EDITORIAL

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

COLUMN

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...

Swing baby, swing

And just like that, Ohio is a swing state. Trump won Ohio three times. And Republicans have been running the table forever. Basically, it's...

Don’t lawmakers believe teachers are worth more than we pay them?

            “I am firm in my belief that a teacher lives on and on through his students. Good teaching is forever and the teacher...

The strike of a match

“All you had to do was pay us enough to live.” The cry echoing across the internet. Chamel Abdulkarim, a 29-year-old contractor at a Kimberly-Clark...

They have a Daniel

The kid sits up as morning light isn’t even out of bed yet. Soon, there will be rumblings of the others within the troop....

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...