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Marson is Secretary of State Tourism Board

Janette Marson, the Tourism Director for the Lake Cumberland Tourist Commission, has been elected as the 2020 secretary of the Kentucky Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus. KACVB is a not-for-profit organization that meets quarterly […]

School Board Meets this Evening

The Russell County Board of Education will meet this evening. There will be a working meeting at 5:00 pm with no action to be taken. The agenda for that meeting is below… 1. Call to […]

Hospital Board Met Thursday

The Russell County Hospital’s audit report was given a “clean” and “unmodified” opinion by BKD Auditors for the previous fiscal year during last night’s monthly meeting of the facility’s board of directors. Outgoing CEO Scott […]

School Board Met Monday Evening

Russell County Schools’ general fund balance for fiscal year 2019 totaled $2,157,533. The annual audit report was the key topic of Monday night’s monthly meeting of the local board of education. Superintendent Michael Ford broke […]

School Board Meets this Evening

The Russell County Board OF education will have their regular monthly meeting at 6:00 pm this evening. The meeting will be held at the Russell County ANC. The full agenda is below… 1. Call to […]

More From Monday’s School Board Meeting

 School nurses will have their salaries reimbursed back to the Russell County Board of Education following a measure earlier this week during the monthly meeting of school leaders. Superintendent Michael Ford detailed the action for […]

School Board Met Last Evening

 The Russell County Board of Education voted to purchase two new school buses in the amount of $234,395 at Monday night’s regular monthly meeting of school leaders. The buses will be equipped with state-of-the-art camera […]

School Board Meets this Evening

The Russell County Board of Education will meet this evening. The meeting takes place at the Russell County Middle School Library. Meeting begins at 6:00 pm; the full agenda is below… 1. Call to Order […]

Hospital Board Met Thursday Evening

Russell County Hospital CEO Scott Thompson sat down with WJRS NEWS following Thursday evening’s monthly meeting of the local healthcare facility’s board of directors. Thompson touched on a change on the board as well as […]