 Appalachian Wireless now has new forward pay pricing where you can pay up front and get the data and features you desire. 5 gigabytes of data, just $39.99. Unlimited, just $79.99. Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. Yesterday, EKB News brought you the results of a study conducted on county roads and bridges all throughout the state, which indicate that a large percentage of those roads and bridges here in District 12 and in neighboring District 10 are in much need of repair. Local officials say that over time a lack of funding has greatly contributed to the deterioration of those roads and bridges. We've lost a lot of co-severance money here in Martin County and all of Eastern Kentucky has been affected by that. We've also lost a lot of our flex funding. Not so long ago, we were getting $150,000 from the state. As recent as last year, we only received about $80,000, so you can see the difference in the amount of funding we're getting from the state. As many counties seek a solution to their funding problem, one county has found a solution through what they call beneficial debt. We got rid of some debt, number one. We had to do that because of other problems. We got rid of that $4.2 million. It frees up bonding capacity and we're finally able to do some bonding that actually benefited the people and then we put that back into the roads. We're in Eastern Kentucky. We live up a holler. I live up a holler. So our population is up a holler. Paul always said he said the most important road to any individual is that one that goes in front of their house. Judge Hale went on to say that he and the county are going to keep working to get everyone back in good shape. Reporting from Martin and Floyd County, I'm Shawn Allen for EKB News.