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.
Posted: 11:49 PM - Some good news tonight for the family of a Kentucky man that's been missing for more than two weeks.
Updated: 11:50 PM - An eastern Kentucky man has pleaded not guilty to killing a 2-month-old girl.
Posted: 6:23 PM - A man facing charges from a car crash earlier this year that critically injured him and his daughter is back in jail.
Updated: 6:22 PM - Officials say the amount of suspicious fires involving abandoned structures is alarming. Warfield Volunteer Fire Department Chief Greg Alley says, "Seems like it has become a pattern, and there is around one or two guys doing this...as professionals."
Posted: 3:29 PM - A holiday weekend doesn't always mean higher gas prices. That's according to Gregg Laskoski, who's a senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy.com.
Posted: 2:00 PM - Seven tornadoes have swept through Moore, Okla., since they were born, but new high school graduates are vowing they won't say goodbye to their town.
Posted: 12:53 PM - Counterterrorism police are questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two men suspected of the savage killing of a British soldier.
Posted: 12:38 PM - Protests against seed giant Monsanto are getting under way across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries.
Posted: 11:16 AM - Rescuers are searching for the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers.
Posted: 10:54 AM - Hundreds of runners are joining victims of the Boston Marathon bombings to finish the last mile of the race, reclaiming the triumph of crossing the finish line after explosives went off while many athletes were still running.
