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Board member Lori Foster appointed to screening committee By Eugenia Jones The McCreary County Board of Education met in regular session on February 28, 2022 and approved an amended COVID Operations Plan for the school district which effectively steers the district away from handling COVID-19 as a pandemic.  Instead, the amended plan outlines procedures dealing…

Foresters The U.S. Forest Service is conducting a national hiring event for foresters and forestry technicians with several job openings on the Daniel Boone National Forest. Forester positions are open and will continue accepting applicants through March 10, 2022. Forestry technician positions will be open March 11, 2022 through March 24, 2022. These jobs are…

Planned Burns Will Reduce Wildfire Risk & Improve Wildlife Habitat With mild spring conditions filling the forecast, the Daniel Boone National Forest has planned a series of prescribed burns to begin in late-February. These burns will reduce the risk of wildfires and increase wildlife habitat diversity across the Forest. “Prescribed fire is one of the…

Outlines Chamber, Tourism Responsibility to County Growth By Shane Gilreath Sometimes advice is better served from the outside.  That’s exactly what SOAR Innovation, a partnership between “Shaping Our Appalachian Region” (SOAR) and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, was banking on when they brought their counsel to the Chamber of Commerce luncheon last week.  The…

Voice Staff Report Kentucky State Auditor Mike Harmon released the audit of the 2020 financial statement of McCreary County Sheriff Randy Waters. Annual audits of the accounts of each county sheriff is required by state law. In compliance with this law, the auditor issued two sheriff’s reports each year: one reporting on the audit of…

Super Bowl champion and MVP announced as keynote speaker for annual event University of the Cumberlands is pleased to announce Super Bowl champion and MVP Drew Brees as the keynote speaker for the University’s annual Excellence in Leadership Series event, sponsored by Forcht Group of Kentucky. The event will be held on Cumberlands’ campus on…

Voice Staff Report (The Voice needs to clarify and correct a recent article concerning the collection of property taxes.)  McCreary Sheriff Randy Waters urges citizens who have not paid their property taxes to come into the Sheriff’s Office and pay their tax bills before the close of business on April 15, 2022. After April 15th…

Voice Staff Report A warrant for Contempt of court Failure to comply with sex offender registration was issued in September, 2021 for Ronald E. Grundy of Whitley City, KY. Federal, State and local police officers had been looking for Grundy who was also listed on the Kentucky State Police Sex Offender Registry as non-compliant.  Grundy…

After receiving the official thumbs up from McCreary County Fiscal Court during the February 10, 2022 Fiscal Court meeting, the County can now move forward in claiming the honor of hosting Kentucky’s first gravel road rally this spring. By Eugenia Jones According to https://www.nasarallysport.com/main/what_is_a_rally, “Stage Rally consists of a series of timed races, called stages.…

McCreary County Farmers Market asks for federal funding to relocate/expand By Eugenia Jones The McCreary County Farmers Market took a bold step during the February Fiscal Court meeting by becoming one of the first to ask for funding from the County’s federal, COVID-19 related American Rescue Plan Act revenue. Representing the McCreary County Farmer’s Market,…