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NWS begins enhanced warning system
Hoping to provide additional valuable information to the media and emergency management officials to facilitate improved public response and decision making, the central region of the National Weather System (NWS), which includes Jackson, will begin issuing tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings with enhanced wording and tag lines. “A test of this concept was conducted in eastern Kansas and most of Missouri last year, and I believe the ex...
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Engineers promote profession to students
Joseph Mosley and Erika Smith are problem solvers. That is the key focus of their careers in engineering at the Kentucky Department for Transportation. And last week, they shared information about their jobs, education and career opportunities, and available scholarship information with Harlan County High School juniors and seniors interested in similar careers. Mosley, a graduate of Cawood High School, and Smith, a graduate of Clay Count...
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Coal production dropped in eastern Ky. in 2012
WHITESBURG (AP) — Kentucky statistics show that coal production in some of the state’s historically big producers dropped in 2012 to the lowest levels seen in 47 years. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet reported that production in Letcher County fell to 2.97 million tons last year, a 36 percent drop from the year before and a fall of more than 50 percent since 2009. The Mountain Eagle reported that Pike County saw a fall in produc...
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Fire chiefs respond to article on water district
Allegations that the Cawood Water District was planning to charge fire departments for water used fighting fires were dispelled in an article in the April 2 edition of the Enterprise. However, other allegations in the article spurred Sunshine Volunteer Fire Department Chief Steven Hatfield and Martins Fork Volunteer Fire Department Chief Scott Blanton to respond. Previous Enterprise reports stated Cawood Water District Supervisor Pete Dean ...
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Lynch receives Brownsfield Grant
After a presentation to the Cumberland Valley Area Development Board (CVADB), the city of Lynch was awarded the Brownsfield Grant with an updated phase 1 and phase 2 of the grant. The award will aid the city’s ongoing efforts to restore old city owned buildings, including the old clinic building, in an effort to impact the economic area in a positive way. The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection recently announced the U.S. Envir...
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Mountain Music Showcase in planning stages
A showcase for mountain musicians is in the planning stages. The National Hall of Fame for Mountain Artisans and the Harlan County Writer’s Guild are making arrangements to present four nights of music in the Harlan area to help raise funds for the organization. Dubbed the Mountain Music Showcase (MMS), the plan is to hold four separate nights of music, with the fourth night being a culmination of some of the best performers of the series...
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Study conducted on KY 38
Help is on the horizon for residents in the Clover Fork area. After a study was completed of the entire length of KY 38 in Harlan County, Sherri Chappell, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Acting Chief District 11 Engineer, said the report has been submitted to the transportation cabinet’s central office. Chappell said after the study is approved, the report will be available for public inspection on the transportation cabinet’s website. “C...
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Truck overturns on US 421
Jeff Phillips | Daily Enterprise Kentucky State Police Sgt. Jeremy Lee inspects a tractor-trailer that overturned on U.S. 421 at the foot of Pine Mountain about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The driver of the truck, Edward Longstreath, of Hallie, appeared to have escaped serious injury, but was being treated at the scene by emergency workers for head lacerations. The truck came to rest near a home located by the highway. The truck’s full load of co...
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Man charged with sodomy of child
A 36-year-old Dayhoit man has been indicted by a Harlan County Grand Jury on a charge of first-degree sodomy, a class A felony. According to the indictment, Terry Jenkins, of Possum Hollow Road, was indicted on the charge. The indictment states that on or about April 1, 2008 to on or about April 1, 2009, Jenkins “engaged in deviate sexual intercourse with a minor” who was less than 12-years-old. Jenkins was arrested by Loyall Police Chief...
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Students fight Muscular Dystrophy
Photos by Joe P. Asher|Daily Enterprise Harlan elementary students in kindergarten through the fourth grade took time out of their busy schedule recently to form a human shamrock in support of their classmate Brady Lawson, who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Harlan Elementary School Principal Mary Lou McCarthy said the students spent the month of March raising money to combat the disease and wanted to do something special on the l...
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HCHS principal announces his retirement
As a man with a wide range of interests, Bob Howard has spent most of his adult life looking for new challenges and served in many roles in that quest. He worked as a coal miner and an artist, excelled as a teacher and coach, winning multiple regional track championships at a school without a track. He eventually became the final principal at his alma mater, Evarts High School. Howard found the greatest challenge of his career almost six ...
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County agrees to purchase equipment for jail
Asking the court to purchase a new floor stripper for the Harlan County Detention Center at recent meeting of the Harlan Fiscal Court, Harlan County Jailer Curt Stallard said the new machine will save man hours, along with the costs of chemicals for the county. “This is a square unit,” said Stallard. “We have buffers and other pieces of equipment, but you can’t get into corners with them because they are round. The chemicals we have been us...
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Tourism panel looks at motorcycle trails
The Harlan Tourist and Convention Commission is working to publicize motorcycle trails through Harlan. “This is a project that Tracy Bailey from Cumberland tourism and I have been working on for the past six months,” said Harlan Tourism Director Brandon Pennington, during a recent meeting. Pennington said Hank Phillips, deputy commissioner for the Kentucky Department of Travel and Tourism, stated in the coming years motorcycle trails are ...
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No charge for fire departments from Cawood Water
A misunderstanding has led to rumours that the Cawood Water District is preparing to charge fire departments for the water they use when fighting fires. According to Cawood Water District Supervisor Pete Dean, this is not the case. “This thing about charging the fire departments for water has got out of proportion,” said Dean. Dean said the rumour started because of a miscommunication between one of the water district employees and the Su...
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‘Way of the Cross’ chronicles Christ’s final hours
The Good Friday observance “Way of the Cross” was held Friday in downtown Harlan. The 17th annual event, sponsored by Holy Trinity Church, commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The stations of the cross are a veneration of the final hours of the life of Jesus, depicting various events, persons and locations leading to his death. A large group of participants took part and sang hymns as they traveled from the c...
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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
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...
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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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The hottest ticket in town, again
May and June are the months for commencements. High schools, colleges and universities present diplomas and confer degrees by the thousands. There are traditions, pomp and protocol surrounding each...
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Time to think about termites
Springtime, with its warmer temperatures and more abundant rainfall, is typically when many winged termites emerge inside homes and other structures. Termites swarm from the colony to disburse, fal...
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Religion
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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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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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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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 ...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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