Articles by Derek Aaron

Stephen Hill, Russell County’s chamber of commerce president, told WJRS NEWS that the chamber’s annual holiday shopping campaign grew in participation over last year’s numbers and that is something that helped the local economy… Hill […]

More than $2.1 million in grant funding has been awarded to 30 agencies across Kentucky to prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking as well as to enhance victim services, according to the […]

Local youth will have the upcoming weekend, January 1st and 2nd, to participate in the Free Youth Deer Hunt Weekend. According to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, hunters are limited to one deer […]

The Cumberlands Workforce Development Board is teaming up with five other workforce development boards across the state to bring another “Commonwealth Coders” web development training program to 66 Kentucky counties, including Russell, Adair, Casey, Cumberland, […]

Governor Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that Kentucky hospitals that meet federal quality measures can receive up to $1.1 billion in increased payments next year. The funding, available through a federally approved, state-directed payment model, helps […]

Kentuckians who wish to update their political party affiliation need to do so by December 31, 2021, in order to be eligible to vote in the May 17, 2022 primary election. Here’s Derek Aaron with […]

Residents in neighboring Adair and Casey counties receiving federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, or SNAP, who lost food due to the storms or related power outages when storms devastated Western Kentucky earlier this month […]

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife is now accepting natural Christmas trees at more than two dozen drop-off locations across the state for their annual Christmas for the Fishes tree recycling program. The two […]

Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday the Kentucky Small Business Tax Credit program fueled the creation of 339 new jobs and the reinvestment of $3.64 million in 107 businesses throughout the past year. The KSBTC program […]

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