NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 –– Bardstown resident Doug Alexander filed Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, as a Republican candidate for Nelson County Coroner. Alexander is a first-time candidate for the office of coroner. During the 2014 election cycle, Alexander — who was a chaplain with the Nelson County Sheriff’s […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 — Gary Coulter, the retired owner of Coulter’s Towing, filed Thursday morning as a Democratic candidate for magistrate in the county’s Second District. Coulter told the Nelson County Gazette Thursday morning that now that he has retired from his business, he has the time […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 — Longtime Nelson County Coroner Rayfield “Field” Houghlin has filed to run again as a candidate for coroner in the May primary. Houghlin, who served many years as first deputy coroner, has served several terms as county coroner. He filed to run as a […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 — Cox’s Creek resident Todd Harper is the first Republican and the fourth candidate to file for the office of Nelson County Sheriff. Harper filed his paperwork with the Nelson County Clerk’s office on Friday. According to a press release, Harper’s 19-year law enforcement […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 — Don Thrasher of High Grove officially threw his hat in the ring Friday morning, seeking the office of Nelson County judge executive. Thrasher was accompanied Friday by two local Republicans — Pete Trzop and Salt River Road resident Dr. Steve […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017 — Don Thrasher — the Salt River Road resident who has been in a dispute with Judge Executive Dean Watts regarding the renaming of his section of the former Louisville Road — announced Tuesday afternoon his plans to run for the office […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Dec. 22, 2017 — A Bloomfield man is the second candidate to file as a candidate for District 5 magistrate. Arnold Lane resident Eric W. Shelburne filed his declaration as a candidate Friday in the office of Nelson County Clerk Elaine Filiatreau. Shelburne filed as a Democrat. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 — The first candidate to file for District 5 magistrate filed his declaration to run for the office Friday morning at the office of Nelson County Clerk Elaine Filiatreau. David M. Williams II, 46, filed as a Republican candidate for the May primary. Williams […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 — Judge Executive Dean Watts will seek another term as the county’s top elected official in the 2018 election cycle. Watts filed his paperwork Wednesday morning in the office of Nelson County Clerk Elaine Filiatreau as a Democratic candidate for judge executive. He […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 — The man who filed suit last month against Judge Executive Dean Watts regarding the re-naming of the northern section of the former Louisville Road days later offered four options to settle his suit — three of which involve Watts appointing the […]
