The Pike County Schools Board of Education unanimously approved extending hazard pay for district employees who help with the district’s summer meal program during its virtual meeting on May 28.

Recent unemployment data shows that the region’s unemployment rates skyrocketed as businesses were shuttered and limited in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing the impacts of the response at the county level.

Local mining company Blackhawk Energy announced June 1 that it has been acquired by Czech Republic-based Sev.en Energy.

During the first week of June, KSP is sending a plea to parents and caregivers with ‘Keeping Kids Cool’, a statewide initiative to provide awareness about leaving children in hot cars. It may seem like common sense, but statistics show that these deaths are continuing to happen across the U.S.

With the economic situation worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, Kentucky Power is proposing a three-step plan to help customers who have fallen behind in their electric bills, the company announced in a statement May 29.

Kentucky State Police confirmed May 28 that a Memorial Day weekend incident left a man dead.

The Pike County Health Department announced May 28 that a 5-week-old infant has been confirmed to have the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), making the county’s 29th case.