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Six people have been arrested following a six-month undercover drug investigation centered around a recently closed pawn shop in the Hardburley community of eastern Perry County.

After months of discussion and debate, Harlan County Clerk Wanda Clem announced Wednesday that an ordinance allowing residents of the Tri-Cities to vote on a merger of services will not be on the ballot in ...

The deadline to file for county elections has passed, and Harlan County Clerk Wanda Clem said this year's list of candidates includes several new faces.

Members of the Cumberland City Council unanimously approved an ordinance during a special-called meeting Tuesday affording residents of the Tri-Cities the right to vote on whether they are in favor of merging ...

People in the cities of Lynch, Benham and Cumberland are one step closer on voting to combine essential services for all three cities.

Although several officials in the Tri-Cities have said the citizens of that area should have the opportunity to vote on a merger of services, it is possible that topic will not appear on the voting ballot in ...

Cumberland City officials met Wednesday afternoon to discuss the possibility of combining essential services with Benham and Lynch but failed to make any decisions.

JOHN MIDDLETON/Harlan Daily Enterprise Benham Mayor John Dodd shared his memories and thoughts of former Harlan County Schools Superintendent Needham Saylor.

Acting on an anonymous tip that marijuana was being grown above Spruce Street in Benham, Chief Mike Franks said he spent most of the day Thursday combing the mountainside before coming across a patch of 363 ...

Acting on an anonymous tip that marijuana was being grown above Spruce Street in Benham, Chief Mike Franks said he spent most of the day Thursday combing the mountainside before coming across a patch of 363 ...

Two Kingsport men learned the hard way that bounty hunting is illegal in Kentucky, according to Cumberland, Ky., police officer Kenny Raleigh.

A routine check at a resiHarlan Drug Court participant's residence Saturday resulted in the arrest of one of the man's relatives.

Some southeastern Kentucky attractions will not be getting help from the state and many are blaming the economy.

The local tourism industry received good news Thursday when Commerce Cabinet Secretary Marcheta Sparrow announced the state would extend their management of several attractions in the Tri-Cities for at least 90 ...

In a surprising decision to local officials, several attractions in the Tri-Cities will not be transferred to the Kentucky Department of Parks.

Bill would not shut down mines Who's proud of coal miners? I sure am. My granddaddy was a miner and was involved in the Knights of Labor, the early union movement before the UMWA. via Independent

If there has been one theme in this column through the years it's the inability of Harlan Countians to work together to help Harlan County. via Harlan Daily Enterprise

Continuing problems with illegal drug sales throughout Harlan County resulted in a roundup targeting 51 individuals on Friday, February 15. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“We're not going to have water”

Hundreds of opponents of the mining practice known as mountaintop removal lined the underground tunnel which connects the Kentucky state capitol with the annex of offices across the street. via Independent

“On the natural resources committee, most of the people on there are coal-related. You don't even have a hearing promised, and if you had a hearing it would probably get beat 14-2.”

Hundreds of protesters, including many from Harlan County, traveled to the state Capitol on Thursday, asking lawmakers to help curb what some view as a destructive form of coal mining. via Harlan Daily Enterprise