$2.5 million to fund COPD study here



The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $2.5 million grant to the University of Kentucky College of Public Health for a five-year study of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Letcher and Harlan counties. “This is a really big achievement for the community and for UK,” said Beverly May, project manager of the Mountain Air Project. […]

Heart attack fatal to school administrator



An administrator for Letcher County Public Schools died Saturday night after suffering a heart attack. Roger Dale Martin, 60, of Dema in Knott County, had been employed by the Letcher school district for nine years. As district director of state and federal funds, Martin oversaw Title I, special education and retirement funds. “He just had so much knowledge,” said Letcher […]

Former Neon man is named to head facility in Colorado



Former Neon resident Derek Holbrook is now serving as the administrator at Yuma Life Care Center, a nursing home in Yuma, Colo. Holbrook and his wife Britta moved to Yuma from Louisville, where he worked for Consulate Health Care. According to an article in The Yuma Pioneer, Holbrook says “Everyone here is like back in eastern Kentucky. This reminds us […]

Rubber duck race being held to bring attention to HOMES



A nonprofit organization is going “ducky” trying to promote the services it provides for low-income families in Letcher County and the surrounding area. HOMES, Inc., which stands for Housing Oriented Ministries Established for Service, has developed properties, constructed and sold 238 new homes since 1991, according to Seth Long, executive director of HOMES, Inc. “There are so many people around […]

The Way We Were



Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907 Thursday, September 1, 1910 “It’s just surveying!” screams a Mountain Eagle headline over a story about railroad surveyors in the area. “The surveying for a railroad through this county may and may not mean that we are to have a railroad. The chances are, we guess, nine to 10 […]

Man shot at Whitco



Police say a 20-year-old Cowan man shot a Whitco man in his leg during an argument. Joseph Pack and Claude Hall Jr., 28, of Abaco Court in Whitco, were involved in a verbal argument, which led to a physical altercation at Hall’s home on Aug. 27, according to a Kentucky State Police press release. Pack retrieved a handgun and shot […]

Salomes’s Stars



ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Careful, Lamb. Taking on too many tasks at one time can cause you to create more snarls each time you try to work your way through the tangled mass. Best to handle one job at a time. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Making bold moves is what Bovines do. But the best moves […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS



Recaps Aug. 31 – Sept. 4 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Reminiscent of how she guided Ridge in being able to design again, Caroline assisted Thomas in his quest to follow in his father’s footsteps. Brooke discouraged Ridge from making a hasty decision about having children with Caroline. Newlyweds, Rick and Maya, returned from their honeymoon and shared their […]

Things are really getting hard



Hi to all my Mountain Eagle readers. Hope all is well with everyone. I’ve been kindly lonely and depressed, but that goes along with life I guess. I’ve been missing all of the friends who came to our center at the Kingdom Come Opry or Cedar Grove Opry since they aren’t having anything lately. It was always a joy to […]

Students can earn bonus KEES



Kentucky high school students who qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches can earn bonus Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship ( KEES) awards for how well they do on certain advanced study exams. A student has to qualify for the free or reducedprice lunch program only one year during high school to be eligible for these bonus awards. The bonus awards […]