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1 day ago | 
dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling
CATLETTSBURG Improvements at Armco Park are expected to continue as Boyd County Fiscal Court have begun the process to upgrade a second shelter house this summer, including inclusive playground equipment and new restrooms to neighbor the wiffleball field. According to Boyd County Judge-Executive Eric Chaney, the county has planned to upgrade at least one shelter at the park per year after revamping Shelter House 3 in 2024. kAm%96 4@>>:DD:@? 2AAC@G65 E96 DE2CE @7 2? #u! AC@46DD 7@C E96 :?DE2==2E:@?
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1 day ago | 
dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling
CANNONSBURG As a result of the General Assembly's $300 million investment toward career and technical education throughout Kentucky, government leaders, students and school representatives were on hand Monday to celebrate a ribbon cutting for Boyd County High School's new Career and Technical Center.
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3 days ago | 
dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling
ASHLAND Ashland Moose Lodge 892 received a visit from the organization's international chairman on Friday evening, who extended a donation to the Ashland Fire and Police Departments on the local lodge's behalf. "Of course it makes you feel good when you do good things, but it also makes you feel proud of an organization you're a part of," Moose International Board of Officers Chairman Robert Funkey said, rounding out his term and national lodge visits that tallied 40 states in one year.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Mary Jane Epling
ASHLAND Patients and visitors of UK King’s Daughters will receive a refreshed welcoming come Monday morning after the hospital’s main campus unveiled its new main entrance on Thursday. The celebration of the hospital’s redesigned entry point is just one piece of the campus’ years-long expansion project to be completed, as the hospital is now gearing up to phase in a brand new emergency department.
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6 days ago | 
dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling
ASHLAND Patients and visitors of UK King's Daughters will receive a refreshed welcoming come Monday morning after the hospital's main campus unveiled its new main entrance on Thursday. The celebration of the hospital's redesigned entry point is just one piece of the campus' years-long expansion project to be completed, as the hospital is now gearing up to phase in a brand new emergency department. kAmu@==@H:?8 2 C:33@?\4FEE:?8 46C6>@?J @? %9FCD52J E@ >2C< E96 @A6?:?8 @7 E96 >2:?
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6 days ago | 
dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling
The man convicted last month in the attack of an elementary school principal was sentenced on Thursday to up to 45 years in prison. Following a two-day bench trial Lawrence County Judge Andrew Allard found 44-year-old Joshua Lee Collins, of Huntington, guilty of attempted murder and felonious assault following the near-fatal stabbing of South Point Elementary School Principal Bill Christian last October. kAmr@==:?D H2D 2=D@ 4@?G:4E65 @? D6G6? 4@F?ED @7 <:5?2AA:?8[ 4@?G6J2?46 @7 2 5625=J H62A@? :?
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6 days ago | 
dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling
With more than $4 million in funding rescinded by the U.S. Department of Education, Carter County Schools may have to head back to the drawing board after years of planing the construction of a consolidated high school. According to a publication from the Kentucky Dept. of Education, any district with remaining COVID relief funds could utilize them until March 2026, however, the state's education department was recently notified any remaining funds would be inaccessible at the end of March 2025.
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1 week ago | 
dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling
CATLETTSBURG Boyd County grand jurors wrapped up a busy month of issuing indictments in the last few weeks of April. Grand jurors issued indictments for several local individuals, some high-level felonies which include manslaughter, rape, drug trafficking and child abuse. kAmp? :?5:4E>6?E :D ?@E 2? :?5:42E:@? @7 8F:=E[ C2E96C 2 8C2?5 ;FCJ 7@F?5 AC@323=6 42FD6 7C@> 6G:56?46 AC6D6?E65 8C2?E:?8 AC@D64FE:@? 677@CED E@ 4@?E:?F6]k^AmkAm%96 A6@A=6 2AA62C:?8 36=@H C6>2:? :??@46?E F?E:= AC@G6?
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mary Jane Epling
CATLETTSBURG After recently implementing a tax increase on blighted properties, the City of Catlettsburg will begin compiling a list of deteriorating real estate as their next action in cracking down on neglected areas. Council members referred to several locations in need of attention during a special-called meeting on Thursday evening, specifically downtown and off U.S. 23.
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1 week ago | 
dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling
CATLETTSBURG After recently implementing a tax increase on blighted properties, the City of Catlettsburg will begin compiling a list of deteriorating real estate as their next action in cracking down on neglected areas. Council members referred to several locations in need of attention during a special-called meeting on Thursday evening, specifically downtown and off U.S. 23. kAmpD 4@F?4:=H@>2? $FD2? r2>A36== :?BF:C65 23@FE FE:=:K:?8 6>:?6?E 5@>2:?[ 4:EJ 2EE@C?6J $@??J |2CE:?
