 At Audiology Associates at Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing. You'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. The deadline for Kentucky State Trooper applications has been extended. The cutoff date has now been moved to November 25th. KSP Post 9 Public Affairs Officer Michael Coleman gives his thoughts on the extension and why he believes the need for more troopers is important. The original deadline for the next cadet class was at the end of this month. We've extended it out to November 25th. And I'm sure you've seen on Facebook and social media that Post 9 is getting seven troopers. So the candidates have a chance based upon their oral interview score and their PT performance score to actually score high enough to guarantee that they come back to Post 9. You know, in the past that was an issue that people were afraid that if they went to the academy that they may get put across the state for the first year before they could transfer back home. With this new policy that they put in there, it guarantees you get to come back home if you score high enough on those tests. Coleman is urging anyone interested in applying. He says it's a great opportunity for those seeking a worthwhile career path. With the new changes, I think that's really going to increase the number of applicants that we have from this area that don't want to go out west. You know, they want to make sure that they come back home, work their hometown or stay here in their home county. So this just gives them the opportunity. If you're interested in KSP, go online today at joinksp.org and put your application in. If you're looking for more than a job and you actually want a career, come join us. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Collum.