 The 2022 annual Southeastern Kentucky Chamber Awards night is September 27th for tickets call 606-432-5504. You can also watch live on the free Mountain Top TV app. The 49th annual King Cole Festival is returning to Williamson September 15th through the 18th and will feature a beauty pageant, live music, a variety of vendors, a parade and more. It's really a blast. It's great. We have a lot of vendors coming in. We kind of do a combination of things anywhere from having vendors set up from nine to five and then we also have some music going on, a lot of bands, anything from country to blue grass, anything that kind of pays homage to our culture and our heritage that surrounds Cole. The King Cole Festival is one of the longest running festivals in West Virginia and they aim to not only remember the history of Cole in the region, but pay homage to the minors and their families. For so long, you know, that's West Virginia and even East Kentucky, you know, it's been such an industry in our area and that's kind of what we were founded on and built on for so long and we still have that in our area today. We have a lot of hard work in Cole minors and they need that respect, you know, not only the Cole minors that go into this field, but also the families that support them. It's not an easy job about any means, but it really kind of built the foundation for where we are and where we're going to go and how it built the communities for so long and I don't think, you know, it's part of our history and I don't think we should ever lose that. For more information and to view the full schedule of events, go to City of Williamson on Facebook. For Mountain Top News, I'm Breonna Robinson.