STATE COLLEGE, Pa. “Spring fever advisories” and “happy warnings” are issued for communities from the southern Plains to the mid-Atlantic late in the week as warmer air builds. More...

Whitesburg is poised to move a step closer toward becoming a tourism destination as the city government moves to restore the old Daniel Boone Hotel downtown. More...

The City of Fleming-Neon has water problems of a different sort than those the city experienced when water levels in both city wells dropped and prompted a water emergency last fall. More...

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) With change dominant this week, don’t be surprised to find new facts emerging that could put another slant on a situation and offer you another choice. Think it through before you decide. More...

March 16, 1961 Letcher Fiscal Court and the Letcher County Board of Education have accepted bids for construction of new consolidated grade schools at Colson and Campbell’s Branch. . More...

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: mtneagle@bellsouth.net More...

ATLANTA The price of preventing preterm labor is going through the roof. A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost about $10 to $20 per injection. More...

ATLANTA The number of cancer survivors in the United States is increasing by hundreds of thousands a year, and now includes roughly one in 20 adults, health offi cials say. More...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What brings on severe constipation? My movements are six to eight days apart. The doctor says milk of magnesia is no good. I am 85. Any help? — C.Y. More...

Funeral services will be held in Louisville Friday for Charles Wendell Music, a 73-year-old Letcher County native who died March 12 at Windcrest Alzheimer’s Care Center in Abilene, Texas. More...

Sarah G. Hall, 83, of Neon, died March 13 at Pikeville Medical Center. Born at McRoberts, she was a daughter of the late Burnett and Mary Bell Gibson and the widow of Evert Hall. More...

Della Coots Shell, 79, died March 11 at her home at Viper. She was the daughter of the late Wilson and Fannie Jones Coots, and was the widow of Ambrose Shell. More...