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Construction under way on two replacement bridges over Blackberry Creek, Pike County Two of 35 bridges set for construction this year PIKE COUNTY (January 20, 2021) – Mobilization started the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and U.S. Congressmen Hal Rogers (KY-05) and Thomas Massie (KY-04) announced today the Northeast Kentucky Regional Industrial Authority received a...

President-elect Joe Biden proposed a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus and pandemic package Thursday night. Here's some of what's in the "American Rescue Plan," according to CNN: $20 billion for a national vaccination...

Jan 14th, 2021   By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The Kentucky General Assembly spent the last day of the first part of the 2021 session working on the state budget...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Treasury Department, announced today that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will re-open the week of January 11 for new borrowers and...

GENERAL FUND AND ROAD FUND RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER 2020      FRANKFORT, Ky. (Friday, January 8, 2021) - State Budget Director John Hicks reported today that December’s General Fund receipts...

Primary sponsor of House Bill 1, Rep. Bart Rowland, R-Tompkinsville, sharing details of the bill on the House floor today. FRANKFORT— After clearing the House Judiciary...

As we enter the New Year, SOAR just released their "Top 10 Appalachia Kentucky Businesses to Watch in 2021", and Addiction Recovery Care made the list. With growth and innovation, ARC expects...

State Auditor Mike Harmon tests positive for COVID, a day after getting vaccination; wife also tests positive By Tom Latke Kentucky Today One of Kentucky’s Constitutional officers is in self-isolation...

  Huntington, W.Va., <December 21, 2020>: Huntington Tri-State Airport announced today that daily service from the airport through American Airlines will be restored beginning January 6th, 2021.  Flight reservations are...

States demand money back for mistaken benefit payments Millions of Americans have lost their jobs because of the pandemic, but many are still getting inadequate unemployment benefits, and even if...

Those present Mayor Harold Slone City Clerk Kathryn Compton Deputy Clerk Rita Rose Councilman Mitch Castle Councilman Matt Brown Councilwoman Lisa Schaeffer   Joined by Videoconference: Councilman Gary Robertson Councilwoman...

Legislation calls for statewide access to comprehensive prevention, treatment and recovery services   FRANKFORT, Ky. – December 14, 2020 – Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, substance use in Kentucky has been...

A photo of LRC employees preparing cards to mail to long-term care facilities shows (from left to right) Senate Majority Leadership Administrative Assistant Christy Morris, Legislative...

Biden toured Floyd Valley Healthcare in LeMars, Iowa, in July 2019. (Photo by Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal) Democrats have forgotten rural Americans, and that's part of the reason they voted against...

Brian West KENTUCKY POWER NAMES WEST VICE PRESIDENT REGULATORY AND FINANCE December 1, 2020 ASHLAND, Ky. – Kentucky Power has promoted Brian West to vice president,...

The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has decided to abruptly end extended unemployment insurance payments for Kentuckians. Extended benefit payments for 4,723 claimants will cease this weekend due to federal...

John Stapleton worked most of his life as a coal miner, but when work got too slow for him to support his family, he turned to...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (November 23, 2020) – The Kentucky Department of Revenue (DOR) has set the maximum homestead exemption on real estate owned by qualified individuals at $40,500 for the 2021...

Frankfort, KY (November 20, 2020) – With the 2020 general election over, Secretary of State Michael Adams has turned his attention to development of legislation to make permanent several election reforms instituted...