News for Appalachia
Jackson, KY 2-17-23 Breathitt Countians can’t seem to catch a break. For the third time in as many years, the region has been hit by flooding due to heavy rains. Fortunately for most residents of Breathitt County, todays flood will crest at 30 feet. That is just 1 foot over flood stage. The regular low […]
At approximately 445pm a major rock slide fell across HWY 52 in the Yeadon Community in Breathitt County. The slide completely closed both lanes of traffic. Noone was injured in the rock slide. Crews from the District 10 of the Transportation Department located in Jackson are working feverishly to remove debris their equipment can remove […]
(Information from KSP & APPCV reporter Ron Hamblin) Haddix, KY – January 7th, 2023 Personnel from multiple Kentucky Emergency Management regions participated in a multi-state, joint agency search for Vanessa Baker, the sole missing person from the devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky, in late July 2022. Saturday’s operations brought together over 160 searchers, covering 1067 […]
Clayhole, Ky. (January 6, 2023) – On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at approximately 1:06 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a structure fire on Cedar Hill Rd. in the Clayhole community of Breathitt County. Multiple surrounding fire agencies responded to the scene and extinguished the fire. During this time, human […]
Southfork, Ky. (January 6, 2023) – On Thursday, January 5, 2023, at approximately 8:32 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call of a single vehicle accident on KY 1098 in the Southfork community of Breathitt County. Preliminary investigation indicates that Chad Wesley Hardin, 31 of Ezel was operating a black 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt when the […]
VANCLEVE, Ky. (November 15, 2022) — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Electronic Crime Branch located and arrested Gary D. Gross, 45, on charges related to a child sexual abuse material investigation. Gross was interviewed and arrested as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation. The KSP Electronic Crime Branch began the investigation […]
As hard as it is to believe, it is true. Breathitt County Judge Executive Republican Candidate, Harvey Jason Richardson, and his chauffer Mitchell Smith, spent the early morning hours Thursday going from store to store throughout Breathitt County, buying up every issue of the Times-Voice newspaper. The Times Voice is the legal newspaper for Breathitt […]
The funding comes from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Fiscal Year 2022 government funding bill, which Senator McConnell supported. LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today the Department of Agriculture (USDA) will grant $9,378,184 to the Mountain Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation and $12,188,991 to the Thacker-Grigsby […]
Content by KY Department of Transportation / Photos by Ron Hamblin Lane closure in effect; 35 mph speed limit enforced in work zone JACKSON, Ky. 10-26-22 – Work has begun on a $6.7 million project to strengthen Panbowl Dam in Breathitt County along KY 15 in Jackson. The project was initiated after flooding in February 2021 […]
Breathitt County 10-25-22. Content by Ron Hamblin Low humidity and warmer temperatures have caused the chances of forest fires to go way up. Much was the case at Eagles Nest – Fire Road in Breathitt County as a forest fire had gotten dangerously close to homes in the area. Thankfully overnight rains put out the […]