FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Power is asking the Public Service Commission for a permission to spread out January’s fuel adjustment charge in order to make winter heating bills a little easier on customers. Beginning the last week of January, Eastern Kentucky experienced a prolonged cold spell that saw temperatures remain below freezing for two weeks. The last week of January saw nightly low temperatures range between 3 and 15 degrees. That cold weather resulted in increased demand, which pushed the cost of natural gas higher. The fuel adjustment charge that appears on customer bills reflects the fluctuating price of natural […]

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Former Prestonsburg High School basketball standout Sherri Allen is taking the reins for the school. DAVID, Ky. – At one point, The David School had gone a quarter of a century without a basketball team. Now they not only have a team, but a new acting-head coach, and a local basketball legend at that. Sherri Allen, a former basketball standout at Prestonsburg High School, accepted the position this past week. A native of Eastern Kentucky, Allen started at point guard for the Blackcats and went on to compete as an All-State, Regional, and District player. After high school she attended […]

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A proposed landfill for Pike County could save the fiscal court more than $4 million a year. But some area residents are opposed to it being built in their backyard. A copy of the agreement between Pike County and Amercian Land Reserve follows:

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PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Wildcats are set to return to the track this week with a pair of meets on Feb. 13-14 at the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson, S.C. and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass.   In their last time out, the Wildcats totaled five top 10 program marks at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. on Jan 30-31, three event wins and a freshman record by high jumper Kemarah Howard on the weekend in Fayetteville, all three coming on day two, highlighted by yet another impressive performance from the hurdles and […]

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ABINGDON, Va. — A dozen retired coal miners are suing a Buchanan County mining company, claiming the company broke its promise to provide them with health care for life. The former miners filed suit against Jewell Smokeless Coal Corporation in Buchanan Circuit Court back in November. Those cases have now been removed to federal court in Abingdon and consolidated. The miners include: The men all say they were promised lifetime medical benefits for themselves and their dependents if they retired from the company after reaching the age of 55 and 15 years of service. Each of the miners worked for […]

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