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Rudy Fest a huge success
July 1, 2009 — Rudy Burchett said this year’s Rudy Fest was the best one ever.
Despite four inches of rain that fell during thunderstorms the first night, (Thursday, June 25) and a short time of power outage, over 3,000 people enjoyed the Bluegrass Music at the Carter County Fairgrounds in Grayson.
Burchett said well over 200 campers parked on the grounds. The festival attendees included a family from Germany and visitors from many states including Louisiana, Florida, Michigan, Maryland, Missouri, N.C., S.C., Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois and Indiana, as well as all across the Commonwealth.
Performing at this year's Rudy Fest was Ernie Thacker, Dan Tyminski Band, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Lonesome River Band, The Grascals, Larry Cordle, Marty Raybon and more.
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Grayson Tourism office officially opens
The Grayson Tourism Commission officially opened the log cabin at the Grayson City Park Monday.
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The Writing's on the Wall
The rain came in such abundance that it flooded most of downtown Olive Hill on May 2 of this year.
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Grayson City Council meets
The Grayson City Council met in regular session this past week with a long agenda including the first reading of the 2010 – 2011 budget and setting the date for trick-or-treat.
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Flood victims to get new furniture
Thanks to the Church of Christ National Relief Fund, many May 2 flood victims will get the chance to start over with new furniture.
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Olive Hill struggles with dirty water issue
For the past few weeks, drinking water, clean clothes and taking showers had been a problem for much of Olive Hill’s residents. In fact, concerns over dirty tap water sent many folks to Grayson to do laundry and to grocery stores for bottled water.
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County to make payments on new cruisers and fire department equipment
The Carter County Fiscal Court made a motion Tuesday to amend the 2010 –11 budget to begin payments on four new police cruisers and fire department equipment.
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Two Grayson KSP promoted
Two Grayson residents have been promoted by the Kentucky State Police.
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Tom T. Hall honored in the Country Music Quilt Trail
From the hills of Appalachia in Olive Hill, the songs of “The Storyteller”, Tom T. Hall, burst through the air like the sun as it faithfully rises over the knobs in Carter County.
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Two indicted
A Carter County Grand Jury indicted two individuals on Aug. 20.
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Ms. Gee and Mrs. Horsley go to Washington
It was a rare occasion when two educators from Carter County received a special invitation to attend a reception and luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
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