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4-H Camp accepting staff applications

The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment’s statewide 4-H Youth Development Program is currently accepting applications for Camp Program staff for 2023. This includes the always popular Lake Cumberland 4-H Camp in […]

RCH board makes over 50 medical staff reappointments

Russell County Hospital CEO Scott Thompson said this week’s meeting of the hospital’s board of directors was an important one for the local healthcare facility’s medical staff. Thompson spoke to WJRS NEWS about what the […]

WJRS Staff Delivers Relief Funds to Mayfield

WJRS staff was in Mayfield on Monday afternoon to present funds totaling $211,492.81 to officials in Graves County. The money was raised during last week’s Laker Country Cares Radiothon. Mayfield’s State Representative Richard Heath told […]

RCH not requiring vaccines for staff

As some hospitals around the state implement vaccine mandates for their workers, Russell County Hospital CEO Patrick Branco said he has no plans to implement a vaccine mandate at RCH. Somewhere between 50-60 percent of […]

Russell Co. Hospital administers first vaccines to staff

Russell County Hospital was able to administer its first vaccines to staff on Tuesday morning, with frontline direct-care employees being among the first staff members to receive the vaccine. Russell County Hospital CEO Patrick Branco […]