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Governor Dedicates Memorial Governor Andy Beshear dedicated a memorial on Sunday in honor of the lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.Kentucky recently passed 10,000 deaths from COVID-19. The ceremony honored those lives by dedicating a memorial at the state capitol. Source: MG News Return to News
Hazard County Job Fair Officials in Perry County hoped to grant community members with what could be a life-changing opportunity.Several organizations teamed up to host a job fair at the Hazard-Perry County Senior Center this week providing a chance at work-from-home jobs.WellCare of Kentucky along with EKCEP were welcomed by officials from the area…
AppHarvest Optimistic Officials with AppHarvest remain optimistic about expansion and return on investment despite a falling stock price, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.In August, AppHarvest, based in Morehead, reported a net second-quarter loss of $32 million. That loss is attributed to the price of tomatoes hitting a ten-year low and a dip in the…
Legislative Redistricting Republican lawmakers hope to wrap up work “relatively soon” on a plan to redraw congressional and legislative boundaries in Kentucky, House Speaker David Osborne said Wednesday.Their supermajority status in the General Assembly puts Republicans in full control of the once-a-decade redistricting process. But their lopsided majorities also could create complications, due to…
Foster Kids Suitcases Statistics show there are more than 400-thousand kids in the foster care system and now Bashford Manor Baptist Church and Calvary Christian Center have paired up with a national organization called Focus on the Family to give children who may have to move from home to home until they are 18…
KY AG Offices Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has opened a field office in northern Kentucky as part of an effort to expand access to the services offered by his staff.The new field office is in the Kenton County Government Center in Covington. It’s another step toward expanding the footprint of the attorney general’s…
Louisville Hospital Roughly 15 years after the United States Department of Veteran Affairs announced plans to build a new hospital in Louisville, the project took its first step toward being built.The 34-acre plot of land on Brownsboro Road, just off of Interstate 264, will soon transform into a 910,115 square foot medical center.Overall, the…
Park Waiving Fees The Daniel Boone National Forest is waiving fees at its recreation sites in honor of Veterans Day today.The fee waiver today applies to all forest-operated recreation sites, the agency said in a statement.“Our public lands are one of the many treasures we have access to as American citizens,” Daniel Boone National…
Ending Drug Epidemic Pikeville Police officers are getting really serious about putting an end to the drug epidemic in their area.After an extensive investigation, officers with the Pikeville PD spent Wednesday morning rounding up suspected drug traffickers. There were three teams of officers spread out around the city and county to bring in people…
Pulaski County Road Construction Get prepared for more orange cones. Construction is already underway to redo the traffic patterns at the KY-18 and 461 intersection in Pulaski County.Deadly crashes at 461 and Kentucky 80, also known as the Hal Rogers Parkway east of Somerset, led to planning several years ago that culminated in the…