Holiday hams and deviled eggs may take center stage at Easter gatherings, but edible crafts offer a reminder of the magic of the season that’s found in moments spent together. Simple recipes that call for a dose of creativity are perfect ways to bring the kids to the kitchen, made even easier when all that work leads to sweet treats. […]
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Libraries getting new computers
The Letcher County Public Libraries Board of Trustees has approved up to $60,000 to replace every computer in its libraries. Computers began arriving two weeks ago and by Tuesday the district had replaced all of the computers in the Harry M. Caudill Memorial Library in Whitesburg and an IT contractor was getting others ready for the other libraries. The purchase […]
Letcher County Extension Homemakers offers scholarship
The Letcher County Extension Homemaker Membership announces it will be sponsoring a $500 college scholarship to assist a local student with their college education. Priorities will be given to those majoring in Family & Consumer Sciences or related programs, Agriculture or Related Programs and/or a member of KEHA organization. The following are guidelines for the scholarship: The recipient must be […]
Black lung group to meet
Interested in learning more about black lung benefits? Join the Black Lung Association of Southeastern Kentucky for its monthly meetings. The meeting will be held March 18 at 2 p.m. at the MCHC Central Office, 10 E Main St., Whitesburg. For more information, contact Courtney at Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, 606- 633-3929.
First homes arrive at Marlowe site
Two single-wide mobile homes paid for the Federal Emergency Management Agency were moved onto property dubbed The Cottages at Thompson Branch last week. Originally planned for 10 such units, only two of the homes there will be of this type now. The rest will be built on site by HOMES Inc. The small subdivision will be for victims of the […]
Sheriff: Man impersonated police, fired gun in Jenkins
A Letcher County man has been arrested after allegedly claiming to be a federal agent and firing a gun into the air in Jenkins. Sheriff Mickey Stines arrested Christopher Wayne Johnson, 38, of Jenkins, Friday afternoon after residents on Brick Street reported he had fired a gun outside a home. According to a citation, the 911 center in Hazard dispatched […]
More meetings set on county’s ‘future’
Residents will get the chance to put their stamp on Letcher County’s future at two meetings in Whitesburg on Thursday. DCMC Partners, a disaster recovery firm based in Alexandria, Va., will conduct the meetings from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Letcher County Recreation Center on River Road. “The plan is […]
Senate OK’s new measure on collecting child support
The Republican-led Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children, advancing a bill that garnered bipartisan support. The measure would allow a parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses. The legislation — Senate Bill 110 — won Senate passage on a 36-2 […]
Citizens learn about group’s plan for county’s future
Pine Mountain Partnership wants you to do one thing. Imagine. And its report on economic development released to the public last week give a starting point for Letcher County residents to begin their imagining. The report lays out $207.6 million in needs in the county and shows where nearly 10 percent of that has already been committed. At four meetings […]
Carbon offsets bring new cash to Appalachia’s coalfields, but people here aren’t benefiting
Central Appalachia is home to the third-largest concentration of forest carbon offsets traded on the California carbon market. But while these projects bring new investments to Appalachia, most people in Appalachia are not benefiting. The effect of this new economic activity is evident in the Clearfork Valley, a forested region of steep hills and meandering creeks on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. […]