We ended up in Grayson on a misguided mission Monday evening and decided to take advantage of the situation and have dinner at a place I’ve been hearing good things about for a couple of years. We were not disappointed.
The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher.
I spoke to Larry Pennington, owner of the new Zanzi’s Pizza To Go at 3301 13th St. in Ashland, and he reported excellent business during the restaurant’s first days in business.
Ford, the only U.S. automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a "solidly profitable" 2011.
Oddly, the lost note mentioned at the top of last week’s column was for a business I had already decided to track down for more information.
Three free sessions about estate planning and financial management will be offered by the Greenup County Extension Office.
I know someone sent a note regarding a new cafe or restaurant (it specifically mentioned vegetable soup), although I’ve searched my files and e-mail and can’t seem to find it. I suspect the information is hiding in plain sight, but it has eluded me after a thorough search.
King’s Daughters Medical Center and Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital each received high marks from HealthGrades, the leading independent health care ratings organization.
I’ve been practically fantasizing about homemade vegetable soup for the past few days after a close encounter with the fall and wintertime favorite at Jim’s Hot Dogs & Spaghetti in the Camayo Arcade Building on Winchester Avenue in Ashland.
The 11th annual meeting of the Ashland Alliance will be Tuesday on the Belle of Cincinnati Riverboat.
This has been an unusual week in the sense that I could write this entire column about nothing but new hair salons.
I enjoyed a late dinner at Rajah’s Family Restaurant at the Meade Station along U.S. 60, and spent a few minutes talking with owner Ron Elliott, who is convinced the nation’s economic problems just might be too great or any single president to overcome.
After several failed attempts, we finally made our way to Rosie’s Restaurant on U.S. 60 near the Boyd and Carter County line for a Saturday afternoon lunch. There were two homegrown tomatoes ripening in the sun on an ice freezer in front of the restaurant when we arrived, and something told me we were going to enjoy our meal.
I missed most of the action during Race Days in Raceland and don’t believe I did much of a job when writing it up for the newspaper.
I now know for certain that I’m not the only person who has had to tackle the problem of a dog covered in liquid filth.
I ended up taking a shower with my big, fluffy dog last week after he escaped and returned home saturated in a combination of raw sewage and dead animal. I was stunned by the dog’s ability to absorb such an abundance of stinkiness, and he still had a distinct “funk” on him even after several shampoos and rinses.
If I had any sense, I would hang onto some of my notes this week and use them for another column next Sunday. Rarely, however, have I been accused of having good sense, so I’m going to try to fit everything in.
A familiar looking stranger with an unusual accent recently stopped by and spent a bit of time looking at guitars and talking with the guys at Music Box Express on Winchester Avenue in Ashland while crews worked to get Central Park ready for the evening’s Summer Motion 2009 concert.
People are already picking blackberries in many local patches, although the season is still just around the corner, according to those who know these things.
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital has been honored as a Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association’s Start! movement for helping employees eat better and move more.
Even with three President’s Awards on their walls, the people at Boyd County Ford say “there is always room for improvement.”
I had the day off Monday and was determined to do something fun and completely unrelated to work.
With companies in no mood to hire, the unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, the highest in more than 25 years. But the pace of layoffs eased, with employers cutting 345,000 jobs, the fewest since September.
General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday as part of the Obama administration's plan to shrink the automaker to a sustainable size and give a majority ownership stake to the federal government.
I haven’t come across any new restaurants in recent weeks and have decided to begin writing notes about existing places to eat which may not be familiar to everyone. I’m also recruiting anyone who wants to volunteer their help with this one, and already have a couple of secret agents making lists of their favorite places to eat in Carter County.
President Barack Obama outlined Tuesday the nation's first comprehensive effort to curb vehicle emissions while cutting dependence on imported oil, calling the plan an historic turning point toward a "clean-energy economy."
Hybrid vehicle laggard Nissan hopes to catch up with its Japanese rivals after launching the company's own green car technology next year, an executive said Tuesday.
Power costs in Kentucky and Illinois would shoot up under federal carbon tax legislation targeting states heavily dependent on coal-fired electricity.
Sun Chemical will temporarily close its pigment plant here to adjust to inventory
My grandfather always kept an air compressor ready for anyone who needed it at the old family grocery/post office/VW garage, and I suspect he would have been either amused or angry at the idea of a business charging anyone for air.
Mike Light knows the economy is tough — for businesses and employees. So when things slowed down for Light Enterprises, his Ashland demolition and site preparation company, Light decided there had to be a way to hold onto his trusted employees while keeping his business running.
The Stone Mountain Dataplex property is not being sold and Global Data Corporation is not shutting down operations in Olive Hill, according to the company’s attorney Mike Fox.
Despite unexpected obstacles, the Stone Mountain Dataplex project in the Lawton community near Olive Hill is moving forward and expected to be back under construction in the near future.
A last-minute food gathering effort for an office lunch last week provided an opportunity to visit the deli at Jack’s South Ashland Cardinal Market in search of Ashland’s best cole slaw.
The oldest shoe store in the area has another distinguished honor to add to its list of accolades.
Steel maker AK Steel Holding Corp. says it posted a first-quarter loss compared with a year-earlier profit, hurt by the recession and declining orders from the auto industry.
AK Steel Holding Corp. paid Chief Executive James L. Wainscott $9.5 million in 2008, up 3 percent from 2007, according to an Associated Press analysis of its proxy filings.
With no relief expected before the price of cigarettes and alcohol jumps Wednesday morning, Bill Steele at Shamrock Liquors sums up the situation by saying, “It is what it is and there’s nothing we can do about it.”
State economic development officials will check whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. violated terms of a tax agreement by closing an optical lab and laying off 650 workers, a state spokeswoman said Saturday.
Officials with Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital have announced two additions to the hospital’s administrative team.
I love the Ashland area during the first warm days of the year. I rolled past central Park Tuesday evening and saw people walking hand in hand,
Belk will open a new men’s and home store today, marking completion of the first phase of a $3.6 million expansion and renovation of Ashland Town Center store.
Beneath the frozen plains of eastern Montana and Wyoming lie the largest coal deposits in the world — enough to last the United States more than a century at the nation's current burn rate.
Toyota Motor Corp. is reacting to the slump in U.S. auto sales by further cutting North American production, slashing executives' compensation up to 30 percent and offering buyouts to about 18,000 workers.
I regret a wish I made during an early snow we received in 2008. That wish was for enough snow to make it possible to take one decent sled run down the big hill behind my house.
Cincinnati-based AK Steel Holding Corp. is recalling more than 500 hourly workers who had been laid off at its plant in Ashland.
About 100 hourly workers are expected to return to AK Steel this week, according to company spokesman Alan McCoy.
Steel maker AK Steel Holding Corp. says it swung to a fourth-quarter loss as demand for the metal sank amid the global economic downturn. It forecast a significant operating loss for the first quarter.
It's already been a lousy year for workers less than a month into 2009 and there's no relief in sight. Tens of thousands of fresh layoffs were announced Monday and more companies are expected to cut payrolls in the months ahead.
Bankrupt Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation’s second-biggest consumer electronics retailer, said Friday it failed to find a buyer and will liquidate its 567 U.S. stores. The closures could send another 30,000 people into the ranks of the unemployed.
The Gyro King has closed its doors, but fear not — owner Chris Mitropoulos will soon be serving up his gyros, souvlakis and other savory Greek dishes in a new location.
Ron Cartee Sr. counts himself as lucky to have grown up at a time when local boys had the option of going to work instead of college.
President George W. Bush's $17 billion lifeline to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC means neither company will perish while he occupies the White House, yet leaves the ultimate fate of the once-proud auto industry up to the incoming Obama administration.
The nation’s banking crisis has claimed another local business.
Facing massive job losses, the White House and congressional Democrats are working to provide about $15 billion in loans to prevent Detroit's weakened auto industry from collapsing.
The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents.
Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game, tobacco farming.
For the third year in a row, King’s Daughters Medical Center has been named by Thomson Reuters as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals for cardiovascular care
On Saturday, King’s Daughters Medical Center will “go live,” implementing a new state-of-the-art clinical information system called Epic.
Modern Healthcare magazine, a leading U.S. health care journal, has placed King’s Daughters Medical Center No. 5 on the national list of the 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.
If you tried to reach me last week you may have figured out I took advantage of the opportunity to take a vacation and celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary.
After a minor delay due to unexpected renovation work and a health inspection, the staff at Katie’s Corner Cafe officially re-opened the restaurant to a crowd of hungry customers at 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital was honored as a 2008 Professional Research Consultant Best Practice Hospital in nine separate categories based on exemplary patient satisfaction surveys.
Joe Vanderhoof, president of the Hudson Valley Media Group and publisher of the Middletown, N.Y., Times Herald-Record, will also oversee the company’s media group in the Poconos.
Small-business operators interested in doing business with the Wayne National Forest and U.S. Department of Agriculture are invited to a workshop presented by the Southern Ohio Procurement Outreach Center.
The hot rumor on the street during the recent Poage Landing Days festival was that Katie’s Corner will soon re-open at the corner of Greenup Avenue and 15th Street.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday that U.S. credit markets remain frozen and Congress must move quickly to pass a $700 billion bailout package for financial firms. But key Democrats said the legislation needs changes to provide better protections for taxpayers and homeowners in danger of losing their homes.
Urgently moving on multiple fronts to stem the worst financial crisis in decades, the government on Friday said it would safeguard assets in money market mutual funds and temporarily banned short-selling of financial company stocks. The Treasury Department asked Congress to give it sweeping power to buy up toxic debt that has unhinged Wall Street.
Blue Grass Airport welcomes low-cost airline Allegiant Air LLC to Lexington today with new, nonstop jet service to Florida beginning Nov. 6.
If approved by the court, Steve & Barry’s stores will continue to do business at 276 stores nationwide.
Two area counties will be receiving money from the state to help repair storm-damaged roads and bridges.
New Orleans native Terry Freese recently opened Cajun Connection at 102 Grandview Ave. in South Point, near the Grandview Hotel.
