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South Kentucky RECC has awarded People Fund grants to thirteen, worthy community organizations. The People Fund was started in 2004 at the request of members who wanted to financially help meet community needs not met by other agencies or resources. Receiving grants are: Bell Elementary (Wayne County) Special Education Department, Blazin’ Bluegrass Festival (McCreary County),…

  Mark Patterson, General Manager and CEO of Highland Telephone Cooperative, has been elected President of the Tennessee Telecommunications Association’s Board. TTA represents 21 companies and cooperatives that provide broadband service to many rural areas of the state. They held their annual meeting earlier this month in Cool Springs. “I am honored to help lead…

Photos by Eugenia Jones With this week bringing the first day of summer and muggy hot temperatures, McCreary County children have stayed busy cooling off in the splash pad at the McCreary County Park.

By Eugenia Jones [email protected] The McCreary County Extension Agency with Extension Agent Amy Fugate and McCreary County Homemakers’ Club recently hosted the Lake Cumberland Area Homemakers’ Annual Meeting at the Stearns Heritage Community Hall. One hundred and fourteen members from a ten county area attended along with representatives from the National Forest and Cumberland Falls…

here are the most common ticks in our state and how to keep from getting the diseases they carry By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians are finally heading outdoors to enjoy the warm weather, but the higher temperatures also means that it’s tick season again, which lasts through August in Kentucky. “In tick-prone areas,…