Martin County News

One of the worst mining disasters in American history resulted in a paltry $5,500 fine and could recur on hundreds of similarly vulnerable sites across the country.

American Standard closed its plant in Johnson County last year, but a legal battle is brewing over the company's refusal to provide severance pay to its former employees.

A four star general returned home to Martin County on Veteran's Day. Robert H. Reed left Warfield for the Air Force more than 60 years ago.

Gov. Steve Beshear announced Tuesday that he has approved an increase in the number of mine inspectors and the number of mining permit reviewers in the Energy and Environment Cabinet.

U.S. Congressman Harold a oeHala Rogers announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Morehead State University with a $235,620 Rural Health Care Grant to continue to bring community wellness and health care services to Martin County.

One day after dropping off her child at school and disappearing, a Martin County native was found dead inside an old refrigerator in West Virginia.

Sherry Bolner and Jean-Marie Young say they'd love to get their hands on the person who stole Bolner's enclosed utility trailer over Labor Day weekend.

It was a search for missing guns that turned into a drug bust. Nine people are in jail in Martin County after officers believe they were going to Florida to buy prescription pills and bring them back to eastern Kentucky.

Fingers are pointing at a prison inmate who federal investigators believe sent threatening letters to federal offices in Kentucky.

Morehead State Universitya s East Kentucky Small Business Development Center in Paintsville will host a oeStarting Your Own Business 101a on Tuesday, June 23, at 5:30 p.m. The workshop, which is for persons that have a desire to start their own business, will be held at the Martin County Cooperative Extension Service Office, 1338 Main Street, Inez.