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Today Scattered thunderstorms during the morning becoming more widespread this afternoon. High 79F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.. Tonight Scattered thunderstorms during the evening. Partly cloudy skies after midnight. Low 64F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%. Updated: July 17, 2021 @ 8:04 am

CATLETTSBURG Just like the late Jan Gabriel proclaimed “Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!” — one of the most echoed and recognized phrases in promoting motorsports — Boyd County Judge-Executive Eric Chaney is figuratively shouting “Friday! Friday! Friday!” from the rooftops. Hours after a video teaser appeared on the judge-executive’s Facebook page, Chaney and the county commissioners revealed during a special Fiscal Court meeting that an announcement of notable magnitu...

It will be a true tri-state treat, according to Catlettsburg Mayor Faith Day. The city’s fireworks display is slated for 9:50 p.m. Saturday night can be enjoyed by Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, all from the comfort of the respective riverfronts at Catlettsburg, South Point and Kenova. Day said that the mayors of those three cities, the Boyd County Fiscal Court, and the City of Ashland — combined with renovations to Catlettsburg’s riverfront near the floodwall — all helpe...

ASHLAND The Ashland City Commission unanimously adopted on second reading the 2022 budget at Thursdays meeting, part of a jam-packed agenda.

CATLETTSBURG The Boyd County Fiscal Court nearly doubled its budget for the next year, thanks to infusions from the coronavirus aid package passed by Congress.

CATLETTSBURG After chewing the cud and mulling it over, the Boyd County Fisical Court voted to move forward with purchasing new voting machines for the county.

CATLETTSBURG The Boyd County Fiscal Court unanimously passed a multi-million dollar bond to be used for parks improvement, the farmer’s market, the convention center, the animal shelter and a mysterious economic development project the Judge-Executive touted as a game changer. While the exact figure on the bond is still being “dialed-in,” Judge-Executive Eric Chaney said it is somewhere in the neighborhood of $11 million. At the beginning of the year, the fiscal proposals during ...

CATLETTSBURG A little more than three months ago, Boyd County was an icy wasteland, a set piece from the “Day After Tomorrow.”

The court took up a litany of issues, from animal control to alcohol licensing to surplus items. Curiously, the bond refinancing — which was first read at last month’s meeting — was left off the agenda. Boyd County Judge-Executive Eric Chaney told Commissioner Larry Brown the bond issue will be taken up for second reading on June 8.  A second reading on the transient room tax ordinance that goes into refinancing a bond was also pushed off to the same date. The Boyd County Fisc...

CATLETTSBURG In less than 10 minutes, the Boyd County Fiscal Court awarded a $1.7 million bid at a special meeting Monday to ICD, a local company, for clean-up in the wake of the last month’s ice storm. The contract is expected to be inked Tuesday after review by County Attorney Phillip Hedrick, according to Judge-Executive Eric Chaney. A total of eight bids were submitted for review based on FEMA stipulations by county emergency management officials. ICD made the cut and was recommended t...