Updated: 8:31 PM It's the start of a long holiday weekend for most people, and chances are you're probably not traveling far! Triple-A estimates a decrease in fourth of July travel this year.

Updated: 6:26 PM The investigation continues into an underground mining accident that left a Bell County man dead.

Posted: 6:18 PM Kentucky 74 in southern Bell County is reduced to one lane near Garmeada at milepoint 10 due to portions of the road being washed out as a result of recent flooding.

Updated: 6:35 PM Cleanup work is in full force across many counties in the Cumberland Valley after last week's devastating flash floods.

Posted: 5:56 PM Kentucky 186 in extreme southern Bell County will be closed at milepoint 0.6 from 8 p.m. on Monday, June 27 through 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28.

Updated: 8:01 PM FEMA officials tour parts of Middlesboro ravaged by flash flooding earlier in the week. Representatives spent most of the day in the area surveying the damage, but they are not saying whether or not federal money will be coming.

Updated: 9:51 PM Homes in and around Middlesboro have extensive damage as a result of Monday's destructive flash flooding. Now the American Red Cross has set up shop in Bell County to give those people the help they need.

Updated: 6:43 PM The city of Middlesboro and churches in the area are providing some flood relief services.

Updated: 7:51 PM As local and state officials begin initial surveys of the damage, homeowners in Middlesboro are shocked at what they've discovered in their backyards... Sandbars left behind by the flood waters.

Updated: 9:59 PM The flood waters are long gone, but the mud still remains in neighborhoods in Middlesboro. Now crews are quickly checking out that damage in order to make an important deadline.

Updated: 7:09 PM FEMA officials toured with Knox County officials Wednesday, so they could survey the damage caused by flooding around the Kay Jay community.

Updated: 9:28 PM We are getting a better look inside many homes in Middlesboro that have extensive damage after yesterday's flood.

Updated: 6:50 AM The flood waters have gone down in Middlesboro. Now local, state, and federal officials say they will begin surveying the damage.

Updated: 7:55 PM MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) - Governor Steve Beshear says he will sign a disaster declaration for six eastern Kentucky counties that were hit by flash flooding during heavy rains.

Updated: 8:11 AM Some said it was the flood of a lifetime. Parts of Middlesboro were covered in water for hours Monday, the result of heavy thunderstorms during the night.

Updated: 8:31 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 20, 2011)— “I am continuing to closely monitor the recent flash flooding in several southeastern and south-central Kentucky counties. "

Updated: 10:40 PM MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) - Three mine maintenance workers were freed and appeared to be in good health Monday after being trapped for 14 hours in a flooded southeastern Kentucky mine, a state spokesman said.

Updated: 8:57 AM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Three Kentucky coal miners trapped for hours in an underground mine because of flooding remained in good condition Monday and have moved to dry ground inside the complex while waiting to be taken out, a state spokesman said.

Updated: 11:12 PM After trapped for fourteen hours, three miners are safe

Updated: 8:56 PM Kentucky's unemployment rate fell below 10% in May, to 9.8%. That's the lowest that it's been since early 2009. But those numbers are not much comfort to people in our area still looking for jobs.

Updated: 5:00 PM We've seen some relief from those sky high gas prices in the past few days. But most folks say gas costing more than three dollars a gallon could keep them closer to home this summer.

Posted: 10:05 PM State police are working two bad accidents right now in Harlan and Bell Counties.

Updated: 10:52 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 13, 2011) —The University of Kentucky Appalachian Center will be displaying 26 selected photos from its recent Re-Imaging Appalachia Photo Contest. The gallery will be housed in the reception area of the UK College of Arts and Sciences, 202 Patterson Office Tower, from June 15-22.

Updated: 5:01 PM She says she wants to make it right! A Bell County pet store owner now faces more than fifty counts of animal cruelty. Police said several animals had no water.

Posted: 10:13 PM Residents of Middlesboro and Clinton will have a chance to comment on a request for an increase in the amount they pay for water at meetings starting this week.