Pike County News

More coal miners lose their jobs. CAM mining in Pike County announced another round of layoffs Wednesday morning.

One year ago Tuesday, a man was killed at a fireworks stand in Pike County. Phillip Hickman, 39, was shot next to U.S. 119 in South Williamson.

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.

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.

Areas of eastern Kentucky still recovering from severe flooding earlier this year are at risk of more damage due to recent heavy rains.

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.

Just weeks after flooding devastates parts of eastern Kentucky, the waters rise again overnight.

People in Pike County are once again cleaning up after recent floods. The county was declared a state of emergency on Thursday after flash floods hit several communities.

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.

A state of emergency is declared in Pike County after another round of flash flooding.

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.

James B. Mullins, age 34 of Phyllis, was traveling east on State Highway 194 and failed to negotiate a curve.

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

Officials are still adding up flood damage costs to roads, bridges, water lines and schools, but it is already in the millions of dollars.

Clogged drains, ditchlines filled with mud, embankment failures that sent pavement and dirt into the creeks: these are the top three problems facing maintenance specialists at Highway District 12 in the aftermath of flash flooding earlier this month.

Five FEMA assistance centers opened Wednesday morning in four Eastern Kentucky counties where flooding May 8 and 9 left hundreds of people homeless.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - " Despite rumors to the contrary, Pike County Schools Superintendent Roger Wagner says there are no definite plans to close Bevins Grade School.

Construction of an improved U.S. 460 through the rugged mountains of Pike County is under way and is scheduled for completion in six years.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Perry County man has been indicted by the May Grand Jury serving Pike Circuit Court on five Class A felonies, including four charges of rape and one of sodomy.