2014-04-23

Wayne Boggs has a new granddaughter

Families and friends Big Cowan

Hello everyone. Hoping all had a wonderful Easter. I went to church with Mike and Melinda with a dinner afterward at Kings Chapel. Too early for me to go to sunrise service. Guess my body needed sleep instead of food that early. Natural food that is. I can use all the spiritual food that I can get. B ro. Matt […]

Coming events



LETCHER COUNTY ROCK, POP, BLUES, RAP, CHRISTIAN, JAZZ LEE BAINS III AND THE GLORY FIRES; Thu., April 24 in Whitesburg at Summit City. CORNBREAD MAFIA; Sat., April 26 at Streetside Bar & Grill in Whitesburg. KY MYLE; Sat., May 3 at Streetside Bar & Grill in Whitesburg. JEFF GERMAN & THE BLANKETY BLANKS; Sat., May 3 in Whitesburg at Summit […]

Alabama Shakes tour mate Lee Bains III will perform in Whitesburg Thursday



Birmingham, Alabama-based rock band Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires are back on the road in support of their forthcoming second record, Dereconstructed, and will appear later this week at Summit City in Whitesburg. When Bains takes the stage at Summit City on Thursday night, it will mark yet another opportunity for local and regional music fans to see […]

Harlan woman behind new UK hoops slogan, ‘Succeed then proceed’




Don’t bother Rene Cornette during a University of Kentucky basketball game. Don’t call her house, don’t knock on her door and don’t make any plans for family or other gatherings that you need her to be a part of when a game is scheduled. “I understand I am a fan to the extreme,” she said. Cornette’s love for basketball began […]

SPRING SUN-SATION



If you were lucky enough to be looking off the North side of Pine Mountain near Whitesburg early Saturday night you were treated to this scene just before the sun set for the evening. (Photo by Todd Bentley)

Volunteers being urged to use caution while on roads cleaning up trash

Plastic bottle may have been a ‘meth lab’

Methamphetamine use is on the rise in Letcher County and police warn those who participate in roadside trash pickup events to be on the lookout for discarded items used to make meth. “Creeks and ditch lines around abandoned houses and buildings are prime targets for meth waste,” said Letcher County Sheriff ’s Deputy Eugene Slone. After meth is cooked down, […]

More on the perils of party line phones

Points East

Well, if it did nothing else, last week’s column on the perils of party line telephone service back in the day certainly stirred up a lot of Facebook chatter and a bunch of both snail mail and email, some of it from parts unknown. For instance I have no idea where Battlefield, Ky., is located, nor Asher, Ky., and Google […]

Kentucky-Virginia groups talk about opening old rail tunnel





The mountains around Pound are literally filled with trails of untapped potential and hiking enthusiast Debbi Hale is looking for like-minded people ready to help make them a destination point. High on Hale’s list is finishing a three-mile stretch along an abandoned railroad bed that would connect to the Red Fox Trail, the only historic trail on U.S. Forest Service […]

New state laws take effect in 90 days



The Kentucky General Assembly’s 2014 regular session has ended, capping off a session in which lawmakers approved the state’s next two-year budget and measures that will impact people throughout the state. Since the session’s start in early January, lawmakers have approved measures to allow medical use of cannabis oil, create an adult abuse registry, prevent children from buying electronic cigarettes, […]

Education foundation offering scholarships to LCC graduates



Four $500 scholarships are available for 2014 graduating seniors from the Letcher County Schools Education Foundation, Inc. A scholarship applicant must be a graduating senior from Letcher County Central High School, must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average, and must attend a university, community college, technical or trade institution beginning as a freshman in summer of fall 2014. […]