I agree look at Saturdays newspaper.  It doesn't have anything on Corbin Sports.  What about football and all the fall sports starting in Corbin.  London will get great coverage in our paper, wait and see. 

The Corbin paper is just the London paper over.  The reporters in London e mail their stories down to Corbin to put in our paper.  The only sports pictures usually are of Laurel Counties school.  I agree lets stop ads until paper changes its sports pages.  The sports writers are from London.

Williamsburg doesn't have a newspaper though.  London has its own newspaper and only puts in London stuff.  They never cover Corbin.   London Times Tribune needs to move to London or start covering Corbin.

Its interesting that this subject has just now come up on here, because I've had several conversations just in the past couple weeks about this very topic, and it seems to be a pretty common opinion that the Times-Tribune is covering London Sports, London's Main Street program, and many other aspects of London news much heavier than Corbin. Why do you think this is?

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Neighbert has absolutely nothing to do with the News Journal.  I'm not sure where your information is coming from.

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The News Journal editorials endorsing Fletcher and his gang, similar to this one, might make one wonder...

http://www.newsjournals.com/index.php?fn=stories&front=editorial&detail=1176990954

Just because Fletcher helps an area doesn't excuse him of the corruption, pardoning of dishonest employees, firing of merit system employees, effort to cut medical insurance of our teachers, taking government paid trips that are also campaign fund raising visits, and all the other questionable things done by his administration.

This Christian area of Eastern Kentucky often passes judgment on Democrats but if it is one of their own they forgive them of anything wrong they have done.

While some are critical about the Times, I believe Samantha Swindler is an excellent news person and writer. She is doing a good job for the Times Tribune and the people of this area.

Ms. Swindler does a good job at what she does, but, the London/Laurel issues are out of control.

We DO NOT want to read about london/laurel issues in corbin, just as they don't want to read about us in london. That's the way it is. This is NOT a regional paper, it's a local paper.

Why are the sports features concentrated on the laurel events. Mainly, because Les is assigned to them. SO, where is the corbin sports reporter, why isn't he/she doing the same. I though Chris Parsons was the corbin reporter, but see his name more often on laurel events than corbins.

Les Dixon used to do corbin sports, and did a good job. He was sent to london, and does a good job there now. So, we need someone in corbin to cover our sports and activities.

If they need to hire someone, the do it.

I tell all the advertisers I can to stop buy ads in the times and tell them why, because it doesn't report corbin issues and activities the way they do for london/laurel.

For the weekly news journal, sorry, you're a puppet for the whitley county crew, and no matter how you look at it, Fletcher may have tossed us some cash bones, but, he's one and done.

Why would London and Barbourville need newspaper coverage.  They both have their own newspaper.  It should be just the Corbin newspaper.  Well at least put the majority of its articles, especially sports from Corbin.  Do you really think the Corbin people want to read about London or Barbourville,in
what we thought was a Corbin paper.  I just feel we have enough local sports
to cover in Corbin without going to London.  What about boys and girls golf, cross country, volleyball, soccer, football, cheerleading and all other sports events happening in Corbin?  There should be no reason to go and cover sports in London.  I am just tired of opening the newspaper to the sports section and seeing Laurel County Schools as main article.

I don't think its about London or Barbourville being in our paper.  The point is just like todays sports section of Corbin Times Tribune, the main article and only article is on Laurel County School.  Why not have Corbin Rehounds as main article and Laurel county school as sub group.  I opened the London Paper and nothing is ever in about our Sports.  Come on how about other sports that we can be featuring that are going on this fall. Do you really think the Times is selling papers in London and Barbourville. 
It is just easy for the Corbin Times to get the article from London and put them in our paper.  This really is an issue that needs to be addressed and I am going to monitor all papers in area to see how they are doing!!!!!!!!!!I will keep reporting.

I think the key comment there was the paper was bought several years ago, and I believe it has been sold several more times. The paper is nothing but a piece of a puzzle. Hence the numerous management people they keep shuffling in and out. Swindler and Hanson will be gone soon, and someone else moving up the ladder will take their place, and so on and so on. None of them stay long. They don't have time to really become a part of the community.

Another comment there was "make money".  You're right, that's the key. And making money is selling ads, not papers.  I have told countless local business people about this issue, and have tried to convince them to use their own personal clout with regard to our sports.  Stop buying ads, and they'll change their tune. And, us, the consumer, if we continue to press the business's, then maybe they'll listen to us.

The people of corbin owe no loyality to this paper, just as the paper has shown no loyality to us.

In todays Times it has North and South Laurel VOLLEYBALL as main article in a Corbin paper. there is not one sports article on Corbin.  I phoned my friend who has a daughter who plays on Norths team,  she said London does not cover volleyball.  I told her about the Corbin paper and she said London people won't buy Corbin paper.  WOW, so who in London is buying these papers?
People of Corbin stop buying ads and papers until they realize we want some coverage.  It doesn't have to be totally Corbin, but an article every day would be nice.  We have all our fall sports starting. I have only seen previews for some of them.  What about the rest of the sports.