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Blue Grass Airport's ongoing staffing shortage has resulted in some overnight shifts moving to daytime hours — and the possibility the tower will be empty some nights.
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The Commonwealth
Kentucky airports come to standstill as FAA grounds flights nationwide for 'extraordinary circumstances'
Jackie Starkey
Airports in Lexington, Louisville and Cincinnati have grounded departing flights as the FAA issues a stop order across the U.S.
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    Eastern Standard: November 12th, 2026
    Tom Martin
    Former Standard & Poors Managing Director and lifelong Appalachian journalist Jim Branscome on what local officials should make sure they do before green lighting a data center in their locales.
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    Eastern Standard: November 5th, 2026
    Tom Martin
    As co-founder of the Lexington-based aerospace and biotechnology company Space Tango, and founder or the organization “Humanity in Deep Space,” Kris Kimel is tuned-in as preparations are underway to resume manned space exploration.
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