People drive up to one of the highest points in Breathitt County to visit the old Clemons-Ritchie Cemetery, which looks out over thousands of wooded acres, or they come to ride all-terrain vehicles ...

BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) – Earlier this week, FOX 56 reported an ongoing feral horse problem in Breathitt and surrounding counties. In that previous report, we shared how some in Breathitt ...

BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) – Horses are a big part of Kentucky’s identity, but there is a horse problem in Breathitt County. It’s a problem some residents and local officials are trying to solve, ...

Wild horses roam near a former surface mine in Breathitt County, Ky., on Friday, July 11, 2025. Ryan C. Hermens [email protected] Kentucky likes to call itself the Horse Capital of the World.

Nine free-roaming horses believed to have been taken off a strip mine in Breathitt County are being rescued from a killpen in Tennessee, by an animal rescue group. The horses will be taken to a farm ...

Herald-Leader columnist Linda Blackford holds Kentucky lawmakers and public figures responsible for their actions, highlighting the challenges faced by the state’s institutions and communities. In ...