Letcher County Archives

The Flooding: Time stopped in our little town — but we pulled together and learned important lessons

August 17, 2025August 18, 20250

In this occasional series, published in partnership with NKyTribune and Kentucky Student Voice Team’s The New Edu, Eastern Kentucky students…

November 24, 2024November 23, 20240

By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Attorney General Russell Coleman and Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 27th Judicial Circuit Jackie Steele announced…

September 20, 2024September 19, 20244

A judge was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in his courthouse chambers in Whitesburg and the Letcher County sheriff has…

July 25, 2023July 24, 20230

By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service A more than $500 million proposed federal prison project, which would sit on a…

July 31, 2022July 30, 20220

By Katie Myers Ohio Valley ReSource The mayor of Blackey stepped down years ago. The city council dwindled down to…

September 3, 2018September 2, 20180

U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers, R-KY and Gov. Matt Bevin today announced two grants worth $10.5 million to spur economic…

November 9, 20160

The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH), within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, is issuing a Public Health Alert…

July 1, 2016June 30, 20160

The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced that Kentucky Mist Moonshine in Letcher County is the newest and 28th member of…

December 7, 20150

Justice Samuel T. Wright III was formally sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky today by…