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Sam Adams’s Biography

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Sam Adams is a newspaper reporter and author in Kentucky. He currently works at The Mountain Eagle, the weekly newspaper in Whitesburg.

Sam Adams’s Journalist Portfolio

'I have never seen anything like it' - The Mountain Eagle

'I have never seen anything like it' - The Mountain Eagle

The population of a dangerous predator has exploded this summer and fall, and you may never realize it's ther…

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As courthouse workers screamed and sobbed, what they found out sent shockwaves across country - T...

As courthouse workers screamed and sobbed, what they found out sent shockwaves across country - T...

Two shots rang out from behind District Judge Kevin Mullins's office door. Court personnel in the jury room a…

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Don't bet on next major flood taking 1,000 years to hit eastern Kentucky - The Mountain Eagle

Don't bet on next major flood taking 1,000 years to hit eastern Kentucky - The Mountain Eagle

Around the region, residents are moving in mobile homes and building houses to replace those that were washed…

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Coal at the COP? What coal?

Coal at the COP? What coal?

Among the business suits, mini-skirts and the ubiquitous guayabera shirts, there is one garment that is nowhe…

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Climbing the tree of life

Climbing the tree of life

Cancun. This is the meeting place. It is the place where United Nations delegates from all over the worl…

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On acronyms and opacity

On acronyms and opacity

If there is one thing that is agreeable to all of the parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Cha…

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Articles

County officials vote to study nuclear power

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By Sam Adams Verified
| The Mountain Eagle Verified
The Letcher Fiscal Court has voted unanimously to study the feasibility of installing small nuclear power plants in the county after a resident proposed using electric power and data centers as economic development tools. Data centers came up again later in the September meeting, when residents asked how the county would enforce the two-year moratorium it adopted a month earlier.
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Diesel costs squeeze county schools’ budget

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By Sam Adams Verified
| The Mountain Eagle Verified
Soaring diesel costs and millions of dollars in unpaid flood reimbursements are putting pressure on the Letcher County school district’s budget. A $425,000 reduction in state SEEK funding this year has already forced the district to reduce its reserve from 7.3 percent to 5.76 percent of the budget, Superintendent Josh Yonts told The Mountain Eagle. He said the reserve will fall further unless diesel prices come down.
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Blackey projects moving closer to construction

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By Sam Adams Verified
| The Mountain Eagle Verified
CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN SOON on a new Blackey Community Center (foreground) and repairs to the Blackey Public Library (background). The old community center and the library were damaged in the July 2022 flood, and the community center was eventually razed. The new center will be built inside the old Blackey Water Treatment Plant.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

General assignment reporter.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Social media has destroyed journalism.

Awards

Al Smith Award for Public Service Through Community Journalism

2023 - Public Service

The Al Smith Award honors public service through community journalism by Kentuckians. Smith was the first recipient of the award. This annual event is designed to honor its namesake: Albert P. Smith Jr., who owned weekly newspapers in Kentucky and Tennessee, was founding host of KET’s “Comment on Kentucky” and main founder of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. In the spirit of its namesake, the dinner event was created in 2011 to honor good journalism for rural Kentucky communities. The celebration has grown to include the Tom and Pat Gish Award, recognizing student scholarship contributions and a keynote speaker.

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