Pikeville News

It's been a busy spring and summer for law enforcement agencies in Logan and surrounding counties that have had their hands full dealing with alleged drunks a ' both on foot and behind the wheel.

Starting Monday, the two Disaster Recovery Centers in Kentucky, located in Jackson and Pikeville, are extending their hours of operation from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Among the changes made to the budget bill last week was one that had nothing to do with the budget: a little-noticed provision that apparently will resolve a controversy over membership of the Mountain Water District board in Pike County.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Pike County man was among those police believe stole an estimated $190,000 worth of material from Norfolk Southern Railroad in Mingo County and took it into Kentucky to sell.

The Department for Natural Resourcesa Division of Abandoned Mine Lands announced the award of contract and the start of construction for the Log Cabin Slide AML Reclamation Project in Pike County, Kentucky.

Gov. Steve Beshear and Economic Development Cabinet Interim Secretary Larry Hayes announced EQT Corporation, an integrated energy company with divisions focused on natural gas production transmission and distribution, will expand their regional headquarters in Pikeville.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear's office says the largest natural gas producer in the Appalachian basin is expanding its regional headquarters in Pikeville.

Three Kentucky men face federal charges of conspiring to steal and sell an estimated $190,000 worth of railroad tracks from Norfolk Southern.

Four Disaster Recovery Centers in Kentucky are scheduled to transition or close on Saturday, June 27.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. a ' At a special meeting Friday, the Pike County Fiscal Court agreed to immediately open a transfer station at Turkey Creek on a reclaimed mine site.

Last week my husband and I used a couple of days off to take a trip to Knoxville to see one of our favorite bands, which is touring this summer for the first time in six years.

Kentucky State Police Post 09 would like to say welcome to five new Kentucky State Troopers, who graduated the Kentucky State Police Academy on Friday June 12, 2009.

Rebuilding or repairing a home after the severe storms and flooding of May can be challenging.

Kentucky State Police investigators from Post 9, Pikeville are continuing their investigation into the twenty-year-old murder of Gregory G. Back.

Heavy rain has again triggered flash flooding in eastern Kentucky. There were rescues in Pike County on Thursday and roads were closed after water rose out of several streams.

Country star Dwight Yoakam performs in concert Saturday night at Belterra Casino and Resort.

For the next two weeks, specialists are in the Pikeville, Ky., Lowe's store to advise Kentuckians about flood-resistant building and rebuilding techniques and flood insurance.

PIKEVILLE, KY a ' Some counties are still hovering in a state of emergency, with residents cut off by damaged roads or relying on charity and friends for housing and food, nearly a month after storms, and flooding, one disaster responder told The Lexington Herald Leader, as report in the newspaper's Sunday edition.

A woman is recovering from a gunshot wound to the chest and police have arrested the man they believe fired the gun.

On Monday, June 8, at Pikeville College's Booth Auditorium, area youth between the ages of 16 and 24 can apply for one of 300 full-time summer job openings.