News

We are thrilled to announce the Historic Hickory Flats Fire Tower and Cabin owned by the Route 377 Fire Dept. is now available for overnight stays! Hike into the location and take your Morehead-Rowan County, Kentucky adventures to new heights!

The National Weather Service has recognized Rowan County as a StormReady Community. This indicates that Rowan County Emergency Management has done everything possible to improve emergency first responder and community preparedness in the event of a natural disaster. With communications and infrastructure in place, along with severe weather awareness, it is no doubt that loss of life and property will be minimized in the future.

This month we were joined by Governor Andy Beshear and Senior Advisor Rocky Adkins to honor several first responders whose heroic efforts in the Eastern Kentucky floods resulted in the rescue of approximately 100 Kentuckians. These individual’s exceptional performance, professionalism, and dedication to duty reflect great credit upon themselves, the first responder community, Rowan County, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Morehead is looking forward to a new opportunity for everyone in the area to enjoy public art and for businesses to attract visitors to their location: the Morehead Kentucky Turtle Walk.

In addition to the fire, rescue, and road maintenance resources and crews we have sent to support our fellow Kentuckians to the southeast, Rowan County will be collecting essential supplies in cooperation with the RCDC and Jailer Wes Coldiron at the Detention Center (1075 S. Tolliver Road) between 8 AM and 4 PM.

Thanks to these helpful grants from Governor Andy Beshear, we’re building a secondary ambulance service, improving accessibility and facilities at Cave Run Lake, and resurfacing all of Bullfork.

Read about how one woman’s story shows that it’s truly possible to turn your life around.

In these trying times where we face both a pandemic and winter weather events, the importance of our Emergency Medical Services is clear. We are grateful for all our first responders and their coordinated efforts to serve our community. Our Rowan County Ambulance Service is proud to announce a scholarship program that will help train a new generation of paramedics, with $36,000 in total being utilized for the paramedic training of three individuals who will be staying right here at home to help our local community.

Read about the history of Freestone, home to one of the many rock quarries in the area that is now Farmers, and the benefits it brought to our community during the late 19th and early 20th century.

The Rowan County Fiscal Court is proud to announce an exciting new development in our community: fiber-to-the-home broadband access. Broadband is an important utility for all, and we are improving infrastructure in our county to allow more people the ability to access faster internet with a larger bandwidth. Fiber is already being laid across Rowan County as part of this initiative.

Fiber is the gold standard for broadband and will help create more accessibility to internet for everyone in the county.

For the second year in a row, Judge Harry Clark would like to invite all the people of Morehead and Rowan County to participate in our Halloween Decoration Contest. You have the opportunity to win bragging rights, some really nice prizes, and to be featured in the November edition of our county newsletter, the Rowan Review. Any resident or business is welcome to join in on the fun by uploading a picture to www.rcky.us/halloween.

Kentucky’s Judge-Executives play a unique role in municipal and state government, a position not present in many other parts of the country. There is a rich history behind this, going all the way back to when our state was first formed. Read about it here.

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.

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.