Avoiding big cell phone bill



A majority of high school and college students have cell phones — and sometimes a huge bill that goes with it. A cell phone is convenient and nice to have in the event of an emergency, but you can quickly get in over your head. Here are a few tips to help ease the cell phone pain. • Use your […]

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CODY GREGORY is the first student in Letcher County to have completed the accelerated geometry class prior to high school with a grade of 100. He attended Whitesburg Middle School and will be a student at Letcher County Central High School this fall, where he also will participate in cross country and basketball. He is the son of Lyndon and […]

House-Senate panel reaches compromise



FRANKFORT After more than a week in special session, legislative leaders tentatively agreed Tuesday to a plan that would resolve a projected $1 billion budget shortfall in the coming year. House and Senate negotiators also agreed on a plan aimed at eventually building new Ohio River bridges between Kentucky and Indiana and were near agreement on an incentives package to […]

HOUSE BURNS AT WHITCO



Flames created an eerie scene at Whitco Sunday night when an elderly woman’s house burned out of control. Although the Sandlick and Whitesburg fire departments contained a fire at the home earlier in the day, there was little they could do after it reignited. The woman was not in the home at the time of the fire and was not […]

Natural gas reserves surge 35 percent



COLUMBUS, Ohio National gas reserves in the United States are much bigger than previously thought, according to a report released Thursday. The Potential Gas Committee in Golden, Colorado, said that the estimated U.S. reserves are 35 percent higher than just two years ago, thanks to new technology that has allowed producers to drill for gas in shale rock. As a […]

Wreck injures two



A Knott County man was critically injured after the pickup he was operating struck a power company service truck in Whitesburg Monday morning. Whitesburg Police Chief Phillip Slone said Brandon S. Fields, 22, of Littcarr, was traveling south on U.S. 119 near Pine Mountain Grill when he crossed the centerline and struck a bucket truck owned by Kentucky Power Company. […]

Jenkins board meets coach



New Jenkins High School football coach Larry Maggard met the Jenkins Independent School Board and presented a computer slide show with his goals and aspirations for this year’s team and future teams at the boar d’s June meeting. Maggard told the board he has high hopes for the current crop of players and feels they will be competitive immediately. He […]

Help offered to veterans



A field representative of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs will be at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, July 13, to assist veterans and their dependents filing for federal and state veterans benefits. There is no charge for this service. For more information, call (877) 856-0004.

WildWoods Camp set for June 13-17



The seventh annual WildWoods Nature Camp will be held July 13-17 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hemphill Community Center. Also, on at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 16, the camp will host Hemphill’s Community Campfire Night. Hotdogs and marshmallows will be provided. Everyone is invited to attend. The results of the week of camp will be on display, […]

Jenkins Early Start, Head Start mark year with Dinosaur Safari



May 29, Jenkins Head Start had a roaring good day with a Dinosaur Safari celebration. Several activities took place around the Jenkins center that day. Dinosaurs were everywhere and the games included dinosaur hopscotch, dinosaur shape art, carving a dinosaur, dinosaurs in the water, and a dinosaur bone hunt, in which the children had to cross a tar pit to […]