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Go Green for Brain Injury Awareness
Go Green for Brain Injury Awareness
Grace Phillips
Ashland Beacon
March is designated as Brain Injury Awareness Month and green is the awareness color. Anyone can suffer a brain injur...
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Primitive Quartet…50 years of Gospel Performing Final Area Concert April 1
Primitive Quartet…50 years of Gospel
Performing Final Area Concert April 1
Grace Phillips
Ashland Beacon
Sometimes wonderful blessings come about in unexpected ways. Fifty years ago, two s...
Read MoreAnnie Armstrong’s Legacy Lives on Through Local Churches
Annie Armstrong’s Legacy Lives on Through Local Churches
Gary Newman
Ashland Beacon
Every March, Southern Baptist churches across the country begin to mobilize to collect an Easter offering...
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Book Clubs for Young Readers
Book Clubs for Young Readers
Kathy Clayton
Ashland Beacon
On a chilly Friday evening, two teenagers are ...
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Embracing Change The Harpers Make Each Day Count
Embracing Change
The Harpers Make Each Day Count
Deidra Bowling-Meade
The Ashland Beacon
Most days were spent working–the wife an RN, the husband a pipe welder. They loved spe...
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100 Units of Blood & 1 Kidney Ashland Hero’s Donation Journey
100 Units of Blood & 1 Kidney
Ashland Hero’s Donation Journey
Deidra Bowling-Meade
The Ashland Beacon
Who is your favorite superhero? What powers does he/she possess? ...
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Ashland Native Ali Wilcox Tackles Kidney Disease with Positivity, Perseverance, & Purpose
Ashland Native Ali Wilcox Tackles Kidney Disease with Positivity, Perseverance, & Purpose
Deidra Bowling-Meade
The Ashland Beacon
Imagine spending your life chronically ill from ...
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Around the Diamond: March 28, 2023
Around the Diamond: March 28, 2023
James Collier
The Ashland Beacon
64th DISTRICT
ASHLAND 0-6
Ashland went 0-4 this week with losses to Paintsville, Cabell Midland and a twin-bill ...
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Fastpitch Highlights: March 28, 2023
Fastpitch Highlights: March 28, 2023
James Collier
The Ashland Beacon
64th DISTRICT
ASHLAND 1-5
Ashland went 1-2 this week with a win over Fairview and losses to Gree...
Read MoreNational Athletic Training Month - Celebrating Area Athletic Trainers
National Athletic Training Month - Celebrating Area Athletic Trainers
Doug Calhoun
Ashland Beacon
Denny Kellington is a name that is rather unrecognizable to most of us, yet he has receive...
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Hope’s Place Chocolate Extravaganza Needs Your Help
Hope’s Place Chocolate Extravaganza Needs Your Help
Sasha Bush
Ashland Beacon
Hope’s Place Child Advocacy Center is a child-friendly place where victims of sexual abuse and their families can rec...
Read MoreAshland Kentucky is Brewing Up Some Fun
Ashland Kentucky is Brewing Up Some Fun
Sasha Bush
Ashland Beacon
Grab your favorite coffee cup and get ready for a week of coffe...
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Third Annual Camp Allows Kids to Explore the World of First Responders
Jim Heald
The Ashland Beacon
Life at Boyd County 911 is measured out in short stretches of time between incoming calls. After what seems like hours but is only long minutes, the light flashes,...
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Beloved Husband, Father Community Mourning Loss of Josh Stewart
Beloved Husband, Father
Community Mourning Loss of Josh Stewart
Kathy Clayton
Ashland Beacon
As l...
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Zane Carter: Greenup County’s Own Global Superstar
Zane Carter: Greenup County's Own Global Superstar
Sasha Bush
The Ashland Beacon
“Baby, when I'm next to ya
I can barely control it.
I get hypnotized, hypnotized.
Swimmin' into your ocean…
Al...
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Tai Chi and Kungfu find a Home in Catlettsburg
Morgan Hall
The Ashland Beacon
Let me introduce you to Nancy Compton. She is the Master Instructor at Ashland Area Tai Chi and Kung Fu. She was born i...
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Greenup County Has A lot to Cheer About
Greenup County Has A lot to Cheer About
Sasha Bush
The Ashland Beacon
There are two types of athletes… those who simply wish for success and never really put in the required ef...
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Lori Beth Mays’ Journey
Lifting It All in Jesus’ Name-Lori Beth Mays’ Journey
Deidra Bowling-Meade
The Ashland Beacon
“I pray for your healing
That circumstances would change
I pray that the fear inside would fl...
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Local Music Community Rallies to Help One of their Own
Local Music Community Rallies to Help One of their Own
Grace Phillips
Ashland Beacon
Life in smaller communities allows close friendships to develop, and you find folks always willing to rally ar...
Read MoreJamming Through the Days
Deidra Bowling-Meade
The Ashland Beacon
In the words of ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, “turn on, tune up and rock out!” Ashland cover artist Ryan Bonner is a must-see! He p...
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Saddle Up for Boyd County High School’s New Rodeo Team
Sasha Bush
The Greater Ashland Beacon
“It's boots and chaps It's cowboy hats It's spurs and latigo It's the ropes and the reins And the joy and the pain And they call the thing rodeo”
-Gart...
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A True Christmas Miracle
Sasha Bush
The Ashland Beacon
Christmas is such a wonderful time of year! It is a time full of joy, love, and magic. Families making memories, children on their best behavior and the spirit of...
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Booming Businesses at the Camp Landing Entertainment District
Booming Businesses at the Camp Landing Entertainment District
By: Sasha Bush
The Greater Ashland Beacon
Since the arrival of Camp Landing, Boyd County has really been booming. New...
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