 The 58th Kentucky Apple Festival is returning to Paintsville, Kentucky for the first time since 2019. The festival will be held in downtown Paintsville, September 30th and October 1st. It started out, we used to have a lot of commercial orchards in the county and they would, they brought in their apples and they gave them away free in the lobby. There was a citizens national bank back then, I mean it was and it was second national bank I think was the name and then eventually got switched over citizens national and then one of the gentlemen that worked there, he thought it would be a good idea to let the commercial orchardmen bring their apples out on the street and set them up and sell them and then it would just evolve from that. Events were added and added each year. My name is Aaron Crump, Chief Medical Officer at Pikeville Medical Center. The Heart and Vascular Institute, it's really an incredible program. Made incredible because of the providers, because of the technology and because of the staff. We've truly become the leading provider of Heart and Vascular services in eastern Kentucky and in fact what we do compares to anywhere in the nation. Pikeville Medical Center, when it comes to your heart, place your care in our hands. All food booths available at the Apple Festival are non-profit ran and the festival will also feature a flea market, parade, car show, stereo competition and a free concert. Well I think the most important thing about our festival is that we're here to help the non-profit organizations in the county. Kiwanis, Rotary, your school groups, little leagues, things like that, you know churches, youth groups, because I think we're one of the very few festivals in the state of Kentucky that do not allow commercial food vendors in. I always support non-profits. To view the full schedule of events go to kyapplefest.org. For Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.