Magoffin County News

The point man in the federal government's marijuana eradication program in the central Appalachians is claiming victory in a sprawling Kentucky national forest that once led the nation in pot production, but the illegal crop still is thriving on private lands deeper in the mountain range.

This week, Kentucky Office of Employment and Training released a report, indicating that unemployment increased in all 120 Kentucky counties between October 2008, and October, 2009.

A national report ranks a Magoffin County nursing home as one of the worst in the country.

Last week a truck rolled up to the Carter County Library and the Rocky J. Adkins Pubic Library in Elliott County, where state workers unpacked boxes and boxes of books neither library could afford to buy.

Police are now saying that J.R. Allen, the 34-year-old man arrested in Magoffin County earlier this week in connection with the shooting death of Sally Vance last year, had been actively hiding from the law since the incident took place.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 18 people across the Big Sandy Region in attempt to get to them undelivered tax refunds or stimulus payments, returned to post offices due to mailing address errors.

A man is arrested in Magoffin County in connection with a deadly drive-by shooting in Floyd County last year.

Relatives of a man charged in a Magoffin County sodomy case have pleaded guilty to charges related to the defendant's mistrial.

Lisa Lunsford became another victim of a faltering economy that has left thousands across the state and country unemployed.

A Magoffin County teacher accused of dealing drugs is now officially suspended from his job at school.

A drug dealer's business could now help fund the sheriff's department in Magoffin County.

As unemployment rates skyrocket in Kentucky, there may be hope right now in the job search.

While the unemployment rate for Laurel County went down in September, it was still significantly higher than for the same month in 2008.

Police say a teacher at North Magoffin Elementary School has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.

FRANKFORT, Ky. a ' Unemployment rates rose in all 120 Kentucky counties between September 2008 and September 2009, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

Health officials say the H1N1 flu is widespread in Kentucky and still spreading.

Unemployment rates rose in all 120 Kentucky counties between August 2008 and August 2009, according to a new report issued by the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.

Crews have located two missing fishermen on Cave Run Lake in Rowan County. The families of the fishermen called authorities late Tuesday night, saying the men never returned home from their fishing trip.

Magoffin County Sheriff's Department employees say a drug bust led them to thousands of dollars worth of stolen property.

The Inez City Commission voted last Tuesday to approve an ordinance relating to the establishment of a joint sewer agency consolidating the Inez waste water system with the Martin County Sanitation District.