Gov. Andy Beshear said Team Kentucky is providing tax relief for individuals and businesses in Kentucky affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding and landslides that began on Feb. 14, 2025.  

This extension allows affected taxpayers whose filing deadline is on or after Feb. 14, 2025, until Nov. 3, 2025, to file Kentucky income tax returns and submit tax payments for individual income tax, corporate income tax, pass through entity tax, income tax withholding, limited liability entity tax, quarterly estimated payments and Kentucky payroll payments.  

He went on to say that Kentucky’s extensions for state tax deadlines will mirror the Internal Revenue Service’s federal extensions related to this disaster for filing income tax returns, including payment of tax due. Late filing and payment penalties will be waived for those affected taxpayers seeking this relief, as long as such payments are paid on or before Nov. 3, 2025. Taxpayers are advised to label the top margin of the tax forms filed under this relief provision in large, red letters with the words “Kentucky Disaster Relief.” If filing online, most software will allow for “Disaster” to be entered on the return for e-file. 

Taxpayers requiring additional information or assistance may contact the Department of Revenue at (502) 564-4581 for individual income tax, or (502) 564-8139 for corporation income, limited liability entity and pass-through entity tax.

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The Carter County Health Department is currently in the process of trying to gauge public interest in a partnership with KARE to offer a mobile dental clinic at the Grayson location at 105 Robert & Mary Ave. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in participating in this potential partnership then you are being asked to visit the Carter County Health Department on Facebook and visiting a link they have posted to a Google Docs document. The document is an official survey that will help the Health Department determine how many in our community would be interested in using the mobile dental clinic.

If you have any questions contact the health department directly by calling 606-474-6685 or messaging them on Facebook.

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Despite one of the wettest winters on record for the Bluegrass state we are now into the spring fire season for 2025, and emergency management officials want to remind everyone throughout our Carter County communities that this means it is currently illegal to burn anything within 150 feet of any woodland or brushland between the daytime hours of 6am to 6pm.

Our spring and forest fire seasons stem from the Kentucky Division of Forestry as they are mandated by law to provide for organized fire protection. Spring forest fire season begins each year on the date of February 15th and continues through April 30th.

It is recommended that before conducting any outdoor burning you reach out and check with your local fire department officials to check on the conditions and to ask about any restrictions or local ordinances that may be in place. Once again the 2025 spring forest fire season will continue through the date of Wednesday, April 30th.

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Today will see dumpster availability open to the West end of the county at the Maintenance Garage located along US 60. Dumpsters will be open today between the hours of 8am and 2:30pm. Please remember that beginning this week the dumpster availability will be limited to two days per week.

The County Clean-Up has now extended their list of non-accepted items to include: refrigerators, deep freezers, or televisions that’s along with household garbage, paint, tires, and batteries – please note that none of these items will be collected. All garbage must also be bagged or boxed with no loose items being collected. The campaign is offered by the Carter County Solid Waste Department, and sees dumpsters made available at the county maintenance garages for community use.

The county clean-up campaign works on a rotating schedule and offers opportunities for both Eastern and Western Carter County. Following their stay today they will be returning to the East end of the county Thursday and Friday of next week. That’s the dates of March 20th and 21st.