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National Work Zone Awareness Week underway

Two words to remember when approaching a highway work zone: Slow down. You could save a life, and it might be your own. Kentucky last year recorded 1,247 crashes in construction and maintenance/utility work zones. […]

Work being done Tuesday on road in Jamestown

The City of Jamestown will be performing a road bore on Tuesday, March 15th, on the Garr Ridge Rd. side of Hale’s Highway and advise motorists of potential delays. Drivers should also allow extra time […]

Excavation Work Finishing up near Wolf Creek Dam

Amber Hale, information officer with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s District 8 office in Somerset, talked to WJRS NEWS about the rock work near Wolf Creek Dam and when folks may notice changes as they cross […]

Paving work to begin at RCHS Thursday

Paving work is expected to begin on Thursday at Russell County High School. Below is a statement released to WJRS by Superintendent Michael Ford. We are extremely pleased that our high-school parking lots/drives are going […]

Road work on Cumberland Parkway this week

SOMERSET, Ky. (Aug. 13, 2021) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 8 Office advises motorists that the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway at the Fishing Creek bridge (mile point 84.4) in Pulaski County will […]

Beshear announces Return to Work incentive

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced a Return to Work initiative that will provide a one-time $1,500 payment to the first 15,000 unemployed claimants who return to work and their employment verification is verified. The money is […]

New unemployment work search requirements in effect

Work search requirements for people on unemployment insurance were reinstated yesterday in Kentucky. Anyone on unemployment will be required to search for work like they did before the pandemic, which involves reporting at least one […]

This week is National Work Zone Awareness Week

Frankfort, KY – It’s a sure sign of spring. The pinks, whites, greens and purples of flowering trees and shrubs along Kentucky’s roadways will increasingly be complemented by the bright orange and yellow barrels, cones […]