Does it matter when you eat? A new study says it does, but …



If you enjoy chomping down a hearty breakfast each morning, you’ll be glad to know that a new book says it’s not just OK, it’s good for your health. “The Circadian Code” by Dr. Satchin Panda, a professor at the Salk Institute in San Diego, makes a strong case for aligning our meals with our sleep-wake cycles known as circadian […]

Speak Your Piece

Call 633-7508 from 9 am Tuesday to 9 am Friday. E-m@il address In addition to the telephone and the U.S. Mail, The Mountain Eagle accepts comments to Speak Your Piece by electronic mail. Our address is: mtneagle@bellsouth.net How can anyone attempt to pass off fake money and not eventually get caught? The sizable amount of the money recovered, and the […]

Utility announces plan to eliminate use of coal


MADISON, Wis. A Wisconsin- based utility says it plans to stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2050 and will reduce carbon emissions 80 percent by then. Alliance Energy says it plans to double the use of renewable energy sources by 2030, from the current 16 percent to 33 percent of its energy mix, The Wisconsin State Journal reported. Coal […]

Woman drives off in ambulance

MT. VERNON, Ky. Police say a Kentucky woman became frustrated while waiting for a ride from a hospital, and drove off in a running ambulance. Mt. Vernon Police Chief Brian Carter tells news outlets 51-year-old Pamela Cash became impatient waiting for relatives at Rockcastle County Hospital on Monday morning. Nearby, an ambulance was left running as hospital staff prepared a […]

Mrs. Addington dies

Memorial services for Betty June Addington, 74, of Pleasureville, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on August 10 at the Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church. Born in Whitesburg to the late William “Bill” and Opal Polly Hall, she died August 3. She was the mother of the late Regina Kay Addington, and a sister of the late Claud […]

Ceremony marks start of new ‘Sensory Park’


Children in Letcher County who are affected by sensory disorders like autism will now have their own specially designed place to play in Whitesburg. Last Friday marked the groundbreaking ceremony of the Whitesburg City Sensory Park Playground, which is located beside the Whitesburg Swimming Pool. The park is specially designed for children with sensory processing disorder and other sensory disabilities. […]

NASCAR boss is charged

SAG HARBOR, N.Y. NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France announced this week he was taking an indefinite leave of absence following his arrest in the Hamptons on charges of driving while intoxicated and criminal possession of oxycodone. France was seen blowing through a stop sign in Sag Harbor on Sunday and later had a blood-alcohol content that was more than […]

These ‘mockers’ are for the birds


If you’ve ever read Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, you know that the book is not at all about shooting birds. Points East On the other hand if you see headlines on the state, local or national news that read something like, “Kentucky newspaper columnist arrested while disposing of popular songbird carcasses”, you may safely assume that the […]

Capturing the Milky Way on camera

Summer is “Milky Way Season” in most of the United States, including Fishpond Lake in Letcher County where Joshua Bentley captured this image between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on a recent night. “Right now the Milky Way core is visible after sunset,” said Bentley. “I used aNikon D850 camera with a Rokinon 14mm f2.8 lens at 15 second exposure […]

‘Murphy Brown’ talks about return to CBS


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. “Murphy Brown” will weigh in on the MeToo movement when the series starring Candice Bergen returns to a very different world in September, the show’s creator said this week. The 13-episode reboot reunites Bergen as a sharp-tongued investigative journalist and TV anchor with most of the original cast from the CBS show’s initial 10-year run that ended […]