East Carter students announced as Craft Academy Class of 2024

One of the calls we frequently get here at the newspaper are related to archival copies of the previous papers to serve the communities we cover. While many of the bound volumes of the Grayson Journal, the Sandy Valley Enquirer, The Olive Hill Times, and other predecessor newspapers were salvaged and donated to the Highlands Museum in Ashland when CNHI closed the Journal-Times office in early 2020, a lot of those older volumes are simply lost to history.

Richard Dallaire has a plan for a volunteer fire department in Willard. It’s important for the community, he says. When they’ve experienced flooding in the past, he said, none of the other fire departments could get in to them. Likewise, during the ice storms, members of the American Legion came together to support the community – digging folks out, helping with rescues, and doing many of the things volunteer firefighters do in surrounding communities.

Mildred Darlene Hackworth Grizzell, age 83 of Grayson, Kentucky passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022 at her residence. She was born September 14, 1938 in Lewis County, Kentucky a daughter of the late Wilford and Cera Applegate Hackworth. Mildred was of the Baptist Faith. She loved listening to good singing,...

Mrs. Bobette “Bobbi” Palmer Fultz , age 69, of Vanceburg, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2022 at Saint Claire Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky. She was born Tuesday, January 20, 1953, to Arvilla Negley Palmer and the late Robert Palmer. Bobette was a member of the Rose...

I often fantasize about things like getting to bed early. Getting a full eight hours sleep, then getting up early, doing some stretches, and having a healthy breakfast and a leisurely cup of coffee. I fantasize about turning myself into an early bird, and giving myself a schedule that fits in line with everyone else.

A variety of parasites attack poultry by either sucking blood or feeding on their skin, and feathers. Knowing what pests may be bugging your flock will help you figure out how to deal with the problem. Continuous external parasites are ones that spend their entire adult life on their host. Temporary parasites feed on, but do not live on, their host. Some continuous external parasites include:

Rumor is this Friday evening a bunch of hoodlums are going to set up in Haldeman. There isn’t anything to worry about, though. These hoodlums are just going to hang out, talk about cars, and get themselves pumped up for their big show on Saturday at the Haldeman Community Center.

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Carter County Detention Center over the past week. This list includes local arrests only. It does not include federal inmates being housed at or transported through the detention center. Ashley Tolliver, 35, of Grayson, arrested by Carter County Sheriff, on a...

FLEMINGSBURG – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reminds motorists to watch for lane closures, delays, and traffic changes across the Commonwealth this week and throughout the summer construction season. In addition to providing real-time traffic information online at GoKY.ky.gov or via Waze on your smartphone, the Kentucky Department of Highways...

Ava is a one-year-old shepherd mix. She’s a very playful, happy girl, looking for her forever home. She has a $50 adoption fee to an approved home, which includes rabies vaccination and being spayed. Stop by the Carter County Animal Shelter and meet her, or call 475-9771 for more information.

I usually don’t regard myself as a flood survivor but the rampaging, muddy water that recently decimated so many communities in East Kentucky brought back a torrent of personal memories. But I don’t recall anyone dying during the five times that my family was displaced by flood waters from...