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Hospital Board Meeting Recap

The Russell County Hospital board has voted unanimously to pursue a loan of almost three million dollars as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.    The board met yesterday afternoon via teleconferencing to consider the information […]

Hospital Board Meets Today

The Russell County Hospital Board of Directors will have a special called meeting this afternoon at 3:00 pm. The meeting will be via teleconference due to restrictions in place from the Coronavirus. The agenda item […]

School Board Meets Monday Evening

The Russell County Board of Education will meet this (Monday) evening for April meeting. This meeting is going to held virtually and not in person due to COVID-19. The full agenda is below… 1. Call […]

Hospital Board of Directors Met Thursday Evening

 The Russell County Hospital Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening. The meeting was mostly centered around COVID-19 with some regular business addressed as well. It was also the first meeting […]

More From Monday’s School Board Meeting

We heard from Superintendent Michael Ford Tuesday about the district initiatives it is taking during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Today Ford discusses other agenda items that were handled during Monday night’s meeting of the board of […]

RC Board of Education Met Last Evening

The response of the Russell County school district to the Coronavirus pandemic took center stage last night during a shortened meeting of the Russell County school board. Supt. Michael Ford discusses last night’s meeting.. The […]

School Board Meets this Evening

The Coronavirus pandemic continues to cause change for local school students. On Friday, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association officially imposed a “dead period” thru April 11th, which will prohibit any student athletic activity, including […]

More From Monday’s School Board Meeting

Varsity soccer is coming to Russell County High School next school year.  Supt Michael Ford talked with WJRS Local News after last night’s meeting… In other action last night, Kara Stille, a teacher at Russell […]