EDITORIAL

A Bumpy Road Ahead: Easing Pain At the Pump Means More Pain on Our Roadways

By Sen. Jimmy Higdon I appreciate the governor reducing the gas tax by 10 cents for one month and delaying the scheduled July 1 increase in the...

President Trump wasn’t about to lose in the Fourth District

By Al Cross Northern Kentucky Tribune Ed Gallrein, Republican nominee for Congress in the Fourth District, began his victory speech Tuesday night by thanking President Trump....

This Federal Proposal Would Put the Brakes on Kentucky Innovation

By Jennifer PagánInnovation and entrepreneurship are essential to Kentucky's economy. And thanks to the launch of innovation hubs across the state, university research and businesses are...

President Trump says he wants to save coal. He can’t forget about coal miners.

By William McCool Kentucky Lantern I started in the mines in 1973, and worked underground for 40 years doing nearly every job there is to do...

Big problem, but a simple fix

By Jay Nolan, Nolan Group Media Your right to know what your public officials are saying and doing was recently gutted by the Kentucky Supreme...

The Supreme Court Got it Right . . . & Wrong

By: Kentucky Press Association A recent ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court has opened the door for your government to do business behind closed doors...

Bears, hounds and conservation in Kentucky

By Nick Hart Kentucky Lantern At its core, Kentucky’s bear management debate is not just about hounds or seasons, but how we conserve wildlife, who participates...

Letter to the Editor: Sour Grapes and Selective Perspectives

Editor, I have some questions for Robert Dean after reading his latest rant against Donald Trump.What planet are you living on? You say in your...

Breaking the Cycle of  Child Abuse Starts Earlier Than We Think

Paula Garner, CEO, Maryhurst In Kentucky, more than 14 of every 1,000 children will suffer abuse each year, nearly double the national average. While that...

The Mother Load: The Invisible Weight Behind Every Household

With the exception of news programming, The Tonight Show holds the distinction as the longest continuously aired program in the history of American network...

COLUMN

Get up and go

When this goes live, I'll be in Spain. One thing I've worked hard to achieve in my years in the boxing ring of working...

Despite the claims of MAGA critics, the movement is an example of voter polarization, not brainwashing.

          As a political junkie, I was fascinated by what at least a dozen voters in Northern Kentucky – who identified themselves as MAGA...

Not until I’ve had my coffee

One way to make me irrationally mad is when someone tells me to "stop going to get coffee," as if my iced coffee habit...

Trump is correcting the bad campaign pledge that damaged FEMA.

           I was among many Americans surprised and angry when candidate Donald Trump went to the flood-ravaged mountains of North Carolina in the summer...

It was 10 years ago that gasoline was under $2 but cheap proved to be costly.

(Reprinted by request from January 2016)             It was in this space in 2015 that we predicted that Kentuckians, especially those of us who live...

From the Bench: When Opinions Try to Replace Expertise

My high school had just over 300 students. It was the only public school in the county. Needless to say, we weren’t accustomed to...

Have you ever wondered how we all became today’s clickbait?

            Nothing is more frustrating to me than to watch a brief, exciting video on YouTube and then have it end just when the...

Big box housing

I live near a shopping mall. I go there when I need things because I hate Amazon. If I can avoid giving Jeff Bezos...

Conspiracies, opportunism, or incompetence?

Contrary to what you may believe, this column isn’t dedicated to hating Donald Trump. I do not like giving him the space on the...

There will be no real losers in Carter County’s May primary.

            By early evening on Tuesday, May 19, the votes will have been counted and the campaign signs will begin to disappear from roadsides...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor

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...

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...