Editorials
County did the right thing with ban on synthetic pot
The Perry County Fiscal Court should be commended for their recent action on criminalizing the possession and sale of a wide array of formulations that are being used to manufacture synthetic mari...
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No need to hijack coal severance to fund UPike
A couple weeks ago we voiced our support for the University of Pikeville becoming a state university. Something like this needs to happen in order to lower tuition costs for Eastern Kentucky colle...
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Maintaining educational funding levels means schools will likely see cuts
Governor Steve Beshear is keen on saying that his state budgets protect Kentucky’s basic funding formula for education, also known as SEEK. In fact, he said it again last night during an address t...
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Fiscal court should pass local ban on synthetics
White Lightning. Stardust. Legal Eagle. K2. They’re just a few names of the synthetic drugs being abused here in Eastern Kentucky, mostly by teenagers. Despite the fact that in many cases these ...
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Continued hold-up of treatment plant inexcusable
After years of work, a much needed and important project was, in essence, ready to go. The funding was in place, and Perry and other counties downstream on the North Fork of the Kentucky River sto...
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UPike should be a public university
News broke last week that officials with the University of Pikeville are in talks with legislators in Frankfort that could ultimately result in Eastern Kentucky’s first four-year public college. W...
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There should be no hesitation with a mandatory KASPER
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The week the Herald begins a multi-part, semi-regular series on prescription drug abuse and local residents’ efforts to overcome addiction through drug court. We hope this series will shed some ...
Mystery of weekend explosion deepens
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Was it a blast from a build-up of methane in an abandoned mine? A meteorite slamming into the hillside? A UFO perhaps? All of the above were floated as possible causes of an apparent explosion f...
Hazard win shows talent in E. Ky. alive and well
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It was bound to happen. A team with an admirable work ethic and loads of talent, a dedicated coaching staff, and a head coach who is simply that good, and the Hazard Bulldogs were bound to win a s...
Annexation presents opportunity for city expansion
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The city’s move to annex 161 acres near the Daniel Boone Shopping Center is good news for Hazard, and we hope that this expansion also comes with an expansion of city services, namely that of poli...
More work to be done for veterans
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Throughout our nation’s history there has always been a thread that holds together our union, and that has been the men and women who serve in our armed forces. Without a military presence there...
Philanthropy fortunately coming to the forefront
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In 2010 we noted the passage of the Endow Kentucky bill in the state legislature as the No. 3 story of the year for our readers, and for good reason, as we’ve already seen here in Perry County in ...
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