State of emergency declared in Harlan County, KY, due to 'prolonged water outage'

State of emergency declared due to water outage in Harlan County

HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. (WATE) — A state of emergency was declared in Harlan County due to an ongoing water outage. Harlan-County Emergency Management said the water outages have been impacting the Dayhoit, Fresh Meadows, Tremont, Sawbriar, Wallins Creek, Happy Top, Coldiron, and the Molus communities since April 26. As a result, Judge Executive Dan Mosley has declared a state of emergency. Knoxville woman who faced eviction due to daughter’s be…

Backroads of Appalachia works to increase tourism - Harlan Enterprise

Backroads of Appalachia, a nonprofit organization based in Lynch which focuses on motorsports tourism, provided the Harlan County Fiscal Court with an update on the organization’s activities during a recent meeting of the Harlan County Fiscal Court. Harlan County Judge-Executive Dan Mosley handed the floor over to Eric Hubbard of Backroads of Appalachia (BOA) to advise the court on the recent activities of his organization. “Our project in Evart…

State of emergency declared in Harlan County, KY, due to 'prolonged water outage'

The county's emergency management agency said the outage has affected the communities of Dayhoit, Fresh Meadows, Tremont, Sawbriar, Happy Top and many others.