Republican Mitt Romney holds a 14 percentage-point lead over President Barack Obama among rural voters in nine swing states, according to the National Rural Assembly Poll released this week.  The nonpartisan poll found that 54 percent of rural v More...

The Letcher County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a new leadership program for Letcher County under the direction of University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Agent Jason Brashear.  More...

A revival will be held at the Hemphill Baptist Church in Jackhorn with evangelist Cabel Howard. The revival will begin at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30, and will continue at 7 p.m. from Monday through Wednesday. Everyone is welcome. More...

Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have wholeheartedly embraced coal on the campaign trail, despite past statements from Romney and Vice President Joe Biden that pollution from coalfi red power plants kills people.  More...

The most important issue in the 2012 campaign barely gets discussed: How will we govern ourselves after the election is over?  Elections are supposed to decide things. More...

After Saturday’s latest performance by once-top prospect Morgan Newton from behind center I’m trying to visualize what that close quarterback competition looked like that UK Coach Joker Phillips so vividly talked about for three weeks in More...

The Jenkins Cavaliers improved to 4-1 after traveling to Jackson County and defeating the Generals by a score of 21-0.  More...

Letcher County Central quarterback Zane Blair found himself under pressure for most of the Cougars’ loss to visiting Russell County on homecoming night at LCC. More...

Hello everyone. Hope you are all doing well.  I hope lots of you misplaced people will be coming to our 30th Mountain Heritage. It sounds like a lot of good things are planned. It always brings a large crowd and we are glad to see them.  More...

Hello everyone, it’s been awhile since we have written from the Ovenfork Center. I hope everyone is doing okay.  More...

Oooh — cold mornings lately. Makes you want to sleep late. We broke down and turned the heat on Sunday night.  The Dixon Memorial Church held its memorial for deceased members last Sunday with a fair crowd in attendance. More...

Funeral services for Isaac ‘Bud’ Cook, 71, of Payne Gap, were held September 21 at the New Beginnings Assembly of God in Jenkins. More...

Claude Martin ‘Shotgun’ Hall, 56, died September 17 at Holston Valley Regional Hospital in Kingsport, Tenn.  Born in Whitesburg to Willie and Alice Mae Castle Hall, now of Kingsport, Tenn., he was the widower of Francis Hall.  H More...

Creed Collier, 62, died August 22 at his home in Bedford, Ind.  Born in Hemphill, he was a son of the late Has and Mary Hall)Collier, Creed and the widower of Linda Combs Collier  He was a retired Letcher County school bus driver.  More...