2020-07-22

Services Friday for Mark Caudill

Funeral services for Mark Ames “Shorty” Caudill, 48, of Premium, will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, July 24, at Letcher Funeral Home. Visitation will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at Letcher Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Caudill Cemetery at Premium. The son of Ames and Dolly Reed, he died July 17. Surviving in addition […]

TO RETURN IN 7,00 YEARS

— Comet Neowise — the brightest comet visible from the Northern Hemisphere in a quarter-century — is captured in this photo taken from one of the new overlooks atop Pine Mountain near Whitesburg on Sunday night. The photo was captured by Letcher County photographer Joshua Bentley. The Associated Press says NASA’s Neowise infrared space telescope discovered the comet in March. […]

Health department board to meet

The Letcher County Health Department ’s annual Board of Health meeting will be held at 5 p.m. today (July 22). The meeting will take place on the second floor of the health department, located at 115 East Main Street, Whitesburg. For more information, call 606-633-2945.

‘Politics’ is no reason to let people die

What’s a political party to do when the opposing party’s governor is judged by the national press to be the most popular governor in the nation? If the attorney general happens to be a member of your party, you hatch a plan to file lawsuits against the governor in courts that friendly to your party. As the number of COVID-19 […]

Opposed to Little Shepherd Trail race

To the Editor: The letter in last week’s Mountain Eagle about preserving the Little Shepherd Trail was well done. To care for and protect a scenic trail for observing wildlife, birds, plants, and nature is a good plan. It ensures that our children’s children will have something of these eastern Kentucky mountains to enjoy and appreciate. To lose it means […]

The Way We Were

Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907

THURSDAY JULY 25, 1940 President Roosevelt has signed into law, a bill authorizing a $4,610,000,000 expansion of the Navy designed to give the United States two ocean fleets. The White House announced the signing while Roosevelt cruised on the Potomac. . It was no surprise to most people when Franklin Roosevelt was nominated at Chicago a few days ago, but […]

Bears not welcome at Ike’s

Points East

A couple of weeks ago I was remarking on the unusual abundance of songbirds we’ve had here on Charlie Brown Road in 2020. Numerous readers, from far and wide across the state, have also told me that they don’t recall birds ever being as prolific as they are this year. I’ve even had similar observations from folks in the Carolinas, […]

Now here’s a tip!

• Roll scarves around cardboard tubes to store flat. You’ll skip the wrinkles and be able to find the scarf you want without much fuss. • On a home improvement kick? You’re not alone. Here’s a wallpapering tip from way back: If your wallpaper is applied with adhesive, add a few drops of food coloring to the paste. It will […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS

RECAPS - JULY 20 - 24

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Heather Tom is back as Katie just in time to let Carter know that Brooke and Ridge’s party was ruined by Quinn. While Zoe tells Carter about her ill-fated romance with Thomas, she also marvels at Liam and Hope’s ability to recover from their many bumps in the road and get back together. Bill […]

Does your car need premium gas

Car Talk

Dear Car Talk: I have a turbo six-cylinder car that calls for 93 octane gasoline. If I were to hock my stepson and kick my dog until she ran away, I could finally afford to fill the gas tank with high octane fuel. If, on the other hand, I could safely use regular gasoline instead without causing harm to my […]