EDITORIAL

When it comes to Medicaid cuts in Kentucky, it’s always Groundhog Day

By Jason BaileyKentucky Lantern Over the next few years, Kentucky is facing the largest Medicaid cuts in the program’s history. Starting in January, the federal...

Kentucky can’t kill its way to life and justice

By Richard DawahareKentucky Lantern On the night of Sept. 30, Tennessee strapped Christa Pike to a gurney and tried to kill her. More than an...

Before you say yes to a data center, listen to this advice from coal country

By James BranscomeKentucky Lantern The mayor of Russell learned in June that a Barcelona company wanted to build a two-gigawatt data center on the old...

Tech troubles

Last week, I drove two and a half hours to Versailles to recycle some technology that I really should have been able to recycle...

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...

What’s for dinner?

Apparently, beef is where inflation has finally become unacceptable.A 12-pack of pop is pushing $12. Families can spend more than that on a couple...

The Supreme Court has a message for Kentucky on surveillance: Get a warrant

By Caleb O. Brown and Dan CanonKentucky Lantern Kentucky’s new license plate camera law is now in effect, and it already looks out of step...

The data center fight in Kentucky is about democracy

By Jason BaileyKentucky Lantern In a state short of jobs, outsiders promising big investments typically receive a red-carpet welcome from Kentucky public officials. That was...

Kentucky can lead on data centers without leaving communities behind

By Senate President Robert Stivers, Republican–Manchester (Editor’s note: Views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the Carter County Times or its staff.)Mention data...

League of Women Voters denounces President’s election claims

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters issued the following statement from CEO Celina Stewart following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation Thursday...

COLUMN

And now, for a little distraction

Every week, I write my column. I consider what’s happening locally, nationally, but also in my life. And I mean, look around; there's plenty...

My disgust with YouTube has been self-inflicted, I’ve learned to my dismay.

After too many years of wasting too much time watching too many of the trashy videos that YouTube puts on the Internet, today I...

And now, for a little distraction

Every week, I write my column. I consider what’s happening locally, nationally, but also in my life. And I mean, look around; there's plenty...

Hard to swallow realities

I've got a ritual when I get that paycheck on the 15th: Dinner. This week, I had my kids. So those two gremlins, me,...

The revulsion will be televised

Back in the '90s, George Carlin had a whole bit about televising executions. On his special, Back in Town, Carlin mused about how depraved...

Russian diesel fuel deal betrays Ukraine, likely won’t lower prices.

Making a deal with the Devil shouldn’t appeal to many folks but it has never been a problem for President Trump, as shown by...

We need to have a talk with our sons

In the wake of what's alleged at Cornell University, we gotta talk.Seven young men. One woman. A frat house. A Snap that went out...

Newfangled technology continues to thrill us…if it doesn’t kill us.

As long as new gadgets and gizmos keep coming, history shows we Americans will be fascinated enough to spend whatever it takes to own...

Go Sox!

After three straight seasons of 100-plus losses, including the worst record in modern baseball history, the Chicago White Sox are going to the playoffs.Will...

Trump Administration makes magic things happen with vehicles?

Over the course of one year and one unfinished, undeclared war in the Middle East, I was almost convinced that the current leadership in...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: A Call for New Leadership in District 96

10-17-2026 This past legislative session, I was concerned about the rising costs of electricity. I wanted to make sure that my representative, Patrick Flannery, was...

Letter to the Editor: The Masonic Foundation Behind the Shrine’s Mission

Dear Editor, Having family near Olive Hill, I read The Carter County Times article: "Shriners Bluegrass Festival returns for 35th year” (July 8 issue). I...

Voicing concerns about the sports park

The people of Grayson were promised a community park. They were promised public basketball courts, tennis courts, and an amphitheater. Those amenities were part...

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...