Bear Tracks

Victoria Adams (left) and Kaydie Coots placed third in the Kentucky Farm to School Junior Chef state competition held in August at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville.

HCHS chefs place third in state competition

By Aaliyah Elliott, Contributing Writer September 21, 2021

Everyone loves a good meal, and that's just what the Harlan County High School Junior Chefs whipped up recently to rank among the best in the state. The HCHS Junior Chef team of Victoria Adams and Kaydie...

Shelby Engle Burton has been named the new softball coach at Harlan County High School. Burton has coached basketball at James A. Cawood Elementary School for the past 14 years. She also coached middle school softball for two years.

Burton takes over as leader of HCHS softball program

By John Henson, Bear Tracks September 20, 2021

The idea that Shelby Engle Burton would eventually coach on the high school level is not at all a surprise. She literally grew up in coaching as her father, Tim Engle, has coached basketball at various...

HCHS girls soccer

HCHS girls soccer

September 1, 2021

Team members include, from left, front row: Jonah Swanner, Brayden Howard, Jacob Middleton, Brady Huskey, Nick Craig, Braxton Cloud, Plez Dean, Luke Kelly, Andrew Johnson, James Ryan Howard, Darren Alred, Josh Napier and Ryley Mefford; middle row: Will Cassim, Trevor Cloud, Josh Sergent, Luke Carr, Dakota Turner, Thomas Jordan, Johnny Brock, Issac Downs, Bryan Howard, Dallas Sergent, Gavon Spurlock, Bradley Young, Dalton Bray, William Jones and Mason Beach; back row: Zack Potter, Ethan Rhymer, Carter Howard, Jacob Shoemaker, Tanner Griffin, Jared Rhymer, Ethan Shepherd, Demarco Hopkins, Jamison Wilkinson, Alex Sanders, Connor Blevins, Ethan Caldwell, Seth Robinson, Andrew Roark and Bradley Henson.

Black Bears open season

September 1, 2021

Members of the Harlan County High School Denkeepers, under the direction of Robin Sanders, cheered on the Black Bears during their season-opening win over South Laurel.

Cheering on the Bears

September 1, 2021

Welcome to HCHS

Welcome to HCHS

August 23, 2019

Harlan County High School Link Crew leaders Emily Sizemore and Brandy Collett took a selfie with a group of freshmen during the Freshman Orientation program earlier this month. The Link Crew is a...

The Harlan County High School Junior Chef Team of Kieran Chadwick and Selena Moreno and coaches Chasity McCarty and Leilani Kelly are shown with top award received Friday after being named the top team in the 2018 Farm to Chef competition sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

Top chefs

August 27, 2018

The Harlan County High School Junior Chef Team of Kieran Chadwick and Selena Moreno and coaches Chasity McCarty and Leilani Kelly are shown with top award received Friday after being named the top team...

Shaun Warren, Lindsey Fields and Malia Williams were among the participants in a science project led by Harlan County High School teacher Jennifer Hilton.

Hilton’s students experiment with pennies

Lindsey Fields, Bear Tracks October 4, 2017

Fun science experiments are not only for grade schoolers and middle schoolers, as Jennifer Hilton’s dual credit biology students at Harlan County High School found out during a surprise experiment. Students...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Showcase