On Saturday, several members of the trail authority board met at the Mine Made Adventure Park to celebrate the naming ceremony of the First Frontier Appalachian Trails as well as introduce the new executive director, Scott Smith. Many speakers attended the event, including Rep. Chris Fugate, Sen. Brandon Smith, Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman and many more.
Appalachian Newspapers photo by Katie Kelley
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UNC ALUMNI TAKE OUT 2-PAGE AD FOR HANNAH-JONES TENURE: The ad, paid for by Proud UNC Alumni, lists the names and graduation years for all 1,619 people. It calls for Hannah-Jones to receive tenure from UNC as she becomes the Knight Chair for Race and Investigative Journalism at UNC-CH starting in July. Hannah-Jones’ contract is for five years but does not include tenure, even though previous Knight Chairs in the journalism school were tenured. The issue has created a firestorm for UNC in the past week, with some saying they think conservative politicians were behind the effort not to grant tenure. “Dismissing a list of merits that includes winning a Pulitzer Prize, Peabody Award, and MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant is an attempt to penalize Nikole Hannah-Jones for her groundbreaking and unvarnished reporting of American history. We demand that the Board of Trustees immediately revisit this matter, grant tenure as recommended by the ap
The legal salvos show that a groundswell against compulsory immunization is being coordinated, at least in part, from a law office on Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan. And they offer a window into a wide-ranging and well-resourced effort to contest vaccine requirements in workplaces and other settings critical to the country’s reopening.
A New York firm has filed suit or sent letters to employers in several states, part of an effort spearheaded by one of the largest anti-vaccination groups in the country.
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Warming stations have been opened in several areas
Breathitt County
First Church of God (1772 Hwy 30 W, Jackson) is open as a warming center. Contact Breathitt County Emergency Services for more details 606-666-2424 or 606-666-2425.
Boyd County
Boyd County Convention and Arts Center 15605 KY-180 Catlettsburg Center is open 24 hours a day. It has chairs and cots; social distancing guidelines will be enforced. National Guard Crews are on site to assist in operations and transportation to the center. Anyone who needs assistance should call Boyd County Emergency Operations Center at 606-393-1801 or 606-393-1842.