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County water and broadband, too?



If the state Division of Abandoned Mine Lands and other agencies that provide funding to the Letcher County Water and Sewer District agree, broadband Internet service could be provided to underserved areas of Letcher County when water lines are being extended, members the Water and Sewer District Board of Directors were told. Harry Collins, chairman of the Letcher County Broadband […]

Actress Della Reese dies




LOS ANGELES Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the longrunning television drama “Touched by an Angel,” has died at age 86. Reese’s co-star on the series, Roma Downey, said in a statement that the actress died peacefully Sunday evening in her home in the Los […]

No, turkey doesn’t make you sleepy




‘Tis the season for giblets, wattles and snoods – oh my. On Thanksgiving and Christmas, Americans consume about 68 million turkeys – one for about every five of us. In fact, 29 percent of all turkeys gobbled down in the U.S. are consumed during the holidays. And where turkey is being eaten, there is inevitably talk of tryptophan – a […]

Services are held for Helen Kathryn Pace



Helen Kathryn Pace, 86, died November 17 at her residence in Whitesburg. A daughter of the late Tom and Elizabeth Boatwright Williams, she was the widow of Robert Pace and a sister of the late Ruth Banks. Surviving are a son, Tommy Pace and wife Janet of Whitesburg; a daughter, Cathie L. Day and husband Ronnie of Lynch; a sister, […]

State police raid Little Colley home



Kentucky State Police have charged an Isom man with multiple drug trafficking charges after a raid on Saturday. Troopers served a search warrant on the property of Mark Wayne Adams, 49, of Little Colley, about 1:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving information that he was selling drugs. According to the citation, police found 55 30mg oxycodone pills inside the back of […]

Struttin’ Time:

Hunting plans were ‘siderailed’

Well, my plans almost got really siderailed. I had to have surgery, and never knew if I would recover enough to hunt for my “bighorn ram” or not. I could see a $2,000, once-in-alifetime tag flying out the window. But as my friends say, I am a tough old bird, and I leave as planned. Of course, every Struttin’ Time […]

Gabby’s fishing fever

Crank baits imitate baitfish

By GREG ‘GABBY’ CAUDILL Smallmouth and largemouth bass and crappie are now following schools of baitfish and fattening up on them for winter. This makes fishing with baits that look and swim like real baitfish a good lure choice. The bait that does this best is a crank bait. These baits have been around for a long time and have […]

Star Bol Bol will play twice in Kentucky

Vaught’s Views

Bol Bol not picking a college during the early signing period had to a positive for Kentucky basketball. Bol is the gifted 7-3 center who is ranked No. 1 at his position in the 2018 recruiting class. At one time he was thought to be a UK lean until he failed to make the U.S.A. team coached by John Calipari […]

Man involved in chase is suspect in burglaries



A Premium man suspected in a string of burglaries is one of two people arrested after he allegedly hit a Letcher County Sheriff ’s Department cruiser during a traffic stop and led police on a high speed pursuit on winding back roads near Isom. The pursuit left at least one cruiser badly damaged, and the fugitive vehicle hung up on […]