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  • The Kentucky state Capitol building in Frankfort.
    Chamber leads spending to lobby Kentucky legislature in January
    Hundreds of organizations spent nearly $3 million to lobby the Kentucky General Assembly in January, with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce leading the way.
  • Kentucky Has the Most Privately Insured Patients with Opioid Use Disorders of any State
    A new report finds doctors in Kentucky diagnosed more cases of opioid addiction for people with private insurance than any other state in 2016. The...
  • Magazine Recognizes Kentucky's Economic Development
    FRANKFORT – Gov. Steve Beshear Tuesday announced Area Development magazine has recognized Kentucky with a Silver Shovel Award, acknowledging states which…
  • NPR's Liane Hansen at work on the Serendipity 3 Frrrozen Hot Chocolate.
    Landmark New York Eatery Turns 50
    This fall, Serendipity 3, the quirky dessert restaurant and boutique on New York's Upper East Side, celebrates its 50th year in business. Co-founder Stephen Bruce has written a book. He speaks with NPR's Liane Hansen.
  • Matthew Fitzpatrick reacts after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Sunday in Brookline, Mass.
    Matthew Fitzpatrick wins the U.S. Open
    Fitzpatrick just barely outplayed Will Zalatoris to win his first major golf tournament, winning by one stroke in Massachusetts on Sunday.
  • A stock clerk working on Black Friday moves merchandise into position at a Toys R Us store in Fairfax, Va. Retailers added 50,000 jobs in November.
    Jobless Dip May Overstate Economic Improvement
    The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly to 8.6 percent in November, in part because hundreds of thousands of Americans stopped looking for work. But analysts said the modest increase of 120,000 jobs created last month points to an economy that's generally still limping.
  • They were there on D-Day, on the beaches and in the skies. This is what they saw
    More than 150,000 U.S., British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. A small handful told NPR about their experience.
  • A ski jumper flies overhead on the 60-meter ski jump at the Suicide Hill Ski Bowl in Ishpeming, Mich. on March 7, 2021. The Suicide Hill Ski Bowl is home to 5 ski jumps - one being the infamous 90-meter Suicide Hill Ski Jump.
    America's birthplace of organized skiing is in Michigan, here's what it looks like
    Michigan photographer Nic Antaya started a documenting Ishpeming Ski Club to understand how it has birthed a handful of Olympic athletes and its culture.
  • Claudio Sanchez
    Claudio Sanchez
    Former elementary and middle school teacher Claudio Sanchez is the education correspondent for NPR. He focuses on the "three p's" of education reform: politics, policy and pedagogy. Sanchez's reports air regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. Sanchez joined NPR in 1989, after serving for a year as executive producer for the El Paso, Texas, based Latin American News Service, a daily national radio news service covering Latin America and the U.S.- Mexico border.
  • Larry Groce
    Larry Groce
    Larry Groce has been host and artistic director of West Virginia Public Radio's Mountain Stage since its beginning in 1983. His taste and personality have helped set the tone of this long running radio and television series.
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