PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge, after she was found with meth during a roadblock on the Mountain Parkway. Jodi Nichols, 48, of Pikeville, entered a guilty plea Monday to a charge of possession of more than 50 grams of meth with the intent to distribute. Court records indicate she was driving along the Mountain Parkway May 28, when she encountered a Kentucky State Police roadblock at mile marker 70. During that stop, police found about 8 ounces of meth in her car. She later told police she had obtained more […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Mountain Water District has filed an application with the Kentucky Public Service Commission, asking to raise rates by more than 20 percent. The application, filed on Monday, would raise residential rates by more than 22 percent. That would bring the average residential customer bill from nearly $45 to nearly $55, an increase of about $10. Commercial and other types of customers would also see increases, ranging from about 24 percent to nearly 35 percent. The proposal also calls for a 13.5 percent increase to the wholesale rate charged to Elkhorn City, Jenkins, Martin County and Mingo County. […]

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The Letcher County Tourism Office recently attended the Kentucky Travel Industry Annual Conference in Louisville to learn how they can attract more people to eastern Kentucky.

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The 2025 Dancing for Shelter has concluded, raising $45,000 for the Floyd County Homeless Shelter.

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Kentucky legislators discussed how inmates could be rehabilitated through education.

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