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NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE PASSAGE

Hancock County Fiscal Court will consider for passage and adoption Ordinance 2024-01, an ordinance relating to volunteer emergency services in Hancock County, Kentucky regulating the minimum requirements to serve as a volunteer member, at 6:00 pm on Monday, January 22, 2024, in the Fiscal Court Room located at the Hancock County Administration Building, 3rd Floor, 225 Main Cross Street, Hawesville, KY 42348. A full text of the proposed ordinance is available for public inspection at the Hancock County Judge Executive’s Office, Hancock County Administration Building, 3rd Floor, 225 Main Cross Street, Hawesville, KY 42348, during office hours Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm.

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BIG NEWS!!!!! Vastwood Park LAKE IS GETTING TROUT!!!!!

Vastwood Park Lake will be added to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources trout stocking program in 2025! The lake will receive Rainbow Trout fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/Trout.aspx in January, October and November. 1,000 trout will be stocked each of those three months. Stocking dates are posted on the online KDFWR Trout Stocking Schedule fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/Monthly-Trout-Stocking.aspx at the beginning of each month. Anglers do not need a trout permit to catch and release trout. However, a trout permit is required to harvest those fish. Trout permits may be purchased at any in-person license vendor (list of vendors can be found here app.fw.ky.gov/agentlocations/ ) and online @ app.fw.ky.gov/Solar/ There is no minimum size and anglers may harvest 8 fish per person per day.

The first stocking will be Friday, January 17, 2025!
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BIG NEWS!!!!! Vastwood Park LAKE IS GETTING TROUT!!!!!

Vastwood Park Lake will be added to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources trout stocking program in 2025! The lake will receive Rainbow Trout https://fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/Trout.aspx in January, October and November. 1,000 trout will be stocked each of those three months. Stocking dates are posted on the online KDFWR Trout Stocking Schedule  https://fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/Monthly-Trout-Stocking.aspx  at the beginning of each month. Anglers do not need a trout permit to catch and release trout. However, a trout permit is required to harvest those fish. Trout permits may be purchased at any in-person license vendor (list of vendors can be found here https://app.fw.ky.gov/agentlocations/ ) and online @ https://app.fw.ky.gov/Solar/ There is no minimum size and anglers may harvest 8 fish per person per day. 

The first stocking will be Friday, January 17, 2025!

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Is the state going to stock yearound cat fish and pan fish like they do for the fins program

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James Snyder

Due to inclement weather, Hancock County offices will be closed at 11:00 am. ... See MoreSee Less

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Roads are becoming increasingly dangerous out in the county

Hancock County offices will be open tomorrow as regularly scheduled. ... See MoreSee Less

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Whitney Flanders

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