tourism

A $5 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will help redevelop the non-operational CSX Ravenna Rail Yard in Estill County.

Kentucky’s Trail Town program began in 2023. It’s meant to help boost tourism and economic development for communities that develop their outdoor activities and culture.

Eastern Kentucky’s Hillbilly Days festival is expected to bring around 150,000 people to Pike County later this week.

The bureau worked with a team of local scholars and scientists to beam an infrared laser message to potential alien life forms on TRAPPIST-1, a red dwarf star 40 light years away.

Bourbon is traditionally considered Kentucky’s signature spirit. But a group of distillers are looking to get more eyes on eastern Kentucky by focusing on the cultural and historical value of moonshine.

On a recent sunny weekday, Bill Currey proudly walks among 30 neatly stacked, brightly colored plastic kayaks. Birds chirp merrily, and the soothing…

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Barbara Napier, owner of Snug Hollow Farm in Estill County discusses future tourism in Eastern Kentucky. Weapons Destruction is to begin at Blue Grass…

It’s the time of year when people are either beginning holiday and summer travel or finalizing their plans.On this week’s Eastern Standard, we’ll discuss…

Kentucky’s bourbon industry is looking for legislative approval to open the door to new in-state sale of whiskey dating back decades. Under current law,…