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Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between October 2021 and November 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate decreased from 4.0 percent in October 2021 to 3.0 percent in November 2021. Whitley County’s November 2021 unemployment rate was 2.8 percent lower than the November 2020 unemployment rate. Laurel County Laurel County’s unemployment rate decreased from 3.7 percent in October 2021 to 2.8 percent in November 2021. Laurel County’s November 2021 unemployment rate was 2.1 percent lower than the November 2020 unemployment rate. Knox County Knox County’s unemployment rate decreased from 5.2 percent...

(Lexington, KY) In its fifth year, Stick a Forcht in Hunger, hosted by Forcht Bank, collected over 22,900 nonperishable food items to be donated to local food banks. Customers, community members and employees dropped off items for nearly six weeks at Forcht Bank locations to be distributed to those in need on Dec. 22. Donations collected in each community stayed in each community and were donated to the following locations: Barbourville – KCEOC Women’s Shelter Campbellsville – Green River Ministries Food Pantry Cincinnati – Our Lady of Peace Chapel Corbin – Grace on the Hill Church Food Pantry Grant County – Helping Hands of Grant County Greensburg – Green County...

A University of the Cumberlands (UC) online program was recently recognized by an online college ranking service as one of the top 20 online information technology programs in the county. College Values Online has identified UC as having the 19th best online bachelor’s in Information Technology (IT) degrees. Students harness information and learn to use technology to store, retrieve, and work with data. They learn to solve real-world problems using technology. The curriculum teaches them to develop and implement current security policies, create disaster prevention and recovery plans, manage compliance with federal regulations, recognize and prevent exploitation in hardware, software and network configurations, and write new software to tackle security threats,...

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between September 2021 and October 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate decreased from 4.2 percent in September 2021 to 4.0 percent in October 2021. Whitley County’s October 2021 unemployment rate was 1.7 percent lower than the October 2020 unemployment rate. Laurel County Laurel County’s unemployment rate decreased from 3.8 percent in September 2021 to 3.7 percent in October 2021. Laurel County’s October 2021 unemployment rate was 1.1 percent lower than the October 2020 unemployment rate. Knox County Knox County’s unemployment rate decreased from 5.4 percent...

Baptist Health Corbin’s Critical Care Unit (CCU) recently received the 2021 Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) Quality Award for Acute Care Hospitals with more than 250 beds. The KHA Quality Award honors hospital leadership and innovation in quality, safety, and commitment in patient care. The goals of this award are to raise awareness of the need for an organization-wide commitment to highly reliable, exceptional quality, and patient-centered care. The CCU was recognized for the prevention, detection and treatment of ICU patients who are at high risk for delirium. The CCU delirium intervention project started in early January 2020 with a multi-disciplinary team that included nurses, hospital providers and the critical care intensivist. The team...

(Lexington, KY) Kicking off it’s fifth year, Forcht Bank’s Stick a Forcht in Hunger will be working to help community members in need by accepting non-perishable food items between November 8 and December 22. All donations brought to Forcht Bank locations will be donated to local food banks. Donated items will directly benefit the community in which they are collected. Local food banks that will receive food and monetary donations are: Barbourville – KCEOC Women’s Shelter, Campbellsville – Green River Ministries Food Pantry, Cincinnati – Our Lady of Peace Chapel, Corbin – Grace on the Hill Church Food Pantry, Grant County – Helping Hands of Grant County, Greensburg – Green County...

Needing a job, but you don’t want to drive around all over the place putting in job applications? If so, then you are in luck. There will be a multi-employer job fair held on Nov. 18 at The Corbin Center from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Once there, job seekers will be able to meet with employer representatives and apply in-person for positions. Multiple employers are expected to attend, including those in the manufacturing, healthcare, retail, food industries and customer service industries. For more information call (606) 546-2639. The job fair is being organized by KCEOC Community Action Partnership, The Corbin Center, Knox County Industrial Development Authority, Southern Kentucky Economic Development Agency, and Kentucky...

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, and Knox counties between August 2021 and September 2021, but decreased in McCreary and Bell counties during that same time frame, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate increased from 4.1 percent in August 2021 to 4.2 percent in September 2021. Whitley County’s September 2021 unemployment rate was 1.5 percent lower than the September 2020 unemployment rate. Laurel County Laurel County’s unemployment rate increased from 3.8 percent in August 2021 to 3.9 percent in September 2021. Laurel County’s September 2021 unemployment rate was 1.3 percent lower than the September 2020...

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, McCreary and Bell counties between July 2021 and August 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate decreased from 5.2 percent in July 2021 to 4.1 percent in August 2021. Whitley County’s August 2021 unemployment rate was 1.8 percent lower than the August 2020 unemployment rate. Laurel County Laurel County’s unemployment rate decreased from 4.7 percent in July 2021 to 3.8 percent in August 2021. Laurel County’s August 2021 unemployment rate was 1.5 percent lower than the August 2020 unemployment rate. Knox County Knox County’s unemployment rate decreased from 6.3 percent...

If the Williamsburg Firestone Industrial Products plant delivers on its promise to create 250 additional jobs as part of its $51 million expansion, then it will be getting a little bit of economic incentive from the state. During a special called meeting on Sept. 15, the Williamsburg City Council approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Roddy Harrison to sign documents related to the incentive that would give Firestone $150,000 in economic development funds if the 250 new, fulltime jobs for Kentucky residents threshold is met. “We have absolutely no money involved in this,” Harrison noted during the virtual meeting. “We are just the vehicle. This is a pass through.” The money would be...