Cumberland News

NOLA SIZEMORE/Harlan Daily Enterprise Rev. Justin Preston moved the crowd with his rendition of Dr.

Lonnie Collins looked on, while Harlan County Sheriff Marvin Lipfird talked to Alta Milwee after she was arrested.

As part of the annual Shop and Share joint initiative started by Kentucky's First Lady Jane Beshear and the Kentucky Commission on Women, the Harlan County Domestic Violence Council will be collecting donations at Food City stores in Harlan and Cumberland on Saturday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. "Mrs. Beshear began this annual drive in 2008 to provide ... (more)

Working hours have been curtailed at Alpha Natural Resources Mine in Cumberland due to a "weak demand for Kentucky steam coal" said Vice President of Alpha Natural Resources Corporate Communications, Ted Pile, in Bristol, Va.

NOLA SIZEMORE/Harlan Daily Enterprise Cumberland City Council Attorney Parker Boggs said if the city reimburses the EPA for their cleanup efforts, proposed fines and penalties for an incident involving contaminated gravel will be waived.

Kentucky State Police Det. Kenny Abner has charged five people with promoting contraband at the Harlan County Detention Center.

NOLA SIZEMORE/Harlan Daily Enterprise Cumberland City Police Sgt. Silas Whitehead and Officer Andy Soltess are seen unloading stolen tools recovered in an undercover investigation.

Kentucky State Police, Post 10 Harlan arrested Christopher S. Raleigh, age 25 of Cumberland earlier today .

A cunning mountain matriarch who used poisoned moonshine to kill a man and double-crossed her neighbors in a coal deal.

The House redistricting plan that passed the House of Representatives on Thursday would cut the number of state representatives with precincts in Harlan down from four to three.