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Ashland News

Local news for Ashland, KY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

8 hrs ago | Independent

Building for the kingdom

If Melissa Thompson's dream is realized, the Ashland area will be invaded on June 21 by a horde of teenagers armed with hammers, saws, power drills and a willingness to serve.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, University of Kentucky

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Independent

Scope Towers reverting to original use

Scope Towers is returning to what it originally was: Twin, high-rise apartment buildings for the elderly and disabled.

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Related Topix: Fire

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Independent

In Your View a "

Victim of abuse shares her story Twenty times! That's how many times it took me to leave my abuser for good.

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Related Topix: Boyd County, KY, Flatwoods, KY, Opinion

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Independent

Making the sales

The youngest artist with space at the Pendleton Art Center has already sold about seven paintings in her short career.

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Fri Oct 03, 2008

Independent

2 suspects in clinic break-in arrested

On Wednesday, City police arrested a man and a woman suspected of breaking into a medical clinic the previous day after finding the man passed out at the wheel of his car in a parking lot with a baby in the ...

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Thu Oct 02, 2008

Independent

In Your View -

It's time to say enough already Wake up, America, and smell the coffee! How many times do we need to get up and smell the coffee? First, it was the pet food that was in many different brands that was making our ...

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Related Topix: Flatwoods, KY, Corbin, KY, Boyd County, KY, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

Wed Oct 01, 2008

Independent

For the love of zumba

They call themselves the zumba triplets. "Or the three stooges," Pam Carter chimes in with a joke.

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Related Topix: Westwood, KY, Catlettsburg, KY, Boyd County, KY

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Independent

KSP drug roundup results in 15 arrests

Kentucky State Police on Wednesday arrested 15 in a roundup of suspected drug dealers in Boyd and Carter counties.

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Related Topix: Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Drugs

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Independent

History project turns focus on city of Ashland

What started out as a schoolwide multidisciplinary project studying 1920s America will now zero in on that historical period in Ashland.

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Sun Sep 28, 2008

Independent

9 candidates attend forum

Nine of the 13 candidates running for the six slots on the Catlettsburg City Council on Thursday answered questions on a variety of issues affecting the city, from economic development to smoking at council ...

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Related Topix: Catlettsburg, KY

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Independent

Learning takes to the road

This time last year, covering a ball game meant a very long day for students in Ohio University Southern's Electronic Media Department.

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Related Topix: Ohio University, Russell, KY, Cameras

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Appalachian News Express

Engelbert Humperdinck coming to Ashland

Engelbert Humperdinck will appear in concert at the Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, Wednesday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Engelbert Humperdinck, London, KY

Independent

Former Ashland man pleads guilty

John W. Todd Jr., 64, pleaded guilty Thursday in Fayette Circuit Court to first-degree manslaughter for the March 6, 2007, shooting death of his wife, Charlene Lynn Todd, 48.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Prison, Fayette County, KY, Richmond, KY

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Independent

Enrollment at ACTC is down for fall

Enrollment has dipped at Ashland Community and Technical College for the first time since the consolidation of the former Ashland Community and Ashland Technical colleges.

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Wed Sep 24, 2008

WAMX-FM Huntington

Fifteen arrests made in a Northeast Kentucky drug sweep

Kentucky State troopers made 15 drug arrests during a major sweep Wednesday through Boyd and Carter Counties.

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Related Topix: Olive Hill, KY, Grayson, KY, Willard, KY, Rush, KY, Hitchins, KY

The Papillion Times

Ashlander on third Honor Flight

The first Ashland World War II veteran to take an Honor Flight to see the memorial in Washington, D.C., brought back a few mementos and many memories.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US National Parks, National World War Ii Memorial

Independent

Words of Thanks -

Now that another "Melodies and Masterpieces" season is complete, I thank all who attended on behalf of the Arts Council of Northeastern Kentucky and Ashland Main Street.

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Related Topix: Grayson, KY, Kentucky, Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Opinion

Tue Sep 23, 2008

Independent

Vaccine plentiful for flu shot season

Vaccine to prevent people from developing the flu during the next few months is plentiful, according to a spokesman for the Ashland-Boyd County Health Department.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Boyd County, KY, Influenza, Health

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Independent

Fairview educator, coach dies

Robert W. Morrison, an educator, coach and school board member in a career that spanned almost five decades and two school districts, died Friday.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Kids, Family

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Independent

Stuart weekend activities set

The life and literary work of the late Kentucky poet laureate Jesse Stuart will be center stage at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park this weekend.

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Related Topix: Elliott County, KY, Kentucky, University of Kentucky, Theater, Arts, Morehead State University

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Ashland, Kentucky is located in Boyd County and is part of the Huntington Metro Area. Zip codes in Ashland, KY include 41102, 41114, and 41101.

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