 At Audiology Associates of Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing with 40 years of being in the hearing care industry. 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. On Sunday, February 19th, a portion of Niki Road between Phelps and Stone had broken away from the mountain side due to heavy rainfall. The Kentucky Department of Transportation is working around the clock to make the necessary repairs and ensure the road will be passable once again. Public Information Officer Shantana Woodward shares more details. We've got a lot of rain here lately. And a lot of times when this rain happens and we've had a few really cold days, the rain will kind of get down in between the rocks and we'll have this freeze and thaw cycle where it will freeze. And then once it thaws, it'll leave gaps and stuff in those gaps. Well, it's what tends to lead to our embankment failures. And it'll cause the rock underneath the road to kind of sink down and sometimes even kind of shear off if it's close to a creek bank. You know, in this particular area in Niki Road, you know, it's along the ridge line that, you know, so it's not that close to the creek bank. But it has, you know, it's got several different breaks throughout there and we've deemed it unsafe for travel right now. According to a new update, there has been an additional slip in the road which has worsened the initial damage. Woodward advises motorists to seek an alternate route if commuting from Stone to Phelps or vice versa. There is no current estimation of when it will be fixed. We've had a bit of an update that we've actually had a bit of a slip that has happened directly underneath where this break is located. And because of that, the road has dropped down several more feet. And so what was originally a smaller repair has now turned into a more extensive long term type repair. Our guys are out there assessing the situation. We'll get started on it just as soon as, you know, we can. But in the meantime, Niki Road is closed for the foreseeable future. Our number one priority is making the roads in our district, our state, maintain roads safe for you and everyone else to travel. Reporting from Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.