Dakota Makres WYMT

Year In Review: Historic July flooding It was not until day break until we saw the destruction of Mother Nature’s wrath.

A familiar little face made the evening news. She’s just too cute!

Current look at Cumberland Falls and the frozen pool below it.

We have an urgent need for volunteers to go to Freeport, TX (just south of Houston) to pick up a few travel trailers for Eastern KY flood survivors! A charity has donated some much needed travel trailers to us – all we have to do is go and get them. The trailers must be picked up between Tuesday and Thursday of next week for this first batch of trailers. The trailers require a normal hitch (not a fifth wheel) and a ¾- or one-ton truck to pull them. They are all 30-38 ft long. A gas card will be provided to those that drive to pick them up (details are still being worked out). Volunteer drivers will need proof of insurance that covers trailering, a valid drivers license, and at least a ¾ ton truck.

We want to ensure all the Long-Term Disaster Recovery Groups have an opportunity to use these campers for their folks in need from the flood. We already have some families identified in each flood-affected county to receive the trailers in this first run. If we are able to pick up some of these trailers now, we will have an opportunity to get some more a month or so from now!

If you or someone you know can definitely help us out, please contact Chris Moeller via email at [email protected] with a name and phone number so we can work out the details.

This is such a sweet story by Amanda Hara from our sister station in Knoxville.

He forgets his wife’s name, but always remembers this An East Tennessee man in his twilight years is reconnecting with a hobby from his youth, hoping that it might just help him live even longer.

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Very First "Mountain News This Morning" 1992 Edition The first 30-minute “Mountain News This Morning” aired on November 9th, 1992. We recently discovered a copy of the entire first newscast, including commercia...

Fall beauty in Powell County.

Public memorial planned for Loretta Lynn It will air commercial free on CMT at 7:00 p.m.

Greetings from COVID quarantine! I sound worse than I feel, and someone had to keep Dakota Makres WYMT in line. Haha!

Such sad news this morning.

Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies Lynn's family said she died Tuesday at her home in Tennessee. She was 90.

Hi, everyone!

I am looking to do a story in mid-October at the scariest haunted corn maze in Southern/Eastern Kentucky!

Let me know the best ones around!

Ky. native Wynonna Judd sits down with CBS Sunday Morning, talks tour and Naomi’s death In 1987 Naomi Judd told CBS News’ “Nightwatch,” “We’re just very ordinary girls and something extraordinary has happened to us.”

Dolly Parton sends personalized video to woman with stage 4 cancer after sister reaches out Two women in Kentucky got a very special message from East Tennessee queen, Dolly Parton.

I think this is the first night all three of us have worked the same evening shift!

WYMT, CW Lexington to carry ‘Appalachia Rises: Come Hell or High Water’ flood relief telethon On the one month anniversary of the deadly flooding that swept through several Eastern Kentucky counties, musicians from across Kentucky and the country will join together to raise funds for those affected.

It’s a lovely day at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky. Guests are beginning to arrive for the NASA Downlink event. Stayed tuned!

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This is just a small part of the damage eastern Kentucky is facing right now. This region needs help and is going to need it for a while.

For those in and around the Hazard area, the distribution center at the old JCPenney needs:

- Bedding/sheets
- Towels
- Dog food
- Cleaning supplies
- Laundry detergent
- Box fans

If you cannot donate items, you can donate to the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky: https://appalachianky.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=1924

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Dakota (and Paige) in the mornings!

Happy to be working along side my friend Dakota Makres WYMT this week!

There is no team stronger than Team Kentucky.

Jennifer Garner visits Eastern Ky. flood survivors A Facebook post showed several pictures of Garner visiting with flood survivors.

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Trooper Daniel’s located this world war 2 era Army uniform on KY-476 close to Robinson elementary. The uniform had a life jacket stuffed inside of it. It obviously means a lot to the owner that took the time to try to save it. We would love to locate the owner of this uniform, if you know who this belongs to, please contact us at Post 13, Hazard. 606-435-6069.

We’re so incredibly thankful for all our volunteers—one group drove over 500 miles from Georgia to help us clean houses. If you still want to volunteer today or tomorrow, come to the Forum before noon!

Wear boots, long pants, and bring a water and some lunch! Thank you all!

One week ago this morning, many people were waking up to absolute devastation. They had lost their homes, their sense of normalcy, some even lost their lives. But as Eastern Kentuckians do, we pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps and made the best of an awful situation. So much has already been done and there is so much more to do. Keep being . https://www.wymt.com/floodrelief/