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 House continues to push priority legislation: We returned to Frankfort on Tuesday following the long President’s Day weekend and hit the ground running on the second half of the 2022 General Assembly. In anticipation of the filing deadline on Tuesday of next week, members are filing the las…

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Governor, please veto SB 48! The Kentucky House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 48 (SB 48) in a surprise, late-night vote on Monday, March 29, 2021. SB 48 amends Kentucky’s Open Records Act in such a way that is detrimental to the freedoms afforded to the media for public access of rec…

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This 6ft Bear was crossing the road at 1 am this morning on KY Hwy 15 South at Lost Creek.An 18 wheeler struck the bear and it was killed on impact. Department of Fish and Wildlife have been contacted. The Knott County office will be picking him up shortly.Everyone stay safe and be careful o…

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Middlesboro, KY – On Saturday, February 16, the Middlesborough Little Theatre (MLT) performed an original mystery, The Spy Who Loved Me . . . Not!, at Pine Mt. State Resort Park. Co-written and directed by Amy Simpson and Jessie Surber, this was the third collaboration between MLT and the pa…

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CREATE (Celebrating Retail, Accommodation, Tourism, and Entertainment) Bridges initiative will be hosting civic forums to give regional business owners in the retail, accommodation, tourism, and entertainment sectors an opportunity to discuss their needs in the local economy!