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- WTNZ-TV/FOX 43 Cable Service Alert for Subscribers to Tri-Star Communications
Thousands of FOX 43 viewers in parts of Benham and Lynch, Kentucky could be losing FOX 43 on their cable TV lineup in a matter of days.
- Area graduates honored by Lindsey Wilson College
Special To The Enterprise The accomplishments of 28 area residents were celebrated earlier this month in Cumberland.
- Tri-City Chamber presents awards
The annual Tri-City Chamber of Commerce awards banquet was held Thursday at the Benham School House Inn, honoring numerous Harlan Countians for their outstanding accomplishments and services to the area.
- Stagnolia selected as board chairman
Cumberland banker and former Harlan County Schools superintendent Reecie Stagnolia has been elected chairman of the Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Board of Directors.
- Newcomers seek Lexington council's 5th District seat
Education: Bachelor's in human environmental science and a master's in interior design, University of Kentucky Family: Husband, Phil; two adult children Public office: Mayor of Colleyville, Texas, for one year; ...
- Sheriff's deputies make several indictment arrests in Tri-Cities
DEBBIE CALDWELL/Harlan Daily Enterprise Harlan County Sheriff's Office deputies were busy Saturday night in the Tri-Cities area making arrests on indictment warrants recently handed down from a Harlan County ...
- Mayor threatens to shut city down due to impasse
The Lynch City Council couldn't get on the same page during their regular monthly meeting Tuesday as they were split on several different issues.
- Courthouse News - Oct. 15, 2008
Marriage licenses The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the office of Harlan County Clerk Wanda Clem.
- Portal 31 In Harlan County
Portal 31 is a project more than 10 years in the making. The old U.S. steal mine is being turned into a Kentucky coal exhibit to show what it was like under ground there for more than 40 years.
- 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.
- Annual Coal Miners Appreciation Day to be held in Lynch
Area coal miners will be recognized for the hard work and sacrifice they routinely put forth during the13th annual Coal Miners Appreciation Day to be held in Lynch.
- Six nominees announced for Walk of Legends in Lynch
City officials announced the walking trail nominees and the tax rates for the upcoming year during a special called meeting of the Lynch City Council on Friday.
- - Gossip Girl' Gets Even More Lynchian Than Before
Okay, so hands down, the very best part of this episode was when Dan and Serena were accosted in Central Park by the three Serena and Blair doppelgangers.
- Woman jailed for allegedly running through road block
Three women were arrested Sunday at Cumberland after police said the driver of the vehicle they were riding in allegedly ran through a road block.
- 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 ...
- Courthouse News - Aug. 23, 2008
Marriage licenses The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the office of Harlan County Clerk Wanda Clem.
- Two accidents result in two people airlifted to nearby hospitals
Spencer County Emergency services were called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident between a mini-van and a motorcycle on Ky 55 the afternoon of Tuesday, August 12.
- Cities don't need vote to talk about merging services
After months of discussion and debate, Harlan County Clerk Wanda Clem announced Wednesday that an ordinance allowing residents of the Tri-Cities to vote on a merger of services will not be on the ballot in ...
- Ordinance Will Not Make November Ballot
There was some last minute confusion among officials in Cumberland, Benham and Lynch on an ordinance allowing people to vote on combining services, like water and sanitation.
Lynch Classifieds
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City DescriptionLynch is a city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. It was plotted in 1917 by the US Coal and Coke Company as a company town to house workers at the company's nearby coal mines. It was named for the then head of the company, Thomas Lynch. By the 1940s Lynch had a population of over 10,000 and had such amenities as a hospital and movie theatre.
The population declined dramatically in the 1960s and 1970's as mining techniques shifted to less labor intensive methods. In the 2000 census, the city population was 900. The 2007 population estimate had Lynch's population at 828.
Lynch is the nearest city to Kentucky's highest point, Black Mountain, elevation 4145. Sitting at an elevation of 1600 feet above sea level, Lynch is Kentucky's highest incorporated city.
Lynch is located at 36°57′54″N 82°54′60″W / 36.965, -82.91667 (36.965133, -82.916569).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.9 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 900 people, 408 households, and 250 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,753.1 people per square mile (1,053.0/km²). There were 514 housing units at an average ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
Size:- 0.776996433101 km squared
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