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A coal tipple and mine at Jones Fork in Knott County was once a busy site but sees little activity now.

Fifty Years of Night: Coal jobs gone, perhaps for good

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FIFTY YEARS OF NIGHT

Knott County: a snapshot

Formed in 1884 from backwoods of Perry, Letcher, Floyd and Breathitt counties; named for Gov. James Proctor Knott. Landscape is rugged mountains, narrow valleys and headwaters of creeks that flow into the Kentucky and Big Sandy rivers. County seat is Hindman, population...
FIFTY YEARS OF NIGHT

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Lexington library fights ruling requiring $927,491 payment to former CEO

The Lexington Public Library has asked a Fayette Circuit Court judge to vacate an arbitration panel's ruling that would award $927,491 to Kathleen Imhoff, the library's former chief executive officer.
BASKETBALL: MEN

State using coal taxes for Rupp Arena project, upsetting coal-county leaders

Gov. Steve Beshear's administration is taking $2.5 million from shrinking coal severance tax funds and giving it to Lexington to help pay for the planning and design of Rupp Arena's renovation.
WATCHDOG

Judge: State must explain why it removed information from child abuse records

Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd said Monday he will schedule another hearing in dispute between the state and Kentucky's two largest newspapers.
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

State lawmaker holds permit for coal mines with 'pattern of violations'

FRANKFORT — State Rep. Keith Hall, chairman of the House committee on energy, holds the permits for Pike County coal mines with a repetitive pattern of safety and environmental violations, according to state officials.
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Head of Bluegrass Area Development District placed on administrative leave

Lenny Stoltz II, executive director of the Bluegrass Area Development District, was placed on administrative leave Monday night following a three-hour, closed-door meeting of the Lexington-based agency's executive board.
MOVIES

Film featuring Comair 5191 survivor to screen in Lexington

Sole Survivor, a documentary film that includes Jim Polehinke, the co-pilot and lone survivor of the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington, will be screened July 18 at the Kentucky Theatre.
STEVE NUNN

Steve Nunn apologizes to family of woman he killed

A former Kentucky lawmaker serving life in prison apologized publicly for the first time Friday to the family of the woman he shot and killed four years ago. Nunn is serving a life sentence for the 2009 slaying of his former fiancée, 29-year-old Amanda Ross. He spoke during a court proceeding...