 The Appalachian Advantage plan is the simpler, better way to get the phone you actually want instead of paying hundreds of dollars up front. Simply pay the taxes up front and a few extra dollars a month and get the phone you really want. It's called the Appalachian Advantage available at Appalachian Wireless. In the midst of LGBTQ Plus History Month, Pikeville Pride held their Pride event on Saturday, October 15th. The turnout for the event was massive with many vendors lining the walkways of the Pikeville City Park. We've had people from all over, from Martin, Letcher, these areas that have been hit really, really hard, lightly, especially with the flooding and stuff. And that's areas we've been helping out in too. When we weren't working on Pride, we were also working to help those areas too. So those people now are coming out to support others in this area and everyone else and it's just been amazing. The 2022 Pride celebration hosted fantastic musical performances, two drag shows and guest speakers Willie Carver Jr., Charles Booker and State Representative Katera Herron. It has been amazing and to see people that have come not only to our first Pride, but our second Pride and then when we had to postpone Pride for two years and to be here for the third Pride and they're more and more excited every time they come or they bring more and more people with them too because the word is getting out. This being Pikeville Pride's third and largest celebration, they look forward to the event growing beyond the limits of the Pikeville City Park, but until then they are in the works of holding a Pride prom. For more information or updates on future events, you can visit the Pikeville Pride Facebook page. For Mountaintop News, I'm Kelsea Dean.