Eastern News

TV reports that local police and officials from Operation UNITE held a meeting Tuesday at the Perry County Library to educate residents about the drug, its effects and how to spot people using or making it.

Officials in several Eastern Kentucky counties are ramping up efforts to create water trails in an effort to attract more adventure tourism.

University of Pikeville President Paul Patton watched as House Speaker Greg Stumbo, left, spoke at the Capitol on Feb.

Gov. Steve Beshear could keep alive a proposal to use coal severance tax dollars for college scholarships that failed to gain traction in the General Assembly earlier this year.

Nearly three months after the deadly march second tornado outbreak, Eastern Kentucky towns are rebuilding.

Nearly three months after the deadly march second tornado outbreak, Eastern Kentucky towns are rebuilding.

The Pikeville city manager and a consultant say talks are ongoing with two regional airlines to provide daily service in and out of Pikeville-Pike Count Regional Airport and flights could start in 2013.

As many hay producers make their first cutting, they are finding lower-than-normal yields.

Temperatures today topped the upper 80s to 90 around the Bluegrass today. It gets even hotter as we go through the Memorial Day weekend! Overnight lows will stay mild, reaching 66 with clear skies.

Ticks typically begin to appear in late spring and early summer as warm weather sets in, but this year cases of the annual pest were reported three to four weeks earlier than normal, said University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service agents.

Logging theft has probably caused the loss of more wealth in Eastern Kentucky than any other crime.

Operation UNITE's Service Corps program received recognition for its excellent leadership and service during its end-of-year celebration held May 23.

If there is one thing that the recent Medicaid debacle between Appalachian Regional Healthcare and a managed care company illustrates, it's that when it comes to health care, there are no easy answers.

Seeing some very light returns on Live First Alert Defender of parts of Eastern Kentucky.

In the first game of the day, No. 4 seed Eastern Illinois topped No. 5 Morehead State 2-1, scoring in the bottom of the ninth inning on a walk-off hit by Ryan Dineen.

The recent passage of the 2012-14 state budget included millions of dollars in coal severance funds for the state's coal counties, but some officials fear that these counties may not receive all the coal severance money that was allocated to them, while others say there will be a long-term effect to local funding.

A stubborn upper level trough continues to meander slowly eastward over the Appalachians toward the Eastern Seaboard.

A family resource center in eastern Kentucky is getting ready to move to a new home for its 16th anniversary.

Boone County High School's Sydney Moss , the state's Miss Basketball, and Johnson Central two-sport star J.J. Jude have received a statewide honor.

University of Pikeville President Paul Patton watched as House Speaker Greg Stumbo, left, spoke at the Capitol on Feb.