Turn That Old Broken Freezer into Cash Before Friday
Canada, KY · October 1, 2026
Rumbling pickup trucks hauling rusted white refrigerators down the hollow are a sure sign that autumn cleanup has arrived. If you have an old stove or dead chest freezer sitting behind the barn, today is the time to load it up.
The Lead
The Pike County Conservation District's annual appliance buyback is in full swing across the county through Friday, offering residents cash incentives to clear bulky scrap metal out of their yards and barns. Crews took in more than 400 discarded appliances in a single day this week as mobile collection trailers rotated through valley communities, including nearby stops at Belfry and Phelps.
Funded by conservation grants, the initiative pays haulers per qualifying item—such as refrigerators, freezers, cookstoves, and water heaters—to prevent heavy white goods from ending up dumped down steep hollows or washing into waterways during high-water events. For rural landowners, it solves the recurring headache of hauling unwieldy metal to distant landfills. Collection trailers operate daily through Friday afternoon, with scrap metal hauled directly to regional recyclers as soon as trailers reach capacity.
Local Pulse
Marching Hawks Secure Second Consecutive Grand Championship Schools The Pike Central band outperformed regional competitors in Virginia, capping an undefeated September slate for local music students.
Hometown Heroes Banner Applications Open Downtown Community Families can sponsor commemorative lamppost banners honoring local veterans before the first seventy-five downtown display slots fill up.
Today's Outlook
- High 87°F · Low 60°F — Overcast
- Leave the jacket behind, but expect warm, thick cloud cover through the afternoon.
What's On Around Town
Today
Fall Book Sale Belfry Public Library (24371 US 119), Belfry, 10:00 AM–7:00 PM · Paid Score hardcovers for a dollar and paperbacks for fifty cents.
Fall Pumpkin Painting Workshop Pike County Public Library (126 Lee Ave), Pikeville, 5:00 PM · Free Paint seasonal canvases with step-by-step guidance from local instructors.
Tomorrow
- Fun Friday Painting 2 Broke Art Teachers (4505 Weddington Square), Pikeville, 5:30–7:30 PM
- Trade Night Appalachian Wireless Arena (126 Main St), Pikeville, 6:00–10:00 PM
- Puffs Appalachian Center for the Arts (218 2nd St), Pikeville, 7:30–9:30 PM
Saturday
- Country Roads Card & Trade Show Appalachian Wireless Arena (126 Main St), Pikeville, 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
- Puffs Appalachian Center for the Arts (218 2nd St), Pikeville, 3:00–5:00 PM
- Rockin' A Ranch Rodeo Rockin' A Ranch (3381 KY-194 W), Pikeville, 6:00–9:00 PM
Spotlight & Story
- Stopover, Kentucky
- When folks wound through eastern Pike County along Peter Creek in the 1940s, the local storekeeper routinely invited passing travelers to "stop over and see me." That friendly hollow greeting became permanent in 1946 when the community’s first official post office adopted the invitation.
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