Rogers News

" U.S. Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers announced today that the U.S. Forest Service has awarded $3,696,700 toward numerous improvement projects in the Daniel Boone National Forest including debris removal for trail and road restoration, forest thinning to resist the Gypsy Moth, stream and ecosystem monitoring, and dump clean ups with Kentucky ...

Is Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers encouraging emergency responders to take part in something he doesn't support? That's what one branch of political opposition is accusing Rogers of after the Fifth District Republican recently urged fire departments throughout his part of the state to apply for a new competitive grant program for firehouse ...

" Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers announced today that a key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives has approved $4.45 million for Operation UNITE to continue its flourishing counter-drug initiative in southern and eastern Kentucky.

By Adam Sulfridge For The Times-Tribune Not even well watered soil could keep bluegrass music enthusiasts away from the second annual Sally Gap Bluegrass Festival.

Special to The Times-Tribune Wednesday's East Kentucky Flood Relief Telethon on WYMT-TV helped raise nearly $50,000 for East Kentucky flood victims.

The lone commercial airline serving Republican Rep. Hal Rogers' hometown of Somerset offers discounted fares starting at $39 on half-empty nine-seat planes thanks to a $1 million taxpayer-subsidized grant.

There was little doubt when I began watching my old friend Neil Middleton interview Congressman Hal Rogers on WYMT's Issues and Answers earlier in the week something would be said that would start me talking to my television.

Special to The Times-Tribune PRIDE usually recruits volunteers to care for Mother Nature.

Federal officials are in eastern Kentucky to conduct damage assessments after massive flooding carried away homes, snapped water lines and blocked roadways.

Kentucky will declare a state of emergency in the wake of Friday night's severe storms that killed one and damaged buildings in Madison County while triggering flooding in several Eastern Kentucky counties.

PEGASUS PARADE These streets will be closed today: ) 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Barret Avenue, from Broadway to Baxter Avenue.

The Arena in Corbin has gotten off to a fast start, offering a nice variety of music and entertainment acts to the people of Southeastern Kentucky.

With their popping purple blooms and their tendency to hug the highway, redbud trees make driving in Laurel County a true pleasure.

" A Lee County man suspected of selling large amounts of drugs in the Lee County area was arrested Monday, April 1. William F. Brandenburg Jr., age 39, of Laurel Fork Road in eastern Lee County, was charged with four counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and one count of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.

The finalists for the Clark County school superintendent position include the statea s interim education commissioner, the districta s operations director and a former principal of Fannie Bush Elementary.

Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock manager John Ferguson paid $1.1 million for the gray or roan juvenile after holding off Kentucky bloodstock agent John Moynihan, whose clients include wine mogul Jess Jackson.

Somerset's own Fifth District Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers backed last year's bailout plan, feeling a need to do something to help a struggling economy, but has since turned a "suspicious eye" toward ...

Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers is encouraging fire departments throughout southern and eastern Kentucky to apply for Fire Prevention and Safety Grants through the Department of Homeland Security.

As the man in the White House prepares to change historically, other familiar faces in Washington D.C. are returning to their posts for duty - Somerset's own U.S. Rep.

A 33-year-old Louisville climber was rescued Saturday after he survived a 180-foot fall in the Red River Gorge near Frenchburg around 3:30 p.m. The man, whose name has not been released, was taken to University ...