Just as many children in Letcher County are learning how to play with new toys they received for Christmas, senior citizens who frequent the county's senior centers are trying to figure out how to play Nintendo's Wii gaming system. More...
An environmental group is calling for a federal investigation to determine whether endangered species were harmed in the construction of a portion of the new Pioneer Horse Trail in Letcher County. Kentucky Resources Council executive director Tom FitzGerald wrote letters to Gov. More...
Letcher County is one of only three Kentucky counties where unemployment rates fell over a 12- month period ending in November. Jobless rates increased in 116 other Kentucky counties during the same period and remained the same in one. More...
AT THE GREENWICH PRIME MERIDIAN, England Just a second, 2009. It's going to take a little longer to say goodbye to the worst economic year since the Great Depression, but all for good cause. The custodians of time will ring in the New Year by tacking a "leap second" onto the clock tonight (Wednesday) to account for the minute slowing of the Earth's rotation. More...
A Thornton man was one of at least 11 people who were killed in traffic crashes in Kentucky during the Christmas holiday period. Deputy Letcher County Coroner Wallace Bolling Jr. said Jimmy P. Mullins, 49, of 5508 Thornton Road, died in a onevehicle accident at Thornton on Christmas Eve. Bowling said Mullins was driving on KY 1862, near the WXKQ radio studios, at 4:28 a.m. More...
Dear Tom and Ray: Today I took my 2005 Prius in for its 55,000-mile routine service. I have been basically faithful in getting service done on schedule since getting it new in May of 2005. In addition to the routine maintenance items, they suggested: (1) MAF (Mass Air Flow?) Sensor, $52; (2) Service Throttle Body, $89. More...
LEXINGTON Jodie Meeks sat in a chair, hands resting on his knees. He had just scored 32 points in Kentucky's 102-58 rout of Tennessee State last week when a voice floated in from down the hallway. "Michael Jordan, there go Michael Jordan!" the highpitched shriek came. More...
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YOAKUM, Texas In this sleepy country town, which sprang up around a railroad junction and the start of the Chisholm trail, folks give out their phone numbers by the last four digits, the annual Tom-Tom festival culminates with the crowning of the Tomato King and Queen, and everybody knows Doc Watson. More...
Late in the evening on Christmas Eve I was in bed enjoying this year's entries to my pal, Fred Beste's, most recent publication of his tome called "The Wonderful Book of Wonderful Letter s, Volume 22 " wherein a hundred or so "writers" from across the country contribute essays about whatever is on their mind and, also, wherein, More...
This guide is published by The Mountain Eagle as a public service to help keep readers informed about entertainment events within driving distance of Letcher County. All dates are subject to change. More...
Allen Lee "Hubbie Jr." Henderson, 61, of Dunham, died December 22, at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born at Payne Gap, he lived many years in Maryland, where he worked for a bakery, before returning to Letcher County. More...
Just a second, 2009 — the Earth needs to catch up