Year: 2019

Gas prices in our region of Kentucky jumped nine cents this week to $2.39, according to Triple A’s Gas Price Report. Prices in Russell County remained around the $2.26 mark this week. Filling up continues […]

 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reopened sign-ups for the Conservation Reserve Program to Kentucky landowners. The deadline to sign up for general participation is February 28, 2020, while sign-ups for more permanent structures within […]

Janette Marson, the Tourism Director for the Lake Cumberland Tourist Commission, has been elected as the 2020 secretary of the Kentucky Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus. KACVB is a not-for-profit organization that meets quarterly […]

This morning, in an annual Christmas Eve tradition, the WJRS crew and numerous community volunteers will deliver around 300 boxes of food equal to about 15,000 pounds of food to less fortunate families in Russell […]

The Department of Fish and Wildlife is urging citizens to donate their used cut Christmas trees to help Kentucky’s underwater habitat. Starting December 26, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will be collecting […]

More Americans than ever, estimated at more than 115 million, will travel through Wednesday, January 1st. That is the most since Triple A began tracking in 2000, and represents an increase of 3.9% over last […]

The Russell County Courthouse, the Russell County Circuit Clerk’s Office and both the city halls in Russell Springs and Jamestown are closed today and will be closed Wednesday, Christmas Day, in observance of the holiday.

On Tuesday, the Laker Country WJRS crew and numerous volunteers will fan out across Russell County as part of the 48th annual WJRS Food for the Needy Drive in an effort give 300 less fortunate […]