A bald eagle perches among the changing leaves at Fishpond Lake near Payne Gap on Tuesday morning, Nov. 3. Joe Mark Combs photographed the bird as autumn’s remaining colors brightened the lakeside ...

A call for help from a pickup truck stranded beside a flooded creek at Premium led to a copper-theft investigation and, last week, indictments against two men. Jeffrey Shane Dixon, 38, of Woodrock ...

Now here’s a real shocker. Typically when the VA’s Office of Inspector General (VAOIG) and the DOJ have nailed criminals, it’s either an individual or a handful of thieves. To learn of a major chain ...

We have our new number now. The Social Security increase for 2027 has been announced. All over the country I imagine that seniors are grabbing calculators and figuring out just what this will mean for ...

Hello, everyone! I hope you had a good week. The weather has been perfect for October. We should have good weather for trick-or-treat night. I started typing my column on Sunday this week so I could ...

Letcher County Schools plans to notify families by 5:45 a.m. when classes will be delayed an hour because of winter weather and no later than 6:45 a.m. when school is canceled. Superintendent Josh ...

Why throw trash out your car window? It’s trashy. Those of us who don’t litter get tired of picking up your trash beside the road. Some of us are proud of where we live and want Letcher County to look ...

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Funeral services were held Monday in Indiana for Allen Lester Halcomb, 90, who passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones, on October 7, 2026. Allen was born at home near Gordon, ...

Letcher County Sheriff Billy Jones has confirmed that his office served a protective order last week on Elizabeth Marie Jones after a Jenkins woman sought protection, alleging stalking and harassment ...

It has been a long, hot summer, but the Good Lord has at last blessed us with some cooler, milder temperatures in the air and water. For anglers, that means it’s time to get out on the lakes for some ...

A former Letcher County deputy sheriff who pleaded guilty to raping a female prisoner who was on home incarceration will spend six months in the Letcher County Jail, where he formerly worked as a ...