Breathitt County Judge Executive Jeff Noble has issued a complete ban on all outdoor burning throughout the county due to ...

Growing up, J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, visited family who lived in the Panbowl section of Breathitt County. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Kevin Nance) Sigmund Freud says we ...

In the wake of the worst flooding in Eastern Kentucky memory, 59 Breathitt County residents have signed onto a lawsuit against Blackhawk Mining and a contracted company, Pine Branch Mining, alleging ...

BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — The cleanup in Breathitt County continued Tuesday, as Governor Andy Beshear met with county leaders and first responders who have been working nonstop since last ...

"Our district wants to do better," said Breathitt County High School principal Derek McKnight. "The fear is, if the state left tomorrow, would we go back to the same practices that we were seeing ...

It was big news in the political world this week when former President Donald Trump picked Ohio Sen. JD Vance to run with him as his vice presidential pick. The day after the announcement, though, the ...

Powell County visits Breathitt County on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, for a nonleague meeting in Jackson, Ky. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EDT (game listing shows 4:30 p.m. PDT) at Breathitt County’s ...

BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - People forced out of their homes Tuesday in Breathitt County are able to go back. Officials say water levels at Panbowl Lake and Highway 15 are going down and they’ve ...

More than two years after Kentucky education department officials took over the daily management of Breathitt County schools, they are offering the locally elected school board the chance to recommend ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Breathitt County, an area which ...

Sigmund Freud says we embrace mythical origin stories of leaders, warriors, and saints to disguise their true identity and to give them mystical powers or political agency. Freud gives the example of ...