By JORDAN THOMAS HALL The first Appalachian Food Summit: A Celebration of Our Appalachian Food Heritage was held Sunday at the Hindman Settlement School. The multi-state gathering, the first of its kind, brought together authors, chefs, farmers, advocates, scholars and…
Month: June 2014
Attorney General Conway’s Election Fraud Hotline gets 205 calls on Primary Election Day
Post-election audit to be held within 20 days FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 21, 2014) — Attorney General Jack Conway announced today that his Election Fraud Hotline received 205 calls from more than 60 counties between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. (EST)…
Hemp planted in Kentucky following dispute with feds
By BRUCE SCHREINER LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Hemp has turned legitimate in Kentucky, where researchers are starting to plant test plots that will help gauge the economic potency of the non-intoxicating plant banned for decades due to its family ties…
HCTC grads include Knott students
Hazard Community and Technical College honored a total of 646 students for receiving 1,409 credentials during Commencement exercises held Saturday, May 10, in the John Combs Arena of Perry County Central High School. Those students honored from Knott County are:…
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Charles Ramsey, an American hero
By Rick Hall I’m sure many of you have heard of the name, Charles Ramsey, and those who have may not know exactly who he is. I confess that I knew who he was, but I did not know his…
The Spiritual Woman
By Bev Bentley Wilson Most of us have heard the Bible story about Jesus feeding a large crowd of people with only five loaves of bread and two fish. I can still see in my mind the picture I saw…
Caney News
By Martha Baldridge Memorial Day weekend is too often thought of as a time for cook-outs, trips, family gatherings, decorating the graves of family members. We need to remember that this is most of all a time to honor all…
Mousie News
By Charlotte Hicks Caudill Next week Hindman High Class of 1971: The 8th and final installation in the series of my Hindman High graduating class will appear in next weeks column. Laurel Fork an enchanted place: I was invited…