Harlan council hears flood damage update - Harlan Enterprise

Progress made by city on flood clean up, still more to do

Much progress has been made on the cleanup from flooding earlier this month and more continues with Mayor Bob Courtney providing an update at Monday’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting.

Harlan council hears flood damage update - Harlan Enterprise

The Harlan City Council met recently for the regular meeting for April, hearing updates on various issues including a washed-out sewer line caused by flooding in February and the status of multiple downtown buildings. Harlan City Mayor Joe Meadors called the meeting to order and brought the panel up to speed on multiple matters within the city. “About 2 weeks after that heavy rain event we had in February, we discovered that at Rosspoint, high w…

Area residents blindsided by Central City flooding

One person asked city officials why there was no warning   By JO ALLEN jallen@morningsentinel.com   CENTRAL CITY — “We went to bed that night high and dry and woke up wet,” a Central City resident recalled. It was a partly cloudy day with plenty of sun on the Saturday following the historical downpour that occurred just the night before on Friday, April 4. The night that affected hundreds across the state was finally over, and residents in Mario…