Weekly Arrests: 9/2/26

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Carter County Detention Center over the past week. This list includes local arrests only. It...

Two wheels and a thousand miles

Making it work better

Weekly Arrests: 8/26/26

Local News

Local News

Two wheels and a thousand miles

Fifty-three-year-old Dennis Desmarais has been riding bicycles for the last twenty-one years. “I got into it after I had multiple knee injuries,” Desmarais said. After the...

Making it work better

Weekly Arrests: 9/2/26

Smoke, dust, and the pinhole in the sky (part 2 of 2)

Grayson man still missing

Features

Faith

Joyful Noise: Hold on! God is with you!

By Pastor Naomi Mitchell For Carter County Times “Jesus lead me in the middle of this storm. Be my shelter and keep my spirit warm. When...
Art & Entertainment

Carter County Bigfoot Fest returns to Olive Hill for second year

OLIVE HILL, Ky. — Bigfoot is back in Carter County, and this year, the legend is bringing even more family fun, entertainment, vendors and...

Olive Hill Singer Tristen Moore Surpasses One Million Reel Views in 20 Days

Artists, celebrities, and vendors, oh my!

Pet of the Week: Meet Paula

OPINION

Editorial

The day Dolly smooched me

Over the last week, I’ve watched tributes pour in for Dolly Parton, and read – often with a tear in my eye – as...
Column

Rasonque rabble-rousing

I want you to know that I started this op/ed with good intentions. I wanted to sing the praises of a new medical breakthrough: The...
Column

No. 47 apparently hasn’t read Dale Carnegie’s book on making friends.

A teacher in New York City sat down in 1936 and put his 24 years of experience teaching business education into a self-help book...

Lifestyle

Art & Entertainment

Carter County Bigfoot Fest returns to Olive Hill for second year

OLIVE HILL, Ky. — Bigfoot is back in Carter County, and this year, the legend is bringing even more family fun, entertainment, vendors and...

Olive Hill Singer Tristen Moore Surpasses One Million Reel Views in 20 Days

Artists, celebrities, and vendors, oh my!

Joyful Noise: Hold on! God is with you!

Final Friday focuses on photography

SPORTS

West wins Mike Flannery Bowl

Football

West Carter fourth and fifth grade football won the Sixth Annual Mike Flannery Bowl this past weekend. The fourth and fifth grade boys defeated East Carter on Saturday, with a score of 16-0, before clinching the bowl win on Sunday with a 30-6 victory over Greenup. (Submitted photo)

Strength for Life: Time for training

Sports
By Tracy Deborde, ACSM-CPT Carter County Times July is considered the off-season for many youth sports, and while that can feel like downtime, it’s actually one...

Special Olympics Area 3&9 Track and Field Meet Returns to Paintsville Saturday

Sports
Paintsville, Ky. – The Special Olympics Kentucky Area 3&9 Track and Field Meet returned to Johnson Central High School in Paintsville on Saturday, April...

East Carter falls to Ashland Blazer in regional matchup

Basketball
By Brayleigh Boggs Carter County Times Ashland Blazer’s relentless rebounding and physical defense proved too much for the East Carter Lady Raiders Monday night, as the...

Raiders fall short

Basketball
(Photo by Brayleigh Boggs, Carter County Times) By Brayleigh Boggs Carter County Times It was a back-and-forth battle between East Carter and Morgan County for a spot...

RECORDS

Classifieds

OBITUARY

Treasa Ann Goodan Blankenship

Sandra J. Collins

Carolyn Lorraine Prichard Davis

James Phillip Ray

Column

No. 47 apparently hasn’t read Dale Carnegie’s book on making friends.

A teacher in New York City sat down in 1936 and put his 24 years of experience teaching business education into a self-help book entitled “How to Win Friends...