Russell County sees 1.1 percent decrease in unemployment last month

Monday, September 27 by Zac Oakes

Russell County saw a 1.1 percent decrease in unemployment last month compared to 2020. Russell County’s unemployment rate was 4.4 percent last month compared to 5.5 percent in August 2020. Unemployment rates fell across Kentucky […]

Lake Cumberland District sees worst day of new COVID cases

Tuesday, August 31 by Zac Oakes

IMPORTANT – Due to the continued increase in positive cases it may be several days before you are contacted by the health department. If you’ve tested positive for COVID19 please isolate yourself immediately, do NOT […]

LCDHD sees largest single day increase of COVID cases

Monday, August 23 by Zac Oakes

This is the single largest day of new cases for the district that we have reported since the pandemic began. Our previous highest day was 301 cases on 12/30/2020. Today we report 318 total cases […]

Russell County sees substantial increase in COVID cases Thursday

Friday, August 13 by Zac Oakes

The Lake Cumberland District Health Department recorded 25 new cases of COVID-19 in Russell County on Thursday, bringing the number of active cases to 70. Three Russell County residents are hospitalized with COVID-19. 175 new […]

Russell County sees only one new COVID cases last week

Monday, July 19 by Zac Oakes

While the Lake Cumberland District Health Department saw 130 new cases across the 10-county district last week, only one of those new cases was in Russell County, and by the time the health department released […]

Russell County sees decrease in unemployment

Friday, April 23 by Zac Oakes

Russell County saw a decrease in unemployment last month compared to the same time period last year, according to data released from the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Russell County’s unemployment rate was 6.3 […]

Russell County sees slight unemployment increase

Friday, April 2 by Zac Oakes

Russell County’s unemployment rate saw a slight increase in February, according to data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics. Russell County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.9 percent, a slight increase from 5.8 in February […]

Russell County sees growth in voter registration in 2020

Wednesday, January 13 by Zac Oakes

Recent reports from the Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office show that voter registration grew in Russell County in 2020. A report from Dec. 2019 shows that Russell County had 14,176 registered voters in the county, […]

Russell County sees slight increase in unemployment

Friday, October 23 by Zac Oakes

Russell County saw a slight increase in unemployment in Sept. 2020 as compared to 2019. Russell County’s unemployment rate was recorded at 5.6 percent, compared to 4.9 percent in Sept. 2019. Unemployment rates for nearby […]

County sees increase in alcohol revenue; tax rates set for special districts

Tuesday, September 15 by Zac Oakes

Russell County saw an increase in the amount of revenue from alcohol sales in the month of July, according to County Judge Executive Gary Robertson. Robertson said the month of July produced about $8,500 more […]

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Russell County sees 1.1 percent decrease in unemployment last month

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Russell County sees substantial increase in COVID cases Thursday

Russell County sees only one new COVID cases last week

Russell County sees decrease in unemployment

Russell County sees slight unemployment increase

Russell County sees growth in voter registration in 2020

Russell County sees slight increase in unemployment

County sees increase in alcohol revenue; tax rates set for special districts

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