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| January 15, 2020
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Reports from Kentucky’s Capitol
By JOHNNY RAY TURNER
29th District State Senator | January 15, 2020
There is a new governor, and it is a new...
Rep. Hatton found first week a ‘little daunting’
By ANGIE HATTON
94th District State Representative | January 15, 2020
In one sense, the start of last week’s legislative session...
| January 15, 2020
One side of the W.E. Cook Building on West Main Street in Whitesburg is undergoing...
By SAM ADAMS | January 15, 2020
Work toward a new airport for Letcher County has taken a giant step forward with...
By WILLIAM A. FARLEY | January 15, 2020
Work has begun to widen the highway bridge at Neon Junction on Highway 805. It...
| January 15, 2020
Several people in Letcher County were sentenced recently after they entered guilty pleas in Letcher...
| January 8, 2020
Loren Boggs of the Letcher County Central High School Lady Cougars glides through the air...
News
Cache of money and guns found
| January 15, 2020
The Letcher County Sheriff ’s Office found collector coins, jewelry and two AR-15 style rifles when officers served search warrants...
Drug probe leads to stolen guns, jewelry, and coins
By SAM ADAMS | January 15, 2020
One man has been arrested and an investigation is ongoing into guns, jewelry, and coins found in a storage building...
Beshear reaffirms support for teacher pay raise
By BRUCE SCHREINER
The Associated Press | January 15, 2020
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear reaffirmed his support for a teachers’ pay raise Tuesday evening in his first State of the...
Man dies in logging mishap near Deane
| January 15, 2020
A Knott County man died Saturday morning in a logging accident near Deane. Kentucky State Police said the dispatch center...
King Day brunch scheduled here Jan. 20
| January 15, 2020
Letcher County’s 23rd annual Martin Luther King Day brunch will be held Monday at the CANE Kitchen in Whitesburg. The...
Miners remain on tracks in Pike Co. blocking shipment
The Associated Press | January 15, 2020
About a dozen Kentucky coal miners remained on train tracks Tuesday, saying they haven’t been paid for producing the coal...
Family & Friends
He wants to gather Chinese chestnuts, but your tree’s safe
By IKE ADAMS | January 15, 2020
Winds cause damage
By ROSE BALLARD | January 15, 2020
The Way We Were
Mountain Eagle Staff | January 15, 2020
Larry Hatton working out at rec center
By JEANETTE TACKET YONTS With DOROTHY PENNINGTON TACKET | January 15, 2020
Our country singer knew Johnny Cash
By EVERETT VANOVER | January 15, 2020
Sports
Yet another reason to like UK recruit
By Larry Vaught | January 15, 2020
If you are looking for another reason to be excited...
Gabby’s Fishing Fever
By GREG ‘GABBY’ CAUDILL | January 15, 2020
Most all the lakes in our region are at or...
Struttin’ Time: Things can’t stay the way they are, can they?
By STEVE BREWER | January 15, 2020
I don’t know if Ben Gish, The Mountain Eagle editor,...
Health
Fad dieting problems
By HEATHER NORMANBURGDOLF
UK Extension Specialist | January 15, 2020
Many people have made losing weight and/or becoming healthier one of their New Year’s resolutions,...
Cervical cancer in Kentucky
Mountain Eagle Staff | January 8, 2020
In 2015, 4,175 women died from cervical cancer in the United States. Cervical cancer rates...
Study finds mountain women less likely to get this surgery
By DESTINEE OTTDOTT
The Richmond Register | December 25, 2019
A new study by the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center shows Appalachian women are...
Flu hits hard
| December 25, 2019
The flu season is continuing to hit Kentucky and other southern states hard as influenza...
When Holidays are Hard
FAMILY FEATURES | December 11, 2019
During the holidays, no matter where you turn, you find food, food and more food....
Entertainment
The Home Place
FAMILY FEATURES | January 15, 2020
When game day arrives and your crowd is ready to crank up the heat, turning...
Rob Lowe brings experience with 1st responders to new Fox series debuting Sunday
By BETH HARRIS
The Associated Press | January 15, 2020
Rob Lowe knows a little something about the vital roles of first responders, and he’s...
‘The Hollows’ is much more than a murder mystery
By GENINE BABAKIAN
The Associated Press | January 15, 2020
“The Hollows,” Minotaur Books, by Jess Montgomery In the opening of “The Hollows” by Jess...
Neil Peart: Monster drummer with poet’s heart
By ANNIE ZALESKI
National Public Radio | January 15, 2020
When Canadian prog-rock innovators Rush were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...
Digital effects rewinding the clock for actors
By MATT KEMP
The Associated Press | January 15, 2020
With Martin Scorsese’s 10-time Academy Award nominated “The Irishman” battling “Once Upon a Time in…...
Obituaries
Johns Reynolds dies at 48
| January 15, 2020
John Christopher Reynolds, 48, died January 6 at his home in Orlando, Fla. Born in...
Services set for Alice Cvetnich
| January 15, 2020
Alice Cvetnich, 81, of Jenkins, died January 12 at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital. A daughter...
Services held for Sandra Day
| January 15, 2020
Sandra K. Day, 71, of Cowan, died Tuesday, January 7, at the Parkview Nursing Home...
Cecile W. Conatser dies at 95
| January 15, 2020
Cecile W. Conatser, 95, died January 11 at her residence in Whitesburg. A daughter of...
Barbara Morgan dies at 79
| January 8, 2020
Funeral services for Barbara Sue Burke Morgan, 79, of Hazard, formerly of McRoberts, will be...
Jimmy Bert Adams, 53, dies
| January 8, 2020
Jimmy Bert Adams, 53, of Whitco, died December 29. A son of the late Henry...
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