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Letcher Co. renews old building for economic development center
WHITESBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - Letcher County has a new location centered around economic development. Letcher County Tourism, Pine Mountain Partners, and EKY Heritage Foundation hosted a grand opening at the Ermine School in Whitesburg, celebrating the new home for the three organizations. “It’s great for all of those places to...
Kentucky Wisdom: ‘Looking’ Beans, Shaking Dumplings
Despite distance, this Whitesburg area native is still inspired by the mountains of Kentucky. “The mountains are always drawing you. They never leave you,” says Missy Jones as she stirs a pot of soup beans. But she isn’t stirring that pot in Letcher County, Kentucky, where her family has lived in Tan Yard “Holler” for generations. Instead, she cooks the sacred family meal in her kitchen in Independence, 3 ½ hours away from Whitesburg and about as far north as you can go and still be in Kentucky.
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