Updated: 6:21 PM I’m back after taking a few weeks off from work and the blog. I want to share an article from a friend of mine. Jeffrey Howard is a Harlan County native and wise beyond his years. I hope you will be encouraged by his words.
Updated: 1:20 PM Indiana Congressman Mike Pence is promising a fight against a tax increase he says is coming next year.
Posted: 1:03 PM President Barack Obama says a House Republican economic plan is a step in the wrong direction.
Posted: 11:38 AM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic this week is the Horse Racing Commission’s decision to allow “historic” or “instant” racing in Kentucky.
Posted: 4:43 PM I received this letter from Brad Parke of Knott County. I commend Ashley Judd on her success as an actress and her recently obtained degree from Harvard. However, this does not qualify her to be a spokesperson for our region, a region which she obviously does not understand.
Posted: 3:38 PM Republicans are accusing President Barack Obama of hypocrisy after the recess appointment of Donald Berwick to be the administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Posted: 2:57 PM President Barack Obama says Senate Republicans are playing politics with America's recovery.
Updated: 7:22 PM Sometimes we just need to look up to heaven, open our arms wide and surrender everything to the Lord.
Posted: 1:55 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic this week is the Transforming Education in Kentucky (TEK) task force and its plans for upcoming forums to gather public input.
Posted: 4:26 PM I received this letter in support of Ashley Judd and her views on mountain top removal. It was written by Amanda Thornsberry.
Posted: 7:09 PM Ashley Judd released a strong response to criticism she has received over her stand against mountain top removal. Judd said she expected the "personal attacks" from "cunning and greedy" coal companies.
Updated: 8:29 AM Coal supporters used a semi-nude photo of Ashley Judd to attack her stand on mountain top removal mining. Judd angered coal supporters a few weeks ago when she called mountain top removal “the rape of Appalachia.”
Posted: 8:11 AM Republicans are calling America’s 13 trillion dollar debt a national security issue.
Posted: 7:59 AM President Barack Obama says he is devoting nearly two billion dollars from the economic stimulus to new solar plants.
Updated: 2:41 PM Happy Birthday America! On this Independence Day we celebrate our nation’s 234th birthday. We owe a great debt of thanks to our Founding Fathers for their vision, bravery and faith in God.
Posted: 6:54 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic this week is economic development.
Posted: 3:00 PM A new Rasmussen Poll shows Rand Paul with a 7-point lead over State Attorney General Jack Conway. The numbers are virtually unchanged from a June 1st poll.
Posted: 1:22 PM I received this open letter to Ashley Judd. It was written by Janette Jude, a sixth grade language arts teacher from Inez Middle School in Martin County.
Updated: 1:10 AM Hear me asking, where do I belong? Feels like I'm looking for a reason. Roamin' through the night to find my place in this world.
Posted: 7:32 PM Republicans say President Barack Obama needs to stop growing the government and focus on restarting the "engine of economic growth."
Updated: 7:07 PM President Barack Obama says the compromise financial overhaul bill will help deflect the next global financial crisis. Democratic leaders hope to muscle the bill through Congress next week.
Posted: 5:48 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic this week is Kentucky’s double-digit unemployment.
Updated: 10:45 PM During a recent speech to the National Press Club in Washington, Ashley Judd called mountain top removal “environmental genocide.” She says the process is “the state-sanctioned, federal government supported, coal industry operated, rape of Appalachia.”
Posted: 8:33 AM House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio says Americans who have had to cut back to make it through tough economic times deserve the same discipline from their government.
Posted: 8:22 AM President Barack Obama says some Medicare patients could lose their doctors without legislation to avert a scheduled 21 percent cut in reimbursements.
27 mins ago - Blanton says it is an ongoing investigation, but they believe it was a neighbor dispute.
27 mins ago - A domestic dispute in at a gas station led officials to a couple's arrest for criminal abuse.
1 mins ago - A Kentucky college student has died as a result of a car crash.
1 mins ago - We're continuing to track the investigation into what caused a fire that destroyed a southern Kentucky business.
Updated: 10:42 PM - More than 3,000 people came out to the Central Kentucky Heart Walk and helped raise more than $300,000.
Posted: 6:32 PM - Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown.
Updated: 6:46 PM - An investigation is underway to determine what happened Friday night that resulted in a 16-year-old losing his life.
Posted: 2:05 PM - Cleveland has landed another Hollywood film shoot and it could mean delays for motorists.
Posted: 2:03 PM - When Louisville became the first city south of the Mason-Dixon line to require businesses to serve people regardless of their race or religion 50 years ago, teenagers were a driving force behind the decision.
Posted: 2:01 PM - An airline official says a US Airways Express flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.
