Letcher County soldiers serving in Kuwait



Cumberland River area is a step closer to good water



After several positive developments, Letcher County residents in the Cumberland River area are one step closer to having a reliable source of clean drinking water. A preliminary engineering report is now complete and has been submitted to the Letcher County Water and Sewer District by Bell Engineering for approval. A Source Water Protection Application Program Grant Application was completed and […]

Leaders should be ashamed of how school bills passed



Before I became a state representative, I had the great privilege of serving on two site-based decision making councils for the Letcher County Public Schools. This important forum provides an opportunity to craft school policy as it was meant to be — parents, teachers and administrators working together, at the local level, to ensure state educational standards are met and […]

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Dear American Express: Don’t punish an honest man for your mistakes



I’ve been an American Express cardholder for longer than I care to say. Let’s just say it’s been close to 40 years, and American Express has always been the first card I use. No more. Hello, MasterCard and Visa! Here’s the short version. I bought a suit for my son at an off-retail store. For the next few months, the […]

Dump the myth that Obamacare froze out those who opposed it



It’s true. The Affordable Care Act was passed without a single Republican vote. Republicans repeatedly cite this fact as Obamacare’s original sin, a fatal flaw that justifies their efforts to dismantle the ACA. But let’s set that record straight. Obamacare was a bipartisan plan. It just didn’t get a bipartisan vote. Despite rumors to the contrary, the reforms weren’t some […]

On charter schools and miner pensions



I want to res-pond to recent good articles in your paper. As the son-in-law of a 92-yearold widow who has received a United Mine Worker’s pension and medical card as well as Black Lung Social Security benefits, I applaud our new State Representative Angie Hatton for leading the successful fight for Kentucky House Resolution 136, urging Congress to adopt quickly […]

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The Way We Were



Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907 Thursday, March 24, 1927 The Jenkins High School Debate Team defeated Hazard Friday night to qualify for the state meet in Lexington. . Prohibition Officer Clark Day and Letcher County Sheriff Morgan T. Reynolds say raids on illegal liquor operations have “been disastrous to moonshine” makers. The two report […]

McRoberts man was one of three charged in brutal slaying that Letcher doctor, police officers helped solve

Details of 1947 slaying came as a shock to many

This week 70 years ago, in what The Mountain Eagle termed “one of the worst crimes committed in this section in the last decade,” 21-year-old Jasper Nease of McRoberts and two other soldiers who escaped with him from the stockade at Fort Knox, were charged with murder after the partially bound body of former paratrooper Vernon Hodge of Louisville was […]