Big week for trout stockings in Lake Cumberland Tailwater

Friday, March 3 by Derek Aaron

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery staff with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel stocked Rainbow and Brown trout in the Cumberland River in both Russell and Cumberland […]

Corps urging caution due to lake debris as water level rises

Thursday, February 23 by Derek Aaron

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is urging caution and reminding folks about water level fluctuation on Lake Cumberland following the most rain events. Corps officials say recent weather patterns have led to a substantial […]

New COVID map has most of Lake Cumberland area in green

Tuesday, February 21 by Zac Oakes

The latest map released by the Kentucky Department for Public Health shows most of the Lake Cumberland area in the green category, or low incidence rate for COVID-19. Russell County is in the green, along […]

Hospice of Lake Cumberland awarded $100,000

Thursday, February 16 by Derek Aaron

Hospice of Lake Cumberland received $100,000 this week from the Team Kentucky Nonprofit Assistance Fund, which helps organizations recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Euretha Godby, CEO of Hospice of Lake Cumberland, said […]

Lake Cumberland Tourism receives $175K to lead region wayfinding project

Tuesday, February 14 by Derek Aaron

Traversing Lake Cumberland will soon be easier for the more than 4 million people who visit the lake every year, thanks to a $175,000 grant from the Kentucky Department of Tourism. Awarded to the Somerset-Pulaski […]

Corps again says upcoming dam work will have no affect on lake level, tourism

Monday, February 13 by Derek Aaron

The U.S Army Corps of Engineers took to social media over the weekend to quash rumors that impending work on Wolf Creek Dam would prompt the Corps to lower the water levels of Lake Cumberland. […]

Responders prohibit diesel spill into Lake Cumberland following Pulaski wreck

Tuesday, January 3 by Derek Aaron

No one was injured, but a wreck on Friday in neighboring Pulaski County that involved a tractor-trailer caused a traffic issue and a potential for hazardous diesel to be spilled into Lake Cumberland, according to […]

Arctic air set to invade Lake Cumberland area

Wednesday, December 21 by Derek Aaron

The National Weather Service says for the Lake Cumberland area to expect minor snow accumulations, wind gusts to 40 mph and wind chills bottoming out in the -15 to -20 degree range late Thursday night […]

Russell Co., rest of Lake Cumberland District are ‘green’ with COVID

Monday, December 19 by Derek Aaron

Russell County continues in the green category, or low level of spread, on the latest COVID-19 map released by the Kentucky Department of Public Health this week. The same can be said for the entire […]

State wildlife officials say striper population in Lake Cumberland is improving

Friday, December 9 by Derek Aaron

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say the striped bass population in Lake Cumberland is improving, according to a new report. In years past, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife usually stocked 300,000 striped bass each […]

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Big week for trout stockings in Lake Cumberland Tailwater

Corps urging caution due to lake debris as water level rises

New COVID map has most of Lake Cumberland area in green

Hospice of Lake Cumberland awarded $100,000

Lake Cumberland Tourism receives $175K to lead region wayfinding project

Corps again says upcoming dam work will have no affect on lake level, tourism

Responders prohibit diesel spill into Lake Cumberland following Pulaski wreck

Arctic air set to invade Lake Cumberland area

Russell Co., rest of Lake Cumberland District are ‘green’ with COVID

State wildlife officials say striper population in Lake Cumberland is improving

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Obituaries

Jeffrey L. Scholl, 61, of Indianapolis

Robert Leach, 70, of Russell Springs

Ronald Eugene Sterner, Sr., 77, of Russell Springs

Ronald L. Wesley, 95, of Jamestown