EDITORIAL

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...

AS WE SEE IT: The paper that almost wasn’t

You’ve probably noticed that this week’s edition is thin. There is a reason for that – though whether it’s a good reason or not...

The Land Remembers

Eastern Kentucky is debating one proposed campus. We should judge it by the record, not by the size of the building or the volume...

COLUMN

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...

Blight is a choice

Architect Deborah Gans once said about blight, “If you have five empty lots on a block, the whole block collapses.” Everywhere in America, there...

In reality, isn’t the promised ‘Trump Dividend’ an election day bribe?

No. 47 surely is closer to a panic attack about the midterm elections than we realized because he offered last week to reward American...

The check’s in the mail.

You are not going to get five grand. We need to be real about that. Trump needs Republicans to hold the Senate and the...

A burr in your blanket

Every August, a man in the small Scottish town of South Queensferry gets covered head to toe in burrs. Yes, burrs, those prickly little...

From the Department of Things You Should Know Right Now

You’re busy. We’re all out here hustling to get food on the table, that payment for the couch made, and all that stuff adds...

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...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor

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...

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...