By Jordan Thomas Hall Knott County contemporary Christian band Shiloh is broadening their audience to spread the word of Christ. The band is currently trying to raise funds through a Kickstarter page titled “Shiloh Album Kickstarter” that would allow them…
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…
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)…
The Big S Market, located at 53 Old House Branch Road in Topmost, is the new home of the first Village Post Office in Knott County. The Topmost VPO is another opportunity to make postal services and products more readily…
By SHARON K. HALL A three-hour meeting of the Hindman City Council resulted in a few affirmative actions. Several guests addressed the council Monday with information and concerns. Mike Miller, executive director of Kentucky River Area Development District (KRADD), encouraged…
Officers with the Knott County Sheriff’s Department seized drugs and arrested two men following a DUI traffic stop near Hindman this week. The stop was initiated by Deputy Leo Slone on Hwy. 550 East near Possum Trot in the Leburn…
By SHARON K. HALL Knott County says goodbye to a man who dedicated his life to serving others. Bill Coburn, 71, passed away Tuesday, February 18, of heart complications. Coburn is remembered as being a key figure…
By KAREN JONES CODY The Knott County Fiscal Court voted to hire one employee and increase the duties and salary of another in a special meeting last week. (The court’s regular meeting was postponed from Monday until Tuesday for the…
(Brittany Taylor Hamilton is the daughter of Knott Countians Shane and Bug Hamilton. The following is reprinted with permission from the Nashville Comet) By PAUL GREGERSEN When playing cards, a Triple Run is a string of multiple points in…
By SEN. JOHNNY RAY TURNER FRANKFORT — After a pause in legislative work on Monday in observance of President’s Day, the General Assembly reconvened on Tuesday ready to begin the second, busiest half of the legislative session. In the coming…