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From May 1 to Sept. 30, outdoor burning of materials like tree limbs, leaves and brush is banned in six counties and part of another.
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The Commonwealth
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet announces outdoor burn bans
John McGary
According to the state Energy and Environment Cabinet, Thursday is the beginning of ozone season in Kentucky.
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Lexington/Richmond
Off the Beaten Path with Sam Dick
Eastern Standard
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    Eastern Standard - April 24th, 2025
    Tom Martin
    Tracking “cause and effect” of the Trump administration’s federal funding and staffing cuts brings us to the closures of Mine Safety and Health Administration inspection offices in Kentucky
  • In her book "Stolen Pride," Arlie Hochschild describes the “pride paradox” she documented in Eastern Kentucky.
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    Eastern Standard - April 17th, 2025
    Tom Martin
    In her book “Stolen Pride,” the Berkeley professor emerita Arlie Russell Hochschild uses reactions to a 2017 white supremacist march in Pikeville as a window into the political and sociological shifts that have transformed the country.
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