Pikeville News

Lagging undergraduate enrollment and a huge stock market-driven hit to the school's endowment have taken a toll on Pikeville College's finances, requiring cost-cutting and a layoff last fall.

" The opening of the Regional Flu Center by Pikeville Medical Center and its Family Practice Clinic is the first of its kind in Kentucky.

It's a tale of two cities in eastern Kentucky, where one Pike County community has approved alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants while another town says no to liquor sales.

It's a tale of 2 cities in eastern Kentucky, where one Pike County community has approved alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants while another town says no to liquor sales.

It's a first for the state, with the Pikeville Medical Center opening a 24/7 clinic dedidated to flu patients.

Elections on Tuesday will determine whether two cities in Pike County will allow the sale of alcohol.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - The four traffic signal poles and related structural items will be replaced on each signal along Ky.

" Pikeville Medical Center announced Wednesday the opening of a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week flu center along North Mayo Trail in Pikeville.

The governor and first lady will spend three days this week hop-scotching the state for a series of press conferences and town hall meetings on education.

I recently read in The Journal that Middfest attendance was down due to the economy and the bad weather.

By CHARLOTTE SANDERS Senior Writer PIKEVILLE, Ky. - " A 23-year-old man of Erlanger, Ky., has been indicted by the Pike County grand jury on a charge of second degree burglary and three counts of custodial interference involving three minor children.

The overflow from the packed 740-seat Charleston Civic Center theatre were not able to voice their opinions inside the public hearing held by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, but their message was loud and clear via signs, chants and the number of coal supporters which outnumbered those inside two to one.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Thousands of coal miners fearing the loss of jobs if mountaintop removal mining is curtailed or outlawed shouted down a handful of environmentalists at crowded public hearings Tuesday on the much-debated practice.

A company with operations in several eastern Kentucky cities will merge with printing giant Xerox.

Touting Pike County as a leader in not only coal but greener energy technology, businessmen and local officials made presentations to the General Assembly's joint committee on energy Wednesday.

Officials at Pikeville College are starting a fund-raising drive to raise nearly $5 million for their Osteopathic School of Medicine.

State lawmakers discussed the future of energy in Kentucky. The legislative energy committee met at the Expo Center in Pikeville.

Better roads leads to economic development and new jobs. That was the message tonight as members of the Kentucky General Assembly's Transportation Committee gathered in Pikeville to take a first hand look at the region's road problems.

A well known Eastern Kentucky business files for bankruptcy. Southeast Telephone in Pike County recently filed for the protection in U.S. Bankruptcy court.

Three people were arrested for breaking into Economy Drug on Town Mountain Road in Pikeville a little before 3 a.m. Saturday morning.