Evarts, Kentucky

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• Man arrested in connection with counterfeit money
  

  Area police officers have been busy in recent days with numerous arrests around the county.

• Saylor concerned about impact of funding reduction
  

  Harlan County School District Superintendent Tim Saylor updated board members regarding the proposed 4 percent cut in Supporting Education Excellence in Kentucky funding during a meeting of the board on ...

• Nine people jailed after indictment warrants served
  

  The Evarts Police Department made nine arrests Thursday morning after more than a dozen indictments were handed down by a Harlan County Grand Jury on charges including drug trafficking, burglary and arson.

• Parading on Clover Fork
  

  The spirit of Christmas filled the air along the streets of Evarts on Sunday as numerous floats made their way through the city during the annual Christmas parade, bringing scenes of Christmas stories to life.

• Evarts parade set for Sunday
  

  After being forced to cancel last yeara s parade due to inclement weather, Evarts will once again host its annual Christmas parade on Sunday.

• Boil Water Advisory
  

  City officials in the Harlan County community of Evarts tell Mountain News that a boil water advisory is in effect for all of North Evarts up to short town and along highway 38.

• Man indicted for assault of trooper
  

  A Wallins man has been indicted for allegedly assaulting a state trooper, his mother, stepfather and girlfriend last week.

• Man injured in motorcycle crash
  

  An Evarts man sustained serious injuries Monday in a motorcycle crash on KY 38 at Kildav.

• Dry Conditions Spark More Water Conservation Efforts
  

  Extremely dry conditions continue across eastern Kentucky and now people in another community are asked to conserve water.

• Magistrates OK upgrades at Verda Field
  

  The Harlan County Fiscal Court continued to discuss and appropriate coal severance money the county was recently given to use on adventure tourism during its monthly meeting Thursday.

• Local Folks - Driving only part of the job for Jones Creek bus driver
  

  From early in the morning to late at night, Denver Turner makes sure Harlan County children get from home to school, from school to home and to extracurricular events and back safely.

• Comments On - High school bands big business today
  

  Professor Harold Hill, in the Broadway musical, "The Music Man," was a con man. He neither knew one note from another, nor how to teach children how to master a single instrument.

• Former special deputy enters Alford Plea
  

  Scott Moore entered an Alford Plea with a recommended sentence of six years in Harlan Circuit Court on Friday in a 2007 murder case.

• Woman injured in wreck at Short Town
  

  A one-vehicle crash Monday at Short Town sent an Evarts woman to the hospital with minor injuries.

• New Cell Phone Service Coming To Harlan County
  

  You might not have to find a land-line next time you're stranded with car trouble or need to call home in parts of Harlan County.

• Three Men Are Indicted
  

  A federal grand jury indicted three Harlan County mine supervisors Wednesday for intentionally stopping a mine's main fan for hours while miners continued to work.

• Police arrest two in pawn shop burglary
  

  The Harlan City Police Department has made two arrests in the burglary that occurred at Cumberland Jewelry and Pawn Shop on Sept.

• Local Folks - McLain works to preserve past through scrapbooking
  

  Preserving the past for future generations is important to people from all walks of life, and the technique of combining photography and journaling has become a craze that is sweeping the country.

• Coal severance funds to assist Tri-Cities attractions
  

  After much discussion and tours of the Portal 31 exhibition mine in Lynch and the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum in Benham, the Harlan County Fiscal Court approved a motion to fund the attractions in the ...

City Description

Evarts is a city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The post office was opened on February 9, 1855 and named for one of the area's pioneer families. The population was 1,101 at the 2000 census and was estimated at 1,042 in 2007. Evarts is located at 36°51′50″N 83°11′39″W / 36.86389, -83.19417 (36.863842, -83.194269). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,101 people, 428 households, and 299 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,828.0 people per square mile (708.5/km²). There were 490 housing units at an average density of 813.6/sq mi (315.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.91% White, 2.82% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.45% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.64% of the population. There were 428 households out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 15.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of

City Contained By:

• United States
• Kentucky
• Harlan County

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 1.5539928662 km squared

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