My name is Sherri Williams and I am 19 years old. I think everybody from my generation should register and vote this year. The 18 to 24 year old crowd really needs to have a say in what goes on i...
Not an enemy of coal miners The “Friends of Coal” organization has been misrepresenting Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, trying to portray us as an enemy of coal miners and their families. As a member of KFTC for over 27...
Listen! Did you hear that? Two times the president spoke last week, and each time I felt the need to take a shower. The president of the United States speaking to the nation and to the Republican membership of government in...
Remembering Mr. Sparkman Last week Hazard and Perry County lost a fine citizen. Mr. Ernest Sparkman. As you all know, Mr. Sparkman loved to play Santa. I can remember as a young boy listening to WSGS for Santa to read ...
A letter of thanks It’s been said that the internet would single-handedly take down the newspaper industry. The end result: fear of the internet turned out to be far-fetched and the Hazard Herald exemplifies this t...
Keeping rights of way clear of trees should be a high priority This letter is written in response to the editorial last week, “Time for a change in power lines.” I agree this is a time to advocate for a change, but not in how the power company delivers electr...
Believing in the Christmas spirit My name is Butch Chaney from the Marathon gas station at the bottom of the hospital hill. I write this letter to you and to the people of Perry County to express my belief in Santa Claus and the n...
Congress seems to be spending an awful lot of time these last few months trying to untangle messes they’ve helped create over the years. One of the biggest problems they are dealing with is figurin...
Recently a report on our local TV station gave me cause to be angry, perplexed, disappointed, and motivated to write a letter setting the record straight. This so-called expose about Hazard and P...
It is so disappointing to read newspapers or listen to news reporters on television and hear their derogatory remarks about life in Hazard and all of Perry County. We welcomed these visitors and tr...
With three years remaining on his first term of office, Perry School Board member Jerry Stacy has announced his intention to seek the District One magistrate’s seat to be filled in November next ye...
Anybody remember the good ole days? When coal was the reason you stayed warm of the winter? Do you remember when you felt safe and secure because you had a big pile of the black stuff dumped besid...
Education system letting the students down The Department of Education recently released ACT scores for the state with mixed results. Some went up, some went down, but the amazing thing about them...
The dental office of Jim S. Caudill, DMD PSC, offers a wide range of patient services in order to serve your family's dental needs. Our office was established in 1975 and allows us to offer more th...