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Summer heat poses a risk not only to humans, but also pets. Lieutenant Jai Hamilton is the cruelty investigator for Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and Control. She said last weekend was busy at her department.
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Jai Hamilton/Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and ControlSummer heat poses a risk not only to humans, but also pets. Lieutenant Jai Hamilton is the cruelty investigator for Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and Control. She said last weekend was busy at her department. -
AVOL KentuckyThree sites in Lexington will be offering free and confidential HIV testing Thursday – and, as an incentive, Walmart gift cards.
Off the Beaten Path with Sam Dick
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Sam Dick traveled to Midway to meet a couple that built a successful Gelato business
Sam Dick goes Off the Beaten Path to visit the General's Cabin in Lee County
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Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, is pushing for a warning label on social media platforms advising parents that using the platforms might damage adolescents’ mental health.
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Cheri Lawson/WEKUNew Opportunity School for Women is a program that supports and empowers Appalachian women. -
Cheri Lawson/WEKUArtist B. Terry Ratliff has been hand-crafting chairs in eastern Kentucky for 40 years. He's featured in a new book called Backwoods Chairmakers.
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For the last 15 years, June has been recognized as national PTSD month, but for some veterans, it’s a daily reality. Lexington’s Veterans Affairs Healthcare System offers a wide range of services to vets dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. -
Students at six public universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System received some good news Monday: tuition and fee hikes this fall will range between 1.9 and 2.2 percent. -
The ‘song of summer’ is coming in the next few weeks. It’s about time for the annual cicadas to make their presence known in portions of Kentucky. -
This Sunday marks a deadline for applying for Federal student aid. This particular Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA carries a relatively narrow focus at Eastern Kentucky University. -
Monday was the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, and activists and medical professionals rallied in downtown Lexington to discuss problems they pin on Kentucky’s near-complete abortion ban.
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