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State coal spending exceeds revenues, report says
BEREA – The Kentucky state budget runs in the red when it comes to the coal industry, according to a new report released last week. The report, conducted by Mountain Association for Community Ec...
Attorney asks to vacate abuse plea
HAZARD – The attorney of one of the four Bulan residents sentenced for abusing a woman for four months in 2007 has asked that his client’s plea and sentence be vacated. Public Defender Jim Wren ...
Coal bonds sold, water projects to continue without delay
HAZARD – Water projects throughout the county will continue as scheduled with the sale of some coal bonds, Perry County Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble said after a special called fiscal court m...
Legends down Estill Co. for tourney championship
The Hazard-Perry Legends, an 8-year-old traveling team, participated in a tournament last week. The Legends won the tournament, scoring 96 runs and giving up 9 runs in six games. In the first game...
Mets double up on Red Sox
Last week, the Mets and the Red Sox took to the little league field for the last game of the regular season. The Mets took the early lead, but the Red Sox put up a fight before succumbing to the M...
Football Cats may have too much to overcome
I’m sitting here waiting and pondering different thoughts, like the rest of the Commonwealth, about Jodie Meeks’ big decision and trying to come up with a realistic scenario that will give Rich Br...
Geneva Owsley (right) bought a cabbage from Anne Little at the Farmer’s Market Wednesday morning. The market, which provides locally grown fruits and vegetables, will be open through October in the Perry County Park on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. until the last vendor leaves. (photo by Tonya Amburgey)
The new cigarette law
Things get signed into law all the time seems like, and some things go relatively unnoticed and don’t seem to have an effect on us while others get lots of attention. This was the case on Monday w...
Talk is cheap for the horse industry
We talk about the coal industry here in Eastern Kentucky quite a bit. But something we perhaps don’t pay enough attention to in our neck of the woods is the horse industry. It’s probably because w...
Meeks messed up
Being a newly christened University of Kentucky Basketball fan, I think I have the right to say that Jodie Meeks’ decision not to return to school for his senior season, instead opting for the NB...
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