News for Appalachia
8-10-22 Perry County, KY Jackson Mayor Laura Thomas was one of the areas elected officials that met with Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell at the County Line Church at the Perry /Breathitt County lines. The meeting was to discuss the July 2022 flooding that affected the region as well as the long term needs of the […]
Lost Creek, KY 8-8-22 12:45pm President Joe Biden arrived at Marie Roberts Caney turn off in Breathitt County around 12:40pm Monday August 8th, 2022. President Biden was addressing flood victims and other delegates from various agencies. Governor Beshear, FEMA Administrator Ms. Deanne Criswell and Congressman Hal Rogers were on hand with President Biden. All spoke about […]
County Attorney Brendon Miller announced on his Breathitt Emergency Management Address to the public tonight that Judge Jeff Noble after discussions with Brendon Miller and Sheriff John Hollan has enacted a night time curfew effective immediately. Beginning at 10:00pm thru 6:00am, all non essential activity shall cease beginning tonight, Sunday July 31st, 2022. This does […]
July 28th & 29th will be days noone in Breathitt, Perry, Knott and Letcher Counties will soon forget. Breathitt County flood stage rose to a record 43.42 in the early morning hours Friday July 29th. The previous high mark was set in 1939 at 43.10 feet. Flood stage in Breathitt County is 29 Feet. COMPLETE […]
Jackson, Ky. (June 24, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on June 24, 2022, at approximately 11:28 a.m. in Breathitt County. The KSP Critical Incident Response Team responded to the scene, along with personnel from KSP Post 13, and the investigation into […]
Jackson, KY 6-24-22 A bit of a stir up in Breathitt County over a grader parked at the mouth of the Old Buck Community. According to County officials, the grader sustained a small fire that burned 3 hoses making the grader inoperable. The grader was backed off the road in to the weeds. The torque […]
Rumors have been flying about the possibility of someone’s remains being in the ashes of the Fire of an old building on Main Street in Jackson that was the home of two rental apartments upstairs and a business downstairs on September 17th 2021. The rumor mill was at it again today as APPCV received several […]
Video Breathitt County Water District Meeting (PART 1) Video Breathitt County Water District Meeting (PART 2) The Breathitt County Court Room in Jackson was full of citizens who were concerned about a recent publication in a local newspaper that reads as follows: CUSTOMER NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Breathitt County Water District expects […]
Perry County is growing and this time it is a new Fed Ex Distribution Center. The 280,000 plus square foot building is nearing completion. The building is located next to Sykes in the Coal Fields Industrial Park. It is not known how many people will need to be hired to run this huge facility or […]
The May Primaries are over and in Breathitt County, Voters sent a clear message to candidates. Not just to those Incumbents that lost but to winners as well. Citizens of Breathitt County were not happy with the past 3 plus year and the election results clearly showed this. Let’s take a look at each race. […]