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SKCTC students are looking for your stories
MIDDLESBORO — A group of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College ( SKCTC ) students and faculty members, in partnership with the Bell County Historical Society, is seeking to record ...
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Pineville Water Utility to work on reducing residue in water
PINEVILLE — At the Pineville Utility Commission meeting on Tuesday, the board discussed an unpleasant additive present in the city’s water supply. Commission member Joyce Dozier and Mayor Sherw...
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Bell schools, staff honored for information services
PINEVILLE — The Bell County School District ( BCSD ) and two staff members have received awards for efforts in the school’s information services. Three awards were presented to the BCSD and ...
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Ky. and Tenn. police team up, burglary suspect arrested
MIDDLESBORO —Cooperation between the Middlesboro Police Department ( MPD ) and the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department led to the Wednesday arrest of a wanted burglary suspect, according to a...
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Garbage pickup rates to increase
PINEVILLE — After weeks of lengthy debate on the subject, the Bell County 109 Board on Solid Waste voted to extend existing contracts for garbage haul and disposal with Waste Connections and Mi...
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Generating funds for county focus of Lee Board of Supervisors
Board ‘moving forward’ with proposed ATV trail
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Pineville Youth Service programs save lives
by Lorie Settles
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PINEVILLE — The Pineville School Board meeting began Monday with a report on the High School’s youth service projects. Teacher and Youth Service Advisor Matt Shafer reported success with two ch...
Vo-tech entrance a safety concern for Bell BOE
by Stephen Woodward
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Track at BCHS ‘back to square one’
MAP testing a top priority for MBOE
by Adam Young
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MIDDLESBORO — Members of the Middlesboro Board of Education (MBOE) experienced a change of scenery on Monday night, as their monthly meeting was held at the Middlesboro Middle School (MMS) Library....
Former Bell County dentist pleads guilty, sentenced to prison
by Stephen Woodward
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PINEVILLE — A former Bell County dentist indicted for Medicaid fraud, drug trafficking, and jury tampering pleaded guilty in Bell County Circuit Court on Monday. Craig Ralston entered the guilty p...
Local gardener, columnist to receive state award
by Stephen Woodward
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MIDDLESBORO — Pat Biggerstaff has a lot on her plate. On top of raising an organic garden in her back yard, the Middlesboro resident is a entrepreneur in nearly all media, writing a weekly column, ...
World War II, a woman’s perspective
by Stephen Woodward
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MIDDLESBORO — Wars are always ripe with sacrifice, but during World War II, there was a calling for a new kind of sacrifice in America. While their husbands fought overseas, women from all walks of...
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