Eastern Kentucky News

The fall fire season in Kentucky starts in two days, and Tim Eling with the Daniel Boone National Forest says this year has the potential to be an active one.

Hundreds of cases of COVID-19 have been reported across the mountains since the pandemic started back in March.

Dolly Parton is kicking off the holiday season early with an announcement of a new Christmas movie coming to Netflix.

“The map manipulation has gone on long enough. Citizens and educators have lost confidence and trust that the changes made to the map are in the interest of safety and public health," the WVEA states.

The ballots of tens of thousands of Kentuckians were rejected in the primary because of errors with the way they sent back their ballots. But experts say the most common mistakes are easy to avoid.

Kentucky restaurants have been at 50 percent capacity for quite some time now, and, by the looks of it, that won’t change anytime soon.

Officials have not released a cause for the incident.

WYMT independently confirms all coverage area positive COVID-19 cases, along with any coronavirus-related deaths, with local health departments before publishing any details.

A man from Mingo County has been arrested on domestic battery charges Sunday afternoon.

It happened on Monday.

Immediately after Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the verdict in the Breonna Taylor case, there were calls and demands for the release of transcripts and details on how the decision was made.

The cloudy skies and scattered showers continue this evening, but later tonight we’ll start to clear out which will make for a nice Wednesday!

The countdown to election day is on with five weeks to go.

Ownership is remaining cautious and upbeat as the restaurant moves forward.

The Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Act, led by Congressman Andy Barr and Congressman Paul Tonko, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.

The public is going to learn a lot more facts in the Breonna Taylor case.

Governor Andy Beshear announced the plans by Chapin International Inc. Tuesday.

The money will come from the Appalachian Regional Commission.

It happened just before 5:30 Tuesday morning on Highway 190 about five and a half miles from U.S. 25E.

The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked a national sample of parents in August about getting a flu vaccine for their child.

Dreary conditions will continue off and on today as the cold front makes its way out of the region.

A high school football game was called off in the third quarter due to problems with spectators from both schools, according to a statement from East Carter High School.

The office of Ky. AG Daniel Cameron announced Monday night that the recording from the grand jury proceedings will be released Wednesday.

Despite unemployment rates the highest in eastern Kentucky, and many telling WSAZ they have waited months for their benefits, the Kentucky Labor Cabinet says there are no immediate plans to hold pop-up events across the state.

Derlin Newey, an 89-year-old pizza delivery driver from Utah received a surprise delivery during his delivery route, CNN reported.

“We’re homeless we’re not garbage, just please be kind to everybody, everybody just be kind, that’s all I ask.”

On this episode of Issues and Answers, we pay tribute to Joey Kesler.

The City of Pikeville is not letting the pandemic get in the way of its economic development.

"Each one of them, they have different work. So it’s hard to keep all the schedules going."

Fans will be allowed at Mountaineers games in a limited capacity beginning with next month's game against Kansas.