The Tri-County Animal Shelter is currently at full capacity. Here’s a few of the current animals in the shelter. We encourage anyone currently looking for a furry friend to consider adopting one today.
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This Department of Defense Medical Mission will provide mobilization skills to highly qualified doctors and offer free medical care to approximately 1,800 uninsured or underinsured Kentuckians on a first-come, first-served basis from July 12 to 19, located at the Laughlin Health Building on Morehead State University’s Campus.
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Our community’s next step into the 21st century will come on the heel of identifying a qualified partner to help bring broadband internet access to the most rural and underserved parts of Rowan County.
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Color designs for eighteen bi-bond mural panels will be selected by an anonymous jury. The final panel designs will be painted on 5 X 5-foot panels by the original selected artists using paint and panels provided by the Morehead Rotary Club. The finished panels will be mounted in a quilt-like design to make a community mural when all the artists have delivered their panels.
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With telework and telehealth now vital parts of our local economy, Rowan County is in urgent need of an update to its broadband maps. Funds for broadband infrastructure improvement are allocated based on this test – we can’t afford to leave money on the table. Help us by taking 30 seconds to complete the #SpeedTestKY. Expand access, test your speed at ewdc.ky.gov/Initiatives/Pages/KBI.aspx.
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“At the end of last year, I told you that we would undoubtedly face new challenges as a county in 2020 – and that has certainly held true.”
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Rowan Countians experiencing difficulty paying their utility bills are encouraged to apply for assistance. Call the Gateway Community Action Agency at 800-927-1833 or 606-743-3133.
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Our Halloween Contest went so well that we decided we’d like to do it again for Christmas. All the people of Rowan County are invited to participate in this fun event, made possible by the generous contribution of Morehead Wood Products – your hometown stave mill on Route 377.
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A free disposal day has been scheduled for Saturday, October 3 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Advanced Disposal Services Landfill in Rowan County, located at 300 Old Phelps Road.
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After a year of back and forth meetings, planning, discussions, and revisions the Morehead-Rowan County Strategic Plan is complete.
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A limit of one individual per family shall be allowed into public stores at any one given time.
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1. Foot traffic on the trails leading to Lockegee Rock, and in the area within a 1/4 mile radius of said landmark is strictly prohibited.
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Rowan County Judge Executive Harry Clark and Laura White-Brown, Mayor of the City of Morehead will be holding a live press conference on Friday, March 20, 2020, at 6 p.m.
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A public hearing will be held by Rowan County Fiscal Court at the Rowan County Courthouse on March 17, 2020 at 9: 15 A.M. for the purpose of obtaining citizens comments regarding the possible uses of LGEA funds.
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The Rowan County Fiscal Court has elected to retain the services of Pike Legal Group, LLC., to explore our options in implementing a conditional use permitting ordinance (CUPO).
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The Kentucky Transportation Department of Highways District 9 has provided us with some updates on their projects in Rowan County.
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Crews from the Rowan County Fiscal Court and Detention Center go out weekly to clear your roadsides of litter and debris. Unfortunately, we often find these roadsides in the same poor shape a week after we clear them.
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As we begin a new year, it presents a good opportunity to take stock of our position. I think it’s important that we reflect on the lessons we learned, accomplishments we’ve shared in, and all that’s happened this past year in Rowan County.
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On behalf of the Rowan County Fiscal Court, a check for $10,000 was presented last night to the Elliottville Fire Department by Judge Executive Harry Clark, County Attorney Cecil Watkins, and Magistrate Charlie Winkleman.
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