Marcums were large Marlowe family

Whitesburg

Hello everyone, hope you are all doing well. We are seeing some snow fly today (Saturday). I hope we don’t see much of it. I’m ready for spring, but it’s not up to me. But I’ll be ready for it and stay inside if it gets bad. I was so sorry to hear that Emma Lou Engle had a stroke. […]

Rites held for Geraldine Collins



Geraldine Collins, 71, died February 12 at her home in Jenkins. Born in Jenkins to the late Hubert and Gertrude Mullins, she was a sister of the late Sam Mullins, Johnnie Mac Mullins, Henry Mullins and Russell Joe Mullins. She was a member of the People’s Fundamental Baptist Church in Dunham, and was an avid gardener. Surviving are her husband, […]

Now here’s a tip



• The way some items are packaged these days, you need to be Houdini to get into them. When you’re dealing with blister packs — items sealed inside a hard plastic wrapper that looks to be heat-crimped on the outside — try your can opener. You can run it around the edge of stubborn plastic packages, enough to get the […]

Land of the free? Not if drones fly



For nearly four years, President Obama refused to admit a foreignpolicy “secret” that was widely known here and throughout the world — namely, that the White House, Pentagon and CIA are engaged in ethically questionable and rapidly escalating drone warfare that’s killing innocent civilians as well as enemy soldiers in Afghanistan, Yemen and elsewhere. But by nominating John Brennan, the […]

Political Cartoon



As these women show, you can’t stereotype gun owners



Gina Odom didn’t like guns until she felt that her baby’s safety was threatened. Daniela Halliburton armed herself when she returned to a home ripped apart by Hurricane Katrina. Susan Fowler and Mary (last name withheld) grew up with weapons in the house. Ask about their first guns, and their voices soften to describe cherished childhood memories. Last week, I […]

Amazon rules sales tax jungle




Lunch hour in the South Lake Union neighborhood. Workers walk dogs they can take to the office. Lines form in hip restaurants. Something big is going on here, but the only sure sign of a major employer is the many blue ID cards hanging out of jackets. The corporate master here is Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer. Amazon does […]

No parent is perfect, nor is critic at Taco Bell



“Please tell me I’m not crazy,” began a letter I got the other day. The note was from a mom of two who’d taken her kids — boy, 5, and girl, 3 — to dinner at the local Taco Bell. “I know,” she wrote. “Classy.” We columnists don’t judge. (Especially we columnists who love Taco Bell, second only to Wendy’s, […]

Coalfield college scholarships clear hurdle in state legislature





In a push to increase the number of college graduates in the coalfields, the House Education Committee last week passed legislation to create special state scholarships that won’t be available in other regions. Democratic state Rep. Leslie Combs of Pikeville, the bill’s sponsor, said the scholarships of up to $6,600 a year would go to college juniors and seniors living […]

Group holds annual protest





Several hundred people traveled to Frankfort last week to protest the form of coal mining known as mountaintop removal. The rally has become an annual Valentine’s Day rite in Frankfort to show support for perennial, but so far unsuccessful, legislation that would effectively end the controversial practice. The demonstrators demanded a transition away from coal-powered energy and also called for […]