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Lawmakers voice opposition to rate increase
Legislators in the Kentucky House of Representatives are encouraging the Public Service Commission not to grant a rate increase request made by Kentucky Power Company last year. Kentucky Power Co...
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Census to hold job fair in Perry
HAZARD – The U.S. Census Bureau has a job fair set for March 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The bureau is hoping to fill thousands of jobs this spring in communities across the state and this is a job...
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Water issues still present in City’s system
HAZARD – While presenting his monthly utility report to the city commission Monday evening, Hazard City Manager Carlos Combs informed the commissioners that the city’s water system still has iss...
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The collectible John Calipari Maker’s Mark bottle will be available this spring, though if you want one you’d better get in line as there will be only 24,000 bottles made. Proceeds from the bottle’s sale will go to help fund a performing arts program for elementary school children. Calipari bourbon bottle to make sweet music
LEXINGTON – Building on the past success of the Maker’s Mark/Keeneland charitable bottle series that supports projects at the University of Kentucky, Maker’s Mark and Keeneland are continuing th...
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Seven deaths on Kentucky roadways last week
FRANKFORT – Preliminary statistics* indicate that seven  people died in five separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Monday, February 22 through Sunday, February 28, 2010.  Four of the crashe...
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KSP Trooper Isaac Whitaker led a string of employees out of the Gorman Center after a bomb threat was made early Friday evening. (photos by Cris Ritchie) Police receive bomb threat for senator’s office
HAZARD – Workers at the William D. Gorman Education Center in Hazard were evacuated early Friday evening after a telephoned threat alleged that an explosive device had been placed inside the bui...
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Grand jury indicts man in stabbing case
by CRIS RITCHIE – Editor
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Other indictments returned in theft, drug cases
Drug roundup nets 10 in Perry
by Herald Staff
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HAZARD – Several people were arrested in Operation UNITE’s latest effort to round up drug dealers in Perry County. Authorities spread out across the county with indictment warrants in hand Thursda...
Man charged with kidnapping, sodomy pleads to lesser crime
by CRIS RITCHIE – Editor
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HAZARD – A Perry County man indicted on charges that he sodomized a teenager at gunpoint in 2009 has pleaded guilty to a lesser crime. Victor Looney, 39, of Hazard, was originally indicted in May ...
ABC: Politics did not play a role in magistrate’s arrest
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HAZARD – Perry County Magistrate Bubby Combs, who was arrested this week on a bench warrant stemming from an October 2008 charge of selling alcohol to someone under 21 years of age, said the timing...
Conway touts corporate finance reform in visit to E. Ky.
by CRIS RITCHIE – Editor
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HAZARD – Attorney General Jack Conway, a front runner for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate, unveiled a new portion of his plan on Wednesday that he says will help “restore fiscal respon...
Poll shows support for smoking ban in Perry
by CRIS RITCHIE – Editor
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HAZARD – A local coalition aiming to spread the word about the harmful effects of secondhand smoke has released the results of a public opinion poll showing that a majority of people in Perry Count...
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