Whitesburg, KY

PDF of print edition Coal firm gives bonuses, stock to miners here 'Every able-bodied, drug-free coal miner is working today if he wants …' - Alpha Natural Resources CEO Michael Qullen.      Alpha Natural Resources has introduced an unprecedented, multiyear package of rewards and incentives to its employees in Letcher County and elsewhere. The package was presented at Alpha's 58 mining sites in four states, including the Enterprise and Paramont operations which employ Letcher County mi... More ... MOO-VING TIME       Letcher County Sheriff's Deputy Eugene Slone, a member of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life Committee in Letcher County, wheeled a purple cow named Myrtle down Main Street in Whitesburg on Tuesday morning. The cow is being used to help raise funds to fight cancer. More ... Jenkins expected to raise rates By WILLIAM FARLEY       Residents of Jenkins could be faced with an increase in garbage bills as well as changes in the billing structure of their water bills when the new fiscal year begins in July. The Jenkins City Council was presented with a restructured billing system for water customers and a request for a raise in... More ... Federal jury indicts 3 at insurance firm       County insurance agency are among five persons indicted on mail fraud charges by a federal grand jury. John Pennington, 49, and his wife, Tena Lynn Pennington, 43, both of Stanton; Thomas J. Childers, 59, of Hazard; and Karen Lynetta Fox-Burns, 55, and her daughter, Shannon Ranee Hogg, 32, both o... More ...