Letcher County News

Police say someone is cashing bogus checks across eastern Kentucky. So far, fake checks were found in Letcher and Perry counties, but police believe there could be more.

Concern in Letcher County is growing because of a messy problem with large birds at a lake in Jenkins.

How do benefits from the coal industry stack up against the costs? If you live below one of the thousands of forgotten dams that are part of coal's legacy, including one that threatened 150 homes in Letcher County earlier this month, your ideas might differ from those of the 18,000 Kentuckians employed by the industry.

A leaking dam that some Letcher County residents feared could collapse and flood homes hadn't been inspected by state regulators in more than a decade.

"The 2000 census found that nearly 23 percent of families living in Letcher County, KY, fell below the poverty line.

Letcher County officials say a local dam is in danger of breaking, which could flood several homes below it.

When the narrow creek that runs through this small Letcher County town overflowed, Allen Baker ran to get some silicone to seal the front door of his wife's medical office to ward off the muddy water.

Flood waters in parts of Letcher County have gone down, but the aftermath is a new battle.

Officials from all three Southeastern Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges held a forum Monday in Letcher County to discuss improvements to the coal industry.

The recession is creating an increase in domestic violence. That's the finding of a survey of abuse shelters across the country, and crisis workers say it holds true here in eastern Kentucky.

On June 4, 2009 at approximately 5:43 p.m. KSP Post 13 Hazard received a call of a 2 vehicle traffic collision on U.S. 119 at Gose Hollow.

FRANKLIN - A complete transformation has taken place in the fourth grade at Rutgers Preparatory School.

Wet roads are being blamed for a crash in Letcher County Thursday that killed an elderly woman.

Part of the appeal of Harlan County's Poke Sallet Festival is the music. Although founded over 50 years ago on a platform of politics, it's the singers, songwriters, players and pickers who are taking center stage now.

For some senior citizens, it was a chance to get dressed up and cut a rug. Carl Parrott was surprised when his name was called to be prom king.

Pike County resident Vanessa Hall will be part of a U.S. delegation visiting the coalfields of Colombia, South America in the coming week, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth reported.

Regardless of their career paths, each of the 212 Berea College seniors who received diplomas Sunday should regard their education as a tool for changing history.

On 5/21/09 at 0830 hrs KSP Hazard received a call from J & A Mining Company at Friday Branch in Letcher County, reporting a rock truck driver had backed over the dump site.

A truck driver has died after his truck ran over an embankment at an eastern Kentucky coal mine and overturned.

So did you know that the richest man in Europe has installed himself as a Letcher County coal operator? After chasing down rumors that had been circulating from Isom to Camp Branch, and from Sandlick to Buck Creek, The Mountain Eagle reported that more than 300 Kentucky miners, in Letcher and Knott Counties, soon will be working for 42-year-old ...