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Forest Service reminds ginseng collectors to avoid national forest lands
With Kentucky’s ginseng season just around the corner, U.S. Forest Service officials are reminding harvesters that taking ginseng from national forest lands is currently prohibited. In an effort to reestablish the wild ginseng population, the Daniel Boone National Forest suspended ginseng harvest in 2016. The suspension order was extended to include this year’s harvest season.…
Read MoreCash passes Next Generation Leadership Program
New superintendents in Kentucky benefit from an organized and sequenced professional learning and onboarding program (90 Hours of Instruction) designed and led by the Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KASA). The program, the Next Generation (NxG) Leadership Series for Onboarding New Superintendents, presents standards- based induction model that provides immediate support for a newly hired…
Read MoreMeadows and Jones graduate from The 2017 Class of Rogers Scholars
High school students Maryanna Meadows and Noah Jones of McCreary County graduated this summer from The Center for Rural Development’s 2017 Rogers Scholars program. Rogers Scholars is an intensive one-week summer leadership program that provides valuable leadership skills and exclusive college scholarship opportunities for high school students in Southern and Eastern Kentucky to seize…
Read MoreA Week of Storytelling Across the Big South Fork
As summer begins to wind down and we move into the month of September, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area begins eight days of storytelling. The first event planned is the Ghost Train scheduled for September 9 at the Blue Heron interpretative site on the Kentucky side of the park. This event…
Read MoreAmerican Optometric Association Encourages Safe and Fun Viewing of August Eclipse
On August 21, a total solar eclipse will touch the U.S. mainland for the first time since 1979, following a path that crosses the country from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. Tens of millions of people who live within a 70-mile radius of its cross-country track will witness the eclipse in totality (the sun…
Read MorePRIDE grants for beekeeping clubs, other environmental education projects
SOMERSET – Eastern Kentucky PRIDE is accepting applications for the 2017-18 PRIDE Environmental Education Grant Program, which is made possible by a grant from Appalachian Regional Commission. The $2,750 grants are available to schools and other institutions that educate students or the public – such as libraries, cooperative extension offices, conservation districts and solid waste…
Read MoreSpecial Use Permits Clarifications to Go Into Effect October 1, 2017
There are over 130,000 acres of opportunities for special events within Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Obed Wild and Scenic River. To help ensure resource protection, visitor safety and make sure that other visitors’ experience is not significantly impeded, special events such as weddings and endurance races require a special use…
Read MoreMcCreary High School student receives scholarship
Lexington – Kentucky Blood Center has awarded McCreary Central High School graduate Grace Bryant, of Marshes Siding, a $333 Power of Life Scholarship. Grace Bryant will attend Eastern Kentucky University in the fall. Since 2010, Kentucky Blood Center (KBC) has granted nearly 600 scholarships to Kentucky high schools that host blood drives. The school earns…
Read MoreKids Fest 2017
Photos by Greg Bird The McCreary County School District hosted Kids Fest Friday, giving away school supplies, offering sports physicals and other fun stuff in preparation for the coming school year.
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Photo submitted Miss Ashlyn Ferrier (Tootie) daughter of Jess and Heather Ferrier, granddaughter of Bob and Lois Ferrier and Bev Steal grew this cabbage, which she started at school, Pine Knot Primary. It weighs 13 lbs 5 oz. and is 13 inches in diameter. Way to go Tootie!
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