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Kentucky Lantern2h ago

The mayor of Kentucky’s largest city is calling on city council members to pass a temporary ban or moratorium on data center construction within the city while the local government mulls over potential regulations restricting the siting and impacts of large data centers. In a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said that [...]

WTVQ ABC 365h ago

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — The Georgetown Police Department is mourning the loss of Rocky, a retired K9 who served the agency from 2017 until his retirement in 2023. Rocky joined the department in 2017, beginning his career alongside his first handler, Lt. Mike Scott. The two spent four weeks training in Clair, Michigan, before going on to...

WTVQ ABC 365h ago

LONDON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - The London City Council passed a two-year moratorium on new data centers during its meeting Monday night, along with a new emergency medical services agreement. Council members approved the second reading of Ordinance 2026-16, creating a moratorium on new data centers within the city. The ordinance prohibits new data centers through Sept. 30,...

Kentucky Lantern8h ago

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined a coalition of Democratic state officials in suing to block the Trump administration from getting access to sensitive data of families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., the lawsuit said that the Administration for Children and Families had issued a notice [...]

Kentucky Lantern9h ago

New research — which Kentucky participated in as a trial site — shows a combination of cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) can help late-stage dementia patients feel less agitation. Dr. Greg Jicha, the director of clinical trials at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, said this combination, given to patients all over the [...]

Kentucky Lantern13h ago

A construction contractor says a hyperscale data center developer asked him to continue to clear Bell County land where a data center is planned, despite a two-year temporary ban on data center construction passed by the county government. Lexington-based Murray Industries wants to use land with leftover electrical infrastructure for coal mining along the Bell-Knox [...]

Kentucky Lantern13h ago

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Lexington Herald-Leader. By the end of 2020, Kentucky’s newly elected Gov. Andy Beshear had one goal above all others: Keep people alive. The state was battling two merciless threats. COVID-19 was killing hundreds of people each month, and deadly drug overdoses were among [...]

Harlan EnterpriseAug 3

I remember when I was around 10 years old, there was a girl at school who was a couple of years older than me who was constantly being teased and [...]

Salyersville IndependentJul 31

LONDON – A Martin County couple arrested in Magoffin earlier this month, along with another person, are now facing federal drug trafficking charges. On July 23, a federal grand jury in London indicted Jimmy E. Hall, Frankie Hall and Jimmy Blake Hall. Count 1 of the indictment alleges that beginning in March 2025 through July [...]

Salyersville IndependentJul 31

SALYERSVILLE – The Magoffin County Fiscal Court met in special session on Wednesday, July 22, in a meeting postponed from the day before due to severe weather in the forecast. The fiscal court approved the following fund transfers from the general fund: $25,000 to the jail fund, $56,000 to the road fund, $20,500 to 911, [...]

Salyersville IndependentJul 31

SALYERSVILLE – With budget cuts putting many of the senior center’s programs in jeopardy, a local city councilman is holding a fundraiser to help continue Meals on Wheels. Earlier this month Magoffin County Senior Citizens Center Director Marlene Howard announced that they had been notified that their budget had been cut $71,000. “We knew they [...]

Salyersville IndependentJul 31

JACKSON, Ky. – Drivers who use KY 1081 between Falcon and Wheelersburg in eastern Magoffin County should prepare to use an alternate route for the next 90 days, as a project to replace a concrete box culvert will begin on Wednesday, July 29. The project location is at milepoint 16.8, which is 0.5 miles northwest of KY 3334 and [...]

Salyersville IndependentJul 31

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Jessica F. Prater, principal of Herald Whitaker Middle School, was selected to attend the Kentucky Chamber Foundation’s Leadership Institute for School Principals program this year. Prater is one of 45 participants from across the Commonwealth chosen for this year-long, executive-level leadership training course, usually reserved for the nation’s top CEOs. Leadership Institute [..

Harlan EnterpriseJul 31

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will host four dove quota hunts and four traditional mentor/youth dove quota hunts during the early part of [...]

Appalachian News-ExpressJul 31

During their July meeting, members of the Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children reviewed the most recent annual report compiled by the Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel. This panel was established in 2013 by the General Assembly to provide the comm

Appalachian News-ExpressJul 30

Morehead State University and the University of Pikeville's Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine announced in a statement July 30 that the schools have signed a memorandum of agreement creating a new early admission pathway that will provide qualified MSU students with a dire

Appalachian News-ExpressJul 30

Kentucky Power said in a statement July 23 it has signed the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge, "reaffirming our commitment to Powering Fairness by protecting existing customers while supporting responsible economic growth."

Appalachian News-ExpressJul 29

"Rising," a documentary about the devastating flooding in Eastern Kentucky in 2022 produced by Gov. Andy Beshear's Team Kentucky, is now available for streaming on Amazon's Prime Video, according to a statement from Beshear’s office.

Mountain EagleJul 29

The calm of midsummer is evident in this trio of white-tailed deer photographed Tuesday morning at Thornton. The two bucks, their antlers still covered in velvet, are typical of the loose bachelor groups often seen in July before the approach of autumn causes bucks to separate, shed their velvet and prepare for the fall rut. The doe is likely taking [...] The post Morning Visitors at Thornton firs

Mountain EagleJul 29

Law enforcement sources say the son of a woman who was shot during a July 18 domestic violence attack at a Whitesburg laundromat wrestled the gun away from his father after his mother was wounded. While the investigation remains open, law enforcement sources said Richard Wyatt Jr., 26, of Little Dry Fork, is not expected to face criminal charges because [...] The post Security video sheds new ligh

Mountain EagleJul 29

A Linefork woman and two others were killed in two separate crashes Saturday afternoon and evening on the Hal Rogers Parkway in Leslie County. Penny Ison, 64, of KY 1103 near the Campbell Town community at Linefork, was killed in the first crash. According to Kentucky State Police Trooper Matt Gayheart, the collision occurred about 2:54 p.m. Saturday, July 25, [...] The post Linefork woman among 3

Mountain EagleJul 29

If you wanted to find the perfect blueprint for a University of Kentucky football player, just take a look at senior safety Ty Bryant. He’s a legacy recruit — his father, Cisco, played receiver for coach Jerry Claiborne. He was a versatile all-state player and state champion for Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington. He’s played in all 37 games [...] The post UK’s Bryant embraces leadership

Mountain EagleJul 29

This column is dedicated to our friend, Misty Rogers Combs, as she shares memories of her father, Jack Rogers of Whitesburg. The following are her words, not mine. My favorite fishing memories, though, were our bluegill trips. Those weren’t really for him — they were for us. He wanted us to love the art of fishing, so he always took [...] The post Remembering a father’s love through fishing first

Mountain EagleJul 29

It is that time of year to get out and enjoy some wade fishing in our local streams and rivers. We are blessed to have several excellent wade-fishing streams in our area, along with others just a short drive away. If you’ve never tried wade fishing, you’re missing one of the most enjoyable ways to spend a summer day outdoors. [...] The post Beat the heat, take advantage of wade fishing first appea

Mountain EagleJul 29

A controversy that began with an anonymous reader comment in The Mountain Eagle’s long-running “Speak Your Piece” feature quickly grew into a national social media firestorm July 23 generating hundreds of angry phone calls, emails and online messages directed at the newspaper and its employees. The controversy centered on a comment published in the newspaper’s July 22 edition criticizing President

Mountain EagleJul 29

No arrests have been made in the wounding of a Mayking man last week. According to law enforcement, a man took himself to the emergency room at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital about 8:35 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, complaining that he had been shot with a 12-gauge shotgun by a man whose name he gave only as “Lonnie.” The man [...] The post No arrests yet in Mayking shooting first appeared on

100 Days in AppalachiaJun 15

Throughout the Ohio River island’s history, flora and fauna have reacted and adjusted to human development like oil and gas wells. As humans abandoned the infrastructure, they've reclaimed their space. The post Muskingum: The End of an Island Refuge's Fossil Fuel Legacy appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .