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School district cuts 30 positions
Four weeks after first addressing cutbacks needed for the 2013-14 school year, the Harlan County Board of Education has learned staff reductions thus far will total 30 jobs. With reluctance, the board unanimously voted in favor of the district’s tentative budget during their regular monthly session Monday evening. The position cuts include 27 certified, or teaching positions, as well as three classified, or support positions. From a budge...
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Board changes several jobs to district positions
Harlan Independent Schools Superintendent David Johnson recommended the golf and cross country coaching positions, recently reduced to one position, be split to include a boys and girls golf coaching position and a boys and girls cross country coaching position. The salary of $470 per coach will be split between the positions. The recommendation was approved the action during a special called meeting on Tuesday. Johnson also recommended...
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Man indicted for assault on mother
An alleged incident of a man hitting his mother with a stereo in February has resulted in the indictment of a Harlan man. Ashton Britt, 20, was served with an indictment warrant by Harlan City Police Officer Britt Ross on Tuesday. According to the indictment, on Feb. 8 Ashton Britt intentionally caused physical injury to Tina Britt by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument. Previous Enterprise reports show Harlan City Police Cpl...
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Discovery Channel’s “Moonshiners” to visit Harlan
Nola Sizemore Staff Writer Discovery Channel’s hit TV show “Moonshiners” will be the featured event at the eighth annual Southern Shine Crawl on Friday and Saturday at the Verda Field, on KY 38. The event is hosted by the Kentucky Mountain Crawlers. Appearing Saturday from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m., special guest Tim Smith, a descendant from three generations of moonshiners and bootleggers, is a leading character on the series. His earliest m...
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It’s ‘Click It or Ticket’ time
Kentucky State Police troopers have been out in full force with safety check points this week and will be seen even more during the national “Click It or Ticket” Memorial Day campaign. The seat belt enforcement mobilization kicked off on Monday and will run through June 3 in an effort to help save lives by cracking down on those who don’t buckle up. Despite a wealth of data showing that seat belts save lives — and also despite implementat...
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County will begin charging for cleanup trailers
At a recent special called meeting, Harlan County Solid Waste Supervisor Lakis Mavinidis told members of the Harlan Fiscal Court the cleanup trailer service provided free of charge to residents is costing the county approximately $280,000 a year. He proposed a $35 fee per household for future use in order to save the county money in their 2013-2014 budget. “As everyone knows for the past several years the county has provided a service to an...
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Commission agrees to tighten their budget
The Evarts Tourist and Convention Commission cut advertising funds from their budget to compensate for the loss of revenue. The action was taken during a meeting on Monday. Looking forward to their annual Fourth of July Parade — Harlan County’s only Independence Day parade, and their annual Labor Day festival, members agreed in order to fund these events a tightening of their budget had to be made. It was agreed advertising seemed to be the...
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City looks at lean budget
Presented with a preliminary copy of their 2013-2014 budget at a recent meeting, members of the Lynch City Council began looking at ways to run the city on a much leaner budget. “We’ve had declining revenues the two years I have been here and really the last three years,” said Financial Officer Bill Dean. “We’ve lost 50 water bill customers. We now have only 320 customers paying water bills at an average of $75 per month, which brings in ap...
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2013 Broadway Revue
The 15th annual Broadway Revue, directed by Robyn L. Bingham, was presented on Saturday at the Cawood and Helen Smith Theater, located on the campus of Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College. The 2013 revue featured students from Robyn’s Dance Academy and included a cast of over 50, ages 5-20.The show was comprised of numerous dance routines all set to the music of Broadway.
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County will not get FEMA help
Harlan County Emergency Management Director David McGill told members of the Harlan Fiscal Court at a recent meeting he had received confirmation from the state saying the county didn’t meet the threshold of $5.6 million, which would have allowed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist local residents with damages from recent flooding. “In my communications with NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service), which falls under t...
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Baxter man faces drug charges
A Baxter man faces drug charges following offenses allegedly committed in February of last year. Chester Hubbard, 57, was arrested on an indictment warrant Monday by Harlan City Police Officer Britt Ross. According to the indictment handed down by the grand jury May 13, Hubbard is charged with two drug related offenses. Count one of the indictment states Hubbard sold or transferred hydrocodone, a Schedule III narcotic, on or about Feb. 17...
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Council questions employee leave policy
Employees taking sick days and not providing a doctor’s excuse was questioned by a councilman during a recent Lynch City Council meeting. Lynch Councilman Winston Yeary raised the questioned, saying he would like to see the issue added to the employee handbook that a doctor’s excuse for that type of leave be required. As an example, Years asked what type leave an employee took recently when the city’s garbage wasn’t picked up. Mayor Joh...
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Coal operator plans to open 7 mines in Pike County
LOUISVILLE (AP) — A longtime coal operator plans to open seven mines in the heart of the eastern Kentucky coalfields in a venture expected to create more than 250 jobs in a hard-pressed region where several thousand mining jobs have disappeared in recent years. Bill Smith said most of the coal extracted by his High Ridge Mining operation in Pike County will be shipped to China to help fuel its economy. “We plan on mining a million to...
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Terry Turner performs at Harlan Center
Photos by Joe P. Asher|Daily Enterprise Harlan native Terry Turner performs as Elvis Presley during his show at the Harlan Center on Saturday. Turner is a native of Harlan County, and has been on tour in the region doing his “Man of Many Voices” show. Turner performs as several different iconic artists, including Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom Jones, Elton John and Neil Diamond. The Harlan Center hosted a performance Saturday by Terry ...
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Opening Ceremonies
John Middleton|Daily Enterprise Harlan High School football coach J.B. Donahue threw out the first pitch of the Kentucky State Police Trooper Island tournament at Huff Park on Friday. Donahue was the recipient of the Lena Bianchi/Trooper Island Lifetime Achievement Award. John Middleton|Daily Enterprise Kentucky State Police Post 10 Commander Leslie Smith spoke to the crowd during the opening ceremonies.
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Courthouse News
Courthouse News - April 27, 2013
PROPERTY TRANSFERS The following property transfers have been recorded in the office of the Harlan County Clerk. Viola Rains to Eddie Wayne Creech and wife, tract or parcel of land in Harlan Coun...
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Courthouse News - April 11, 2013
MARRIAGE LICENSES The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the office of the Harlan County Clerk. Heather Marie Napier, 29, Kenvir, to Jerry Leon Jones, 37, Kenvir. Ch...
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Courthouse News
MARRIAGE LICENSES The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the office of the Harlan County Clerk. Ashley Nicole Gibson, 20, Ages, to Mitchell Nathan Vanover, 21, Parris...
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Courthouse News - Dec. 7
MARRIAGE LICENSES The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the office of the Harlan County Clerk. Kelsey Ann Hacker, 19, Harlan, to Cory Arnold Lowe, 21, Harlan. Debra...
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Courthouse News — Oct. 31
District court cases The following cases have been heard in Harlan District Court, Judge Jeff Brock presiding. Mary Davidson, 25, operating vehicle on suspended/revoked operator’s license — plead...
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Social News
Crider brings drama back to HHS
Drama is alive and well at Harlan High School thanks to Kevn Crider. He and his ‘Dragon Drama’ students did themselves proud recently by presenting the well-known comedy Greater Tuna. The play was ...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don’t break the bank, stay cool
With the days finally getting warmer, many of us are looking forward to summertime and making plans for all of the activities we want to do and events we want to attend. Summer can be a lot of fun,...
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Hitting the track to fight diabetes
We know it’s still two weeks away, but my 4-year-old grandson, Tyler Kane Ochs, and I are still seeking sponsors for our participation in Team TKO’s Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes event on June 1 a...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Being content with life is a gift
I recently caught myself thinking about the state of my life. Things were calm and peaceful. I was almost finished with physical therapy and ready to start wellness. I was almost ready to get rid o...
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Religion
Sunday School Lesson
Moms learning from moms — Genesis 4:1
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Saluting all that keep our country safe
In a recent interview Patrolman Quillen’s closing statement was, “I believe policemen and the military are this country’s ‘thin blue line’ (the fear) that keeps criminals from hurting honest citiz...
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A saint goes marching in
Years ago my oldest son asked me a question: “What is a saint?” When you’re driving along with a numb mind at day’s end, as I was, that’s not the type of question you are prepared to answer. S...
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Raising siblings to love each other
Joe was the older brother. His younger brother, Jeff, couldn’t do anything as good as Joe. Of course there was six years difference in their age, and Joe was fond of establishing his superiority i...
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Unlikely scribe handwrites Bible in 4 years
PHILMONT, N.Y. (AP) — In the beginning, Phillip Patterson decided to write out every word in the Bible. On empty pages, he wrote of Adam, an ark, locusts, loaves, fishes and the resurrection in ...
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