Some Beattyville residents, business owners may never return
Some Beattyville residents, business owners may never return and last updated 2021-03-02 18:54:55-05 BEATTYVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) â It took some business owners in Beattyville years to open their establishments. It took fewer than 48 hours for those businesses to be destroyed. Flooding from the nearby Kentucky and North Fork Kentucky rivers has turned the downtown area into something one can only access by boat. The flood water is being measured in feet, and the time to recover is not being measured in days or weeks. âIn all my time here, 25 years, Iâve never seen water in this si...