News & Announcements
Ky River District Health Dept will have Open Enrollment for Group Life Insurance (Nationwide Ins.) in April and during that time employees may make changes to their coverage; however, everyone will be asked to fill out a new “Beneficiary” form. If you have any questions, please contact the personnel office at 606-439-2361.
Kentucky River Smoke Free Guide
The Kentucky River District Health Department would like to recognize the following restaurants for being smoke free and protecting the health of the residents of the Ky. River Area.
If you would like your restaurant recognized please contact Maxine Ritchie,
Tobacco Coordinator at (606) 436-2196.
Knott
Lee
Leslie
- Kud Zu Corner
- Dairy Queen
- Giovanni’s
- Subway
Letcher - All Restaurants are smoke free. Ordinance enacted on July 2006.
Owsley
Perry
- Dairy Queen
- Subway (East Main, Hazard Village Shopping Center, and in the WalMart Super Center)
- Wendy’s (Black Gold Plaza and Hazard Village Shopping Center)
- Quizno’s
- Arby’s
- Taco Bell
- Hardees
Wolfe
Ky.’s Tobacco Quit Line—Need Help to Stop Smoking? Use this FREE Effective Resource
1-800-QUIT NOW is a free, statewide, telephone-based tobacco cessation resource. The quit line provides information to tobacco users and non-tobacco users on tobacco dependence and its treatment, the dangers of secondhand smoke, and other tobacco-related information. Information may include advice for a family and friends on helping a tobacco user quit, and support for a quit attempt. The quit line offers a one-on-one proactive counseling program for tobacco users who are ready to quit.
Anyone can call the quit line. The quit line provides support for people who want to stop smoking or using other tobacco products; offers information on tobacco dependence for health professionals, and families or friends of tobacco users; and provides information on community, regional or national cessation resources. Counselors also have specific training and call protocols for pregnant women and spit tobacco users. Callers under the age of 18 are required to have parental consent prior to counseling. Counselors will request brief demographic information from callers such as age, smoking history, zip code; however, all calls are confidential. For individuals who are hearing impaired, the TDY/TDD number is (800) 969-1393.
The hours to speak with a live counselor will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, Eastern time zone. Callers to the quit line after regular hours will have the option to leave a voice message, and the call will be returned the next business day by a quit line counselor.
Health Department Holiday Closing Dates
- Jan. 1 - New Year's
- Jan. 18 - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
- April 2 - Good Friday (Half day)
- May 31 - Memorial Day
- July 5 - Independence Day
- Sept. 6 - Labor Day
- Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day
- Nov. 25-26 - Thanksgiving
- Dec. 23-24 - Christmas
- Dec. 30-31 - New Year's
Reach out and Read Program
Research has shown the importance of reading to your child at an early age. The staff at Kentucky River District Health Department encourages reading to your child daily beginning at birth.
Every child who participates in our Well Child Program will receive age appropriate books at each preventive visit.
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