> (winhttrack
> -qw%e0C2%Pn%q0s2u1%s%uN0%I0p3DaK0c8T30H0%kf2A25000%f
> #f -F "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT
> 5.0)" -%F "<!-- Mirrored from %s%s by HTTrack
> Website Copier/3.x [XR&CO'2010], %s -->" -%l "en,
> en, *"
> <http://www.gov.ky/pls/portal/url/page/cighome/pressr>
> oom/archive -O1 "C:\My Web Sites\Press Releases
> 2008"
> +*www.gov.ky/pls/portal/url/page/cighome/pressroom/a
> rchive* +*.png +*.gif +*.jpg +*.css +*.js
> -ad.doubleclick.net/* -mime:application/foobar
> -*archive/2009* +*archive/2008* -*archive/2007*
> -*archive/2006* -*archive/2005* -*archive/2004*
> -*archive/2003* -*archive/2002* -*archive/2001*
> -*portalHelp* )
> 
> I use these settings - I have been working on
> archiving a single years press releases, hence my
> trying to filter out everything but 2008
> (+*archive/2008*).

The default is to get everything below the starting url.
so +*archive/2008* does NOTHING. and your minus filter only remove those.
If you want ONLY that: -* +*/2008*

> Ideally I want all the 2008 press releases in
> individual folders per month. 
From your starting URL auto-forwards to: 
<http://www.gov.ky/portal/page?_pageid=1142,1481340&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL>
and that URL has no 2008 in it so you get nothing. Try starting on there and
drop ALL your filters except: -* +*/2008*