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During a recent Evarts City Council meeting, Mayor Burl Fee expressed frustration over not getting enough help from several elected officials regarding blacktop funding for the city of Evarts.

A PROBLEM WITH PILLS PART 2 By Adam S. Sulfridge / Staff Writer Following an interview with Chief Wayne Bird of the Williamsburg Police Department as part of a special series on the local drug abuse epidemic, Judge Cathy Prewitt of the 34th Judicial District shed light on what she believes is growing drug abuse among juveniles.

Kentucky law enforcement struck a major blow against the prescription pill pipeline that exists between Kentucky and other states, particularly Florida.

Tourism agencies from across southern and eastern Kentucky are working on projects to develop the growing industry.

Kentucky lawmakers are at the center of a political feud over how to best derail the so-called "pain-pill pipeline" from Florida to the Bluegrass State, a multi-state trafficking scheme that has contributed heavily to the state's crippling prescription drug addiction epidemic.

'Kentucky should gets its fair share' By Adam S. Sulfridge / Staff Writer Dr. Rand Paul, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, explained his position on taxes, government spending, the drug abuse epidemic, welfare and other government benefits during an exclusive interview with the Times-Tribune, just hours before his appearance at the University ...

SCC College Transfer Caravanvisiting students at SCC sites By Dave Cazalet, Jr., SCC Director of Public Relations The Office of Student Affairs at Somerset Community College has organized a College Transfer Caravan which will bring recruitment specialists from 13 four-year colleges and universities around Kentucky to both SCC campuses in Somerset ...

Grant funding, awarded through the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Services, will translate into 45 new jobs for local manufacturing facility, Patriot Industries, according to a press release issued last week by U.S. Congressman Harold Rogers.

When Selina Jackson talks about her baby brother Kirk, you can hear the love in her voice.

Talk about the long and winding road. Two highways, two sagas, two states, two views: In an Oct.

Emboldening terrorists or keeping them away? GUANTANAMO PRISONERS: Voting 193 for and 224 against, the House on Oct.

Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, hopes to get as many spending bills as possible through the chamber before the healthcare reform package hits the Senate floor.

Legislation to delay new border identification rules for Canadians traveling to the United States has survived a backroom power struggle among congressional Republicans, clearing the way for its final approval in Congress.

The House on Thursday approved the $33.5 billion fiscal 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations bill after naming conferees for the fiscal 2010 Homeland Security spending bill.

Disputes over several issues are holding up the annual Homeland Security spending bill, including funding for border fencing and the construction of a biodefense facility.

U.S. Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers is urging his fellow lawmakers to get back to work on the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill that would fund safeguards against terrorist attacks against U.S. interests, including Department of Energy facilities in Oak Ridge, TVA facilities, nuclear power plants and entertainment venues like Neyland Stadium, ...

This September was the first in more than 45 years that Lowell children were not returning to the Rogers School on Highland Avenue.

The House passed legislation Friday to head off a government shutdown next week by temporarily extending spending on most federal programs at current levels, while boosting lawmakers' office budgets by more than 8 percent.

A Washington, D.C.-based political watchdog group is calling for an end to federal funding for the Lake Cumberland Regional Airport in Somerset.

It's the kind of popularity any politician savors. Rep. Mike Rogers , R-Brighton, has gotten 3 million people to listen to him -- via YouTube.