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Some states are cutting higher ed in rural areas. What if Kentucky tried the opposite?
HAZARD — Haley Autumn Dawn Ann Crank thinks she might like to become a teacher. There’s a shortage of teachers in this corner of Kentucky, and Crank, who has eight siblings, gets kids. “I just fit in with them,” Crank said during a shift one February day at the Big Blue Smokehouse, where she works […] The post Some states are cutting higher ed in rural areas. What if Kentucky tried the opposite? appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.
Tigers walk past Bulldogs
On Monday night in baseball action at Hazard High School, the Paintsville Tigers walked their way to a 7-4 come from behind win over the Hazard Bulldogs. The Hazard Bulldogs gained the upper hand first as Hazard’s Tucker Napier hit a double and was later driven in on an RBI single by the Bulldogs’ Trace Kincaid to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Week of the Young Child declared
A collaborative effort between community leaders, school officials and the Save the Children Foundation is underway to address the pressing needs of early childhood education. On March 29, all the parties gathered together at Hazard City Hall to read and sign a proclamation declaring April 6 through April 12 as "Week of the Young Child."
Alexander to be inducted into Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame (KHSBHF) has announced its 2024 class and Hazard High School graduate Carolyn Alexander (1998) is among 12 individuals set to be honored. Alexander led Hazard to three consecutive 14th Region championships, a 1997 Sweet 16 crown and back-to-back All-A...
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