Benham
A city in Harlan County, Kentucky — population 481 as of 2022.
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The Mountain Eagle
September 30]The Jenkins High School girls’ volleyball team picked up its 14th victory of the season last week with a straight-set win over Harlan before dropping matches to Hazard and Prestonsburg. The Lady Cavaliers defeated Harlan 3-0 on Monday, September 21, at Harlan, improving their…
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The Mountain Eagle
September 2Whitaker reverses course, now opposes data centers
State Rep. Mitch Whitaker, whose 94th House District includes all of Letcher County and portions of Harlan and Pike counties, says he has changed his position on large-scale artificial intelligence data centers and would no longer support the tax incentives he voted to expand…
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Benham by the numbers
- Median age
- 43.6
- Households
- 328
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median household income
- $44,946
- Median house value
- $53,000