“The Crop That Built the County” For over 150 years, tobacco was the economic and cultural cornerstone of Pendleton County. From the early frontier days through New Deal farm policies and the 2004 federal buyout, tobacco defined life for farmers […]
How Pendleton County Mastered the Art of Paying Itself While Public Safety Waits Outside Let’s Talk MoneyPendleton County received $2.8 million in federal ARPA funds. That money was supposed to help the community recover from a crisis, protect essential workers, […]
Before cell phones, before rotary dials, and even before most homes had private lines, there was the switchboard. And in Falmouth, Kentucky, it wasn’t automation that connected calls. It was real people. More specifically, it was young women seated behind […]
If This Makes You Uncomfortable, You Might Be the Problem The Pledge We Proposed Yesterday, we proposed a simple pledge, one any serious candidate for public office should be happy to take: I pledge to serve with honesty and integrityI […]
Before You Vote, Ask This One Question: Will They Sign the Pledge There is a lot of noise this election cycle. People are picking sides.Parties are flexing muscle. Deals are already being whispered about behind closed doors. But let’s bring […]
Falmouth Kentucky: A Water History Written in Flood and Failure Rivers Gave Life and Risk Falmouth is a small town at the meeting point of the Main Fork and South Fork of the Licking River. That geography brought life. It […]
A River That Once Worked There was a time when the river that runs through Pendleton County was more than just scenery. It was a resource, a living harvest. From the late 1800s through the early 1900s, the Licking River […]
If you have paid attention over the last few years to the Falmouth council meetings, nothing that is going on today should surprise you. The same people who fought tooth and nail against making upgrades and outsourcing trash and electric […]
This is the face of fear. After nearly a decade of warnings from Mayor Sebastian Ernst, Falmouth’s electric grid is finally breaking down and the city has no funds left to repair it. Even though Sebastian brought this issues up […]
