Jenkins borrows money to pay for premium hikes on its insurance policies



The Jenkins City Council voted unanimously to borrow money to finance increased insurance premiums for general liability and workers comp insurance. Mayor Todd Depriest told the council during a special meeting that the city had several claims last year that had driven insurance costs up by $10,000 and that by financing through Community Trust Bank at a rate of 3.49 […]

Duke loses in decision



UFC fighter Jessamyn Duke lost by decision in her match against Elizabeth Phillips in Chicago. Duke, a native of Blackey, landed 54 of 99 of the strikes she attempted during the UFC Fight Night match at the United Center last Saturday. Her opponent landed 83 of 140 strikes. Duke, a 2004 graduate of Whitesburg High School, had three submission attempts. […]

Rural mail study puts focus on the problems



Here is some good news for rural Americans who are concerned about the reliability of mail delivery following postal cutbacks for several years: The Senate Appropriations Committee has ordered a study of on-time mail delivery outside of the country’s urban areas. The National Newspaper Association, long an advocate on rural postal service issues because many smaller newspapers are delivered through […]

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Americans are polarized, but ambivalent about it




WASHINGTON So accustomed are we to highlighting the polarized nature of our politics that we often forget how many Americans decline to be painted in bright reds or bright blues. Among us, there are pinks and turquoises and even purples. And these voters will matter a great deal to the elections in 2016 and beyond. To understand a rather strange […]

Death by confinement



Whether it’s from stupidity, negligence, being distracted — or some combination of the three — the number of children and pets that die in closed-up cars each summer is staggering. Perhaps in relative terms the numbers aren’t so large — 38 kids and more than 150 dogs — but for something that is totally preventable, even one of each would […]

Get government out of marriage




When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states must recognize same-sex marriages, dissenting Chief Justice John Roberts wondered whether polygamy will be next. Some legal scholars have responded that yes, the arguments for gay marriage could apply to relationships among more than two partners, as well.William Baude, a law professor at the University of Chicago, wrote, “By those lights, groups […]

The diaper dilemma that should never be




A worrisome trend in this country illustrates in the starkest terms how a mother’s income affects not only her baby’s health but hers, too. Child Trends — a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center — reported in 2013 that low-income parents, especially single mothers, have higher rates of depression and depressive symptoms than mothers with higher incomes. What does that mean exactly? […]

Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907



Thursday, July 29, 1965 Some 100 Letcher County residents met at Isom to oppose strip mining. They are a Letcher County unit of the Appalachian Group to Save the Land and the People. . The U.S. Internal Revenue Service will begin a “compliance survey” of several Jenkins business firms to determine if taxpayers are aware of and complying with federal […]

Tiller parts from 1970s might be the answer here!



Last Sunday afternoon we were throwing a going home party for my adult niece, Amy Embree. Points East Amy is severely crippled up as a result of a horrible automobile accident 20 years ago and now lives in a residential care facility in Bethlehem, Penn. The biggest event of her year is the two- to three– week vacation she gets […]