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The Kentucky Equine Education Project Foundation has hired a new director. KEEP is the economic advocate for the Commonwealth’s $6.5 billion horse industry.
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lexingtonky.gov-screenshot/More snow and ice have fallen on central and eastern Kentucky. This prompted city officials in Lexington to gather Sunday afternoon to discuss the wintry conditions.
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Stephanie Wolf/Gov. Beshear outlines health care budget priorities
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Ryland Barton/Ky. students rally against bills limiting how teachers talk about race
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“The ship of education is on fire and sinking.” The words of Georgia high school teacher Jordan Kohanim. You’ll hear her ten recommendations to prevent teacher burnout | If Kentucky was a nation it would be #7 in the world for incarceration of its people. A new report offers alternatives | Our Future Tense series returns with a view on pandemic damage to society | Tyler Childers manager Ian Thornton, guest on our Depth of Field series, on an up and coming Appalachian music scene.
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Cheri Lawson/WEKURespect and support are important for those who identify as non-binary
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courtesy of Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore/Kentucky Musicians Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore have teamed up, rallied artists, and created a special album to benefit western Kentuckyresidents as they rebuild after devastating tornadoes hit the region. Arts reporter Cheri Lawson tells us 100 percent of proceeds from the project will go to the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund.
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EnvironmentAnother snow event has rolled through Kentucky, but unlike the winter storm of a little more than a week ago, this system didn’t pack as strong a punch.
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Fayette Schools Superintendent Demetrus Liggins says there are no plans to move away from in-school instruction. Liggins said universal masking of students and staff make that viable, even with the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
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Gov. Andy Beshear delivered his budget address Thursday night, laying out a series of spending priorities like universal pre-K, raises for state workers and a boost in funding for higher education, which is still reeling from more than a decade of cuts.
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LG&E has disconnected hundreds of customers in January
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Two charged in killing of Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Shirley
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Virtual rally aimed at protecting abortion rights in Kentucky
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The Kentucky General Assembly is moving forward with efforts to extend COVID-related emergency orders
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Prominent Kentucky Republican and three-time candidate for governor Larry Forgy has died.
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Model Laboratory Schools Principal John Williamson is cautiously optimistic a new school complex could become a reality over the next five years.
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