News for Appalachia
A recent event at Hazard Independent School has gone viral after pics were posted online showing some extremely risque activities involving Hazard Mayor and Hazard Ind. Principal Happy Mobelini. The story is on several news organizations to include MSN and USA Today. The article is said to have originated through the Louisville Courier Journal. Below […]
Dear Kentucky Power Customer, American Electric Power (AEP) has reached an agreement to sell Kentucky Power to Liberty, pending approval from regulators. Liberty has extensive experience delivering electricity, natural gas, water and wastewater services to more than 1 million customer connections, mainly in 13 U.S. states and Canada. They are committed to providing safe, […]
JACKSON, Ky. – Drivers who use US 460 in western Menifee County will need to find an alternate route on Friday, Nov. 5. The highway will be closed at milepoint 2.8 for replacement of a drainage structure. This location is at Cain Branch, just east of Major Wilhoit Road, in the Means area. Work will begin around […]
JACKSON, Ky. – Drivers who use KY 15 between Lost Creek and Haddix south of Jackson in Breathitt County should expect delays beginning Monday, Nov. 1, as work to stabilize an embankment failure and break in pavement gets underway. The soil nail project will take place at milepoint 8.1, between the KY 476 and KY 1110 […]
During the 2021 SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region) Summit on Thursday, Oct. 14, Hazard Community and Technical College (HCTC) announced a partnership with trucking company TLD Logistics to pilot a training program for CDL Class A drivers. “We know that Eastern Kentucky has a strong workforce and our folks just need to be upskilled into […]
Here is a list of things going on for Halloween in Winchester
On Saturday October 23rd at Douthitt Park, the Jackson Parks and Recreation Dept. will be hosting a Jack O Lantern Fall Festival for kids and adults. We are so excited to change this event up a little bit to include things for kids and adults and fun for the whole family. This event will begin at […]
Appalachian Citizens Voice is Locally Owned in Jackson, KY and is your Unbiased source for news and other information. (Photo – From left to right) Col. Phillip Burnett Jr., Alden Bowling, Jason Long. Hazard, KY. (October 15, 2021) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police announced that 16 telecommunicators representing 11 posts located throughout […]
Pippa Passes, KY. (October 14, 2021) – On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at approximately 2:42 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a pedestrian struck on KY-899 in the Pippa Passes Community of Knott County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene where they located a male subject they identified as […]
Cutshin, KY. (October 10, 2021) – On Sunday, October 10, 2021, at approximately 2:10 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a report of a two-vehicle injury accident on KY-699 in the Cutshin Community of Leslie County. Troopers responded to the scene where they located one female deceased. Initial investigation indicates that Sherry Cornett, 51, of […]