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“The USDA and DOL have provided very little information on why they have designated Pine Knot and these other centers for closure, and even less information to the many Forest Service employees who will lose their jobs in just a few months’ time.” Congressman Hal Rogers   By Greg Bird [email protected] Congressman Hal Rogers and…

By Greg Bird [email protected] It’s official. Corey M. Keith will be the next Superintendent of the McCreary County School District. In a special called meeting of the McCreary County Board of Education Monday, the Board approved and signed a four-year contract with Keith, formally ending the quest to find a successor to Michael Cash, who…

By Greg Bird [email protected] With 11-months of the fiscal year completed it appears that the Occupational Tax revenues for the year are going to meet the projected total anticipated in the current year’s budget – barely. McCreary County Occupational Tax receipts for the month of May pushed overall totals over $1 million, $1,079,199, which is…

Photo by Greg Bird The “Lunch Bus” made an appearance Wednesday – delivering free lunch to children 18 and under throughout McCreary County. The Summer Food Program will run every weekday through August 2.    By Greg Bird [email protected] The McCreary County School District Summer Food Program is off and running this week. The program,…

By Greg Bird [email protected] A family was lucky to escape serious injury in another car vs. train incident on Thompson Tapley Road Tuesday evening. Sheriff Randy Waters reports that Anthony Cassidy, 25, of Somerset, was driving a Ford pickup towing a car on a trailer. The truck, apparently traveling at an unsafe speed and carrying…

Photo by Greg Bird Construction is wrapping up on the new manufacturing facility in Stearns. The weaving equipment is expected to arrive within the next week.  Ray Moncrief, Executive Vice President and CEO of Outdoor Venture stated everything was on pace to hold a grand opening of the facility by the end of August, bringing…

    McCreary County School’s Food Service Director Mitzi Stephens announced that the Summer Food Service Program will begin some time next week.     The program, designed to provide healthy and nutritious meals to children under the age of 18 over the summer will deliver lunch to at least five drop off locations throughout…

Private reactions reveal impact the proposed closure of Pine Knot Job Corps Center will have on community and its residents. By Eugenia Jones [email protected]     With the Pine Knot Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center being one of the nine centers nation-wide targeted for closure in September 2019, Kenneth Barclay and Sharon Powell, both U.S.…

By Greg Bird [email protected] Secretary of State Allison Lundergan Grimes appeared to unjustly single out McCreary County Clerk Eric Haynes’ Office in an apparent attack on a new law removing her as Chair of the State Board of Elections. In a letter presented to the State Board of Elections Tuesday Grimes states she is unable…

By Greg Bird [email protected] The McCreary County Board of Education voted unanimously to name the next Superintendent of the McCreary County School District after meeting in special session Tuesday night. The Board met in executive session for nearly an hour during the meeting to discuss the appointment. After returning to open session Board Chairman Dustin…