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The Mountain Eagle
September 30Jayda Banks wears her crown and sash as the new Miss Mountain Heritage as she rides in the annual Mountain Heritage Festival Parade through downtown Whitesburg. The 17-year-old junior at Letcher County Central High School is the daughter of JR. Banks and Desirea Banks. The…
EventsThe Mountain Eagle
September 30The Letcher Fiscal Court has voted unanimously to study the feasibility of installing small nuclear power plants in the county after a resident proposed using electric power and data centers as economic development tools. Data centers came up again later in the September meeting,…
Government & CivicThe Mountain Eagle
September 30The City of Jenkins did not close American Legion Post 66, but it did stop the post from operating an unlicensed bar after state investigators documented alcohol sales there, according to city officials and records obtained by The Mountain Eagle. Jenkins Alcoholic Beverage…
Government & CivicThe Mountain Eagle
September 30Kentucky basketball icon Dan Issel has a new book, “Dan Issel: From Kentucky Wildcat to NBA Legend,” and will be in Lexington Oct. 22 for a book signing (ES Good Barn, Gorham Hall, 1451 University Drive). As a senior, Issel averaged 33.9 points per game when Kentucky reached the…
General
The Mountain Eagle
September 30Taking a youngster fishing is big fun
Struttin’ Time readers, your old friend — me — is at it again. On Saturday I took another kid fishing, just him and me, and I can’t tell you the joy I got from being out with a young person I had been asked to mentor. During my long life, I have taken many young people hunting…
EventsThe Mountain Eagle
September 30It is at last fall, and the water temperatures are really cooling down. Just a few weeks ago, the water was in the mid-80s, and fish such as bass and crappie were holding off the banks in deeper water or around cover close to deeper water, such as wood near a creek or river…
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Mayking by the numbers
- Persons per household
- 2.7