EKB News

For the second consecutive year Pike County Judge Executive Wayne T. Rutherford has issued an outdoor burning ban for the county. Rutherford told us that he signed the executive order Wednesday afternoon. Rutherford says that he was told by forestry officials that the area has not seen any precipitation in the last ten days and that our region's rainfall total is on average of five inches below normal.

The fall forest fire season begins October 1st.