FRANKFORT A local Republican leader in Kentucky shared a social media video depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife as apes, a historically racist trope that has ignited a backlash and a strong rebuke from the state GOP for the since-deleted post. The post by Bobbie Coleman, chairwoman of the Hardin County Republican Party, was condemned as “vile and […]
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Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness
Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain after surgery. Along with medications, he offers tunes on request and sometimes sings. His repertoire ranges from folk songs in English and Spanish to […]
Guilty pleas are entered
Two Letcher County residents entered guilty pleas to charges against them in Letcher Circuit Court. They are: • Sandra Donnelly, 39, 33 Brass Drive, Ermine, who pleaded guilty to charges in two indictments of resisting arrest, giving officer false identifying information, third-degree possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Donnelly was sentenced to 30 days in the […]
Food recalls
Senior NewsIt’s impossible to say exactly what’s going on, but lately there are problems with our food supply, one after the other. Listeria and salmonella are at the top of the list. Listeria shows up in water, waste and the soil and ends up in our meat, fresh produce and dairy products. Some say the rising number of cases of listeria […]
FALL BEAUTY
If the rest of peak fall color season continues like this, Letcher County residents are in for many spectacular scenes like this one. This photo was taken earlier in the week at Fishpond Lake at Payne Gap. Pine Mountain is in the background.
County pays $40,000 for kitchen hardware
The Letcher Fiscal Court has voted to spend $40,000 to buy the restaurant equipment that is in the former General Store at Pine Mountain Crossing. The county owns the building and had been leasing it to Tiffany Bullock Scott for $500 per month. She and her late husband had installed equipment and appliances and subleased the store to another manager […]
Shutdown brings yet another delay in getting airport project going
The new airport planned for Letcher County is facing yet another delay, though this one should be short lived. The Letcher County Airport Board signed the grant agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration in September for funding to design the airport, but the agreement came just in time for the government shutdown. After 21 years of planning, the board is […]
Separate fights result in indictments against two accused of assault
Two men were indicted on first-degree assault charges after apparently unrelated fights at a veterans’ club near Whitesburg. Robbie Dale Collins, 29, of 19 Number 1 Bottom, Jenkins, was charged following an incident on August 24, when he allegedly cut Sheldon Yonts with a knife. He was also charged with persistent felony offender -first degree, as this was his fourth […]
Feeding babies peanuts early avoids allergies later?
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. Peanut allergies began to decline in the U.S. after guidance first issued in 2015 upended medical practice by recommending introducing the allergen to infants starting as […]
Claims error rate: 61%
It’s one thing to have a medical condition that neatly slots into the VA’s presumptive chart of toxic exposure-related illnesses. If you served at a location at a certain time, your illness is presumed to have been caused by that service under TERA, a toxic exposure risk activity. As the list of presumptives grows (courtesy of the PACT Act), so […]
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