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Touting the “best economy in 30 years,” Kentucky Senate President Roberts Stivers told two local chambers of commerce Tuesday that the 2019 legislative session will be a time to spur even more growth through effective policymaking. Stivers was the featured speaker for a joint...

Changes are coming to two Main Street restaurant locations in Corbin. The former Corbin Cellars will be the site of a new sports pub, owned and operated by Brandon Shepherd, Mark Shepherd and Guy Jones. Scott Hobbs, owner of The Dixie Grill, declined to go into specifics on his...

Effective November 1, 2018, the Baptist Health Corbin Family Fitness will be under new management to Corbin Wellness Center, the health care group announced Wednesday In a press release provided by Baptist Health, officials said fees for membership would remain the same, and that...

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers will talk about the 2019 legislative session of the General Assembly, and changes to state worker’s compensation rules, next Tuesday at the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce monthly membership luncheon. Stivers (R-Manchester) has been...

Pennington Block Company owner and founder Charles Pennington was honored last week as the city of Corbin’s “Business Leader of the Year.” The honor was bestowed on Pennington during the annual Business Appreciation Lunch, held at The Corbin Center. About 150 people attended the...

Unemployment rates fell in 115 Kentucky counties between August 2017 and August 2018, rose in Owen, Monroe and Metcalfe counties, and stayed the same in Nelson and Lyon counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and...

The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has reduced the annual revenue of Delta Natural Gas Co. to reflect a federal tax cut, thereby lowering the base rate portion of the average monthly bill for residential customers. In an order issued today, the PSC approved a customer...

The state-of-the-art, 19,000 square feet Grace Health Women’s Care center officially opened in Corbin this week, and community members got a sneak peak of the facility last Wednesday prior to its official opening. The clinic, located at the old Forest Lanes bowling alley in the...

After three years in business Corbin Cellars on Main Street has ceased operation. Ron Herd, who owned and operated the restaurant with his wife, Lisa, said the couple elected to close the business effective Monday. “There were several different factors,” Herd said of the...

One of the area’s most robust, full-featured fitness facilities could soon be run by a third-party management company, the top official at Baptist Health Corbin said Tuesday. Baptist Family Fitness has been operated by the hospital for over two decades. Interim president Anthony...