Communities across Kentucky continue to recover from the recent winter storms, which Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Thursday said saw some areas receive as much as nine inches of combined snow and ice accumulation.
According to the governor’s office, there are still more than 600 reported power outages due to the storms, and 13 drinking water systems remain on limited operations. State and contracted plow crews have driven more than one million miles of roadways since pre-treatment ahead of the storm began. The state says 22 confirmed deaths have resulted from the storms, with the latest confirmed report including a 77-year-old man from Grayson County, a 59-year-old man from Hardin County, and a 92-year-old man from Hart County.
In Hardin County, road service continued Thursday with 12 trucks out salting 568 miles of county roads. A release from Hardin County Government says the county’s road department was also able to repair its grater after borrowing one from Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four and contracting another.
Road conditions forced sanitation crews with UDP to miss several routes over the last two weeks. The county is once again permitting impacted customers to place bagged trash on or next to their cans. This is for customers in unincorporated Hardin County. Check with your municipality for information on local trash collection. Follow the Hardin County Government Facebook page for more updates.
