was killed in eastern Kentucky in June 1997 when a man driving a pickup truck hit it on Highway 850 in western Floyd County. More ... Jenkins Mayor D. Charles Dixon said he hopes the city will be able to take action on a controversial proposal to adjust garbage rates for local businesses at its regular monthly meeting on October 6. The Jenkins City Council called a special meeting to discuss the issue last week, but took no action. More ... Cowan Community Center is a recipient of the 2007-2008 Governor's Folk Heritage Award for its role in promoting and conserving Kentucky's traditional arts. The center is best known for its Cowan Creek Mountain Music School and the Passing the Pick & Bow After-School Program. More ... Two Letcher County teachers are receiving 2009 Ashland Inc. Teacher Achievement Awards (TAA). Stacy Isaac, a teacher at Martha Jane Potter Elementary School, and Regina Donour, who teaches science at Letcher County Central High School, will now compete with 22 other teachers from throughout the state for the 2009 Kentucky Teacher of the Year award. More ... The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) will honor Appalshop Director Art Menius with its Distinguished Achievement Award at a ceremony in Nashville, Tenn., October 2. IBMA's Distinguished Achievement Award recognizes individuals, groups and businesses for groundbreaking work and fostering the music's image and accessibility. More ... Sam Adams of Isom, has completed the Eastern Wetlands Restoration Institute, a 59-hour continuing education course teaching the restoration of wetlands for wildlife, wastewater treatment and flood control. Adams is an OSM/VISTA serving with the Head of Three Rivers project in Letcher County. More ... The Letcher County Kentucky Farm Bureau is offering a $500 scholarship to a non-traditional student over 25 years of age with a grade point average of at least 2.5. The recipient must be a Letcher County Farm Bureau member and must be an oncampus, full-time student. More ... The Jenkins Independent Board of Education voted to raise taxes on real property to the compensating rate of 68.9 cents per $100 of real property at its September meeting. The board voted to keep the current rate of 69 cents for the vehicle assessment. More ... Kentucky's education commissioner has suffered a mild stroke and is expected to fully recover. The Department of Education said Tuesday that doctors initially thought Commissioner Jon Draud had a virus that was affecting his central nervous More ... A Letcher Circuit Court jury has recommended that a 57-yearold Shelby Gap man be sentenced to 40 years in prison for endangering the lives of two Letcher County police officers while he was escaping from Virginia police last September. More ... The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $160,000 to the city of Jenkins for the second phase of a project to upgrade and reconfigure portions of the city's sewer system, according to Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05). More ... Members of the Dawahare family will serve as co-grand marshals of the Mountain Heritage Festival parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday in downtown Whitesburg. A reception in the family's honor will take place at the Methodist Church Fellowship Hill immediately after the parade. More ... FRANKFORT Kentucky's pro-gambling governor is looking to make sure all bets are off for more than 140 online gambling Web sites that operate in the state known for the world's biggest horse race. Gov. Steve Beshear said his administration has asked a Franklin County Circuit Court judge to give the state control of 141 gambling Web site domain names. More ... GRUNDY, Va. The Virginia Department of Transportation has signed an agreement with the parent company of Enterprise Coal Company allowing design and construction of a segment of the Coalfields Expressway. More ... The science class at Letcher County Central High School taught by Regina Donour was visited recently by Karen Reagor, state coordinator for the National Energy Education Development (NEED) project, with news of a $15,000 donation from Equitable Resources. More ... Pine Mountain Settlement School will host its fall color weekend October 17-19. The event includes hikes, multi-media presentations, and music. For more information or reservations, call (606) 558-3571 or (606) 558-3542 or visit www. pinemountain settlement school .com. More ... ALBANY, N.Y. A coalition of 10 northeastern states this week will take steps to check global warming when it conducts the nation's first carbon auction, taking the same approach that curbed lake-killing acid rain. Environmental groups, energy producers, and government leaders will be watching closely as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative sells carbon credits Sept. More ... CHARLESTON, W.Va. Union leaders say a National Rifle Association film crew tried to coerce West Virginia miners into bad-mouthing presidential hopeful Barack Obama on camera, and that the union plans a brief work stoppage in protest. More ... HAZARD, Ky. A bulldozer operator has been killed in an accident at an International Coal Group coal mine in Perry County. Office of Mine Safety and Licensing spokesman Jim Carroll said 55-year-old Harold Lee Graham of Campton was pushing debris over a 180-foot earthen wall about 1:15 a.m. Sept. 19 when the accident occurred. More ... |
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