EDITORIAL

AS WE SEE IT: Where there’s smoke

You never know what life is going to throw at you, or what fires you might have to put out – metaphorically or literally. On...

AS WE SEE IT: Please don’t flush your wipes

Bathroom products have come a long way since Mr. Whipple asked us to please not squeeze the Charmin, and that’s a good thing. But...

GOP rhetoric comes home to roost as KY to be short 3,000 physicians by 2030

By Teri Carter The Kentucky Lantern On Feb. 24, I was heading north on Highway 127 to Frankfort when I saw three black SUVs with gold...

AS WE SEE IT: Quiet complicity

Last week the Kentucky Association of School Administrators released a statement noting that they are “taking a clear and unequivocal stand: grooming and sexual...

How many more tow operators must die before Kentucky acts?

By Bubba Johnson Bubba’s Towing & Recovery How many more tow truck operators must die on Kentucky highways before this state decides their lives are worth...

AS WE SEE IT: Missing the forest for the trees

Last week our social media drew some incendiary comments related to a guest editorial – so much so that I had to ban a...

The KY Legislature doesn’t want to hear your concerns

By Teri Carter Kentucky Lantern On Jan. 21, as President Trump was giving his speech in Davos — confusing Iceland with Greenland during his absurd pitch...

Guest Editorial: Why Troy’s Law Matters to Kentucky’s Working Class

By Bubba Johnson Bubba’s Towing Some days in Frankfort carry more weight than others. Not because of ceremony or politics, but because of what’s at stake...

Industry, growth, and Kentucky Power’s proposed rate hikes

By Suzanne Barker Griffith and Paula Bowling In its most recent rate case, Kentucky Power clarified that population and industrial losses coupled with the need...

Kentucky Dems have Senate candidates, but what are their chances?

By Al Corss Northern Kentucky Tribune Strange as it seems, the Democratic Party has a remarkable roster of candidates to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell...

COLUMN

When life comes crashing

I just got word that one of my friends has died. I knew Greg for almost twenty years. I usually have a lot to say...

In the past, bringing the circus to town was a happy, exciting event.

          Instead of the proposed $400 million monstrosity of a gaudy, gilded ballroom overshadowing the White House, it seems we would be better served...

Keep the Menu Small

We are all shaped by the people we watch. Some leave a mark intentionally. Others—like the man I encountered one rainy afternoon in 2006—leave...

When the world feels broken, sit down and eat

By Robert Dean Carter County Times Rising gas prices. The Epstein files. War no one wants. A mass shooting last weekend. Unemployment numbers up. New job...

Kentucky soldier’s death in undeclared war again brings conflict home

            America’s newest armed conflict, started without a congressional declaration of war as required by the Constitution, came home to Kentucky again this week...

The sin of waste and the right to repair

It's been a long few days in a long year that's only three months in. The mass shooting in Austin, the bombing of Iran,...

Is the GOP trying another end run on public funds for private schools?

            Like it or not, the ghosts of white supremacy are alive and well in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.             Two times the Republican supermajority...

Picking your battles

Picking your battles By Robert Dean Carter County Times When is the last time you asked a veteran if their time spent in Afghanistan was worth it?...

Here come the robots

By Robert Dean Carter County Times If you’re reading this, first off, thanks for being literate in a world of smart phones. But secondly, we need...

Super Bowl shenanigans

By Robert Dean Carter County Times “Who’s that guy?” “Is this a car commercial?” “I think that’s Rock Kid.” “I feel like I’m at a Chili’s at midnight in...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Scrutinizing utility rate bills

Editor, I have done as much research as I possibly could in the last five days on House Bills 398 and 535. I am not...

Letter to the Editor: Dr. Fraley is the equal to the best of the best

Dear Carter County Citizens: It was recently communicated to me that Doctor Jennifer Fraley was employed as the superintendent of your educational community. Each citizen...

Letter to the Editor: Glad that Shriners raised funds for kids’ hospital

Dear editor; Having family in and near Carter County, I read The Carter County Times article: "Shriners contribute more than a quarter million to hospitals"...

Letter to the Editor: A thank you letter

There are not enough ways to say, "Thank You" to everyone who made the 9th Annual "It's Fall Y'all!" Vendor & Craft Festival a...

Letter to the Editor: “No Thrones, No Crowns, No Kings” Rally Set for Oct. 18 in Morehead

Dear Editor, On Saturday, October 18, there will be a “No Thrones, No Crowns, No Kings” Rally in Morehead, Kentucky in conjunction with gatherings around...

Letter to the Editor: Different times, same old problems

In 1932, Cole Porter wrote the song “Anything Goes” for a musical of the same name. In the piece he enumerates the negative or odd...

Letter to the Editor: Mayor volunteers at food pantry

Hello,I volunteer at a local food pantry in Grayson run out of Freewill Baptist Church headed by Pam Wilburn. Yesterday (August 26) we had...

Letter to the Editor: Questioning party changes

Questioning party changes Editor, I found reading Robin Webb’s “Legislative Update” in the Wednesday, August 20 edition of the Carter County Times took quite a bit...

Letter to the Editor: Well-wishes

Readers, LeAndra Gollihue is fighting a battle with cancer, and will be starting chemo treatments near the end of July. Let’s show her how special...

Letter to the Editor

  As a resident of Kentucky, I write with a heavy heart and a deep sense of responsibility. News that federal funding is being withdrawn...