EDITORIAL

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...

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...

COLUMN

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....

What became of that campaign promise of no more forever wars?

            Yes, hearing criticism of the Trump Administration would be commonplace at a public demonstration like the “No Kings” events. And it no doubts...

As I wrote 15+ years ago, there should be Nickname Hall of Fame!

(Based on published material from December 2010)                      We have halls of fame for athletes, alumni, musicians and politicians, among others, but is there one...

The regime they tell us to ignore

By Brandon LaVoie Some Americans speak about Iran like the answer is simple. They say the people should just stand up. Just revolt. Just throw off...

These seats ain’t gettin’ any softer

My coffee was a little more expensive today. The ICE agents standing around the New Orleans airport were an unwelcome sight, with most people...

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...

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...