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Kentucky's first medical cannabis dispensary is coming to Beaver Dam, but supply chain issues remain
WKYU - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
Ohio County is best known as the home of Bluegrass music legend Bill Monroe. It’s also a former coal community, and its largest city, Beaver Dam, has a population of 3,500. The town anchor is the Baptist church. "You hear the joke about what came...
KENTUCKY FARMERS | Raising Hope Publication
The Crittenden Press - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
Weathering the Wettest Year on Record – Kentucky farmers share how they’ve adapted to a historically rainy start to 2025, which delayed planting and added stress across the state. The Launch of the MASH Barn – The Mobile Agriculture Safety and...
Foodies of the Kentucky State Fair: Bugatti Acai Bowl
WLKY - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
Foodies of the Kentucky State Fair: Bugatti Acai Bowl Exotic Bowlz offers acai bowls at the state fair, giving a healthy, vegetarian option for guests. ANY STOCKYARDS LOCATION. NOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF FOOD AT THE FAIR, YOU MAY NOT THINK IT’S...
Leadership Central Kentucky selects class for 2025-26 program
The Lane Report - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Leadership Central Kentucky program is proud to introduce the newest class of regional leaders, who will begin the program with an orientation retreat later this week at the Historic Boone Tavern in Madison County. Entering...
BlueOval SK begins production in Kentucky one week before union vote
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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BlueOval SK began production of electric vehicle batteries at its Kentucky plant. The plant is part of a joint venture with Ford and SK On, and is Kentucky's largest economic development project. Production starts just before a unionization vote...
Area Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana high school football scores/schedules for Aug. 21-23
Local12 - Ohio
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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Here are the area Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana high school football scores and schedules for Aug. 21-23 (all kickoffs 7 p.m. unless noted): OHIO GAMES THURSDAY, AUG. 21 NON-CONFERENCE Hughes at Dayton Dunbar, 6 p.m. Norwood at...
Reimagining Appalachia: Ryan Eller on Hazard, Kentucky’s renewal, rural narratives, and the future beyond coal
The Brookings Institution
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TP: What’s your personal history as it relates to Appalachia? RE: I’m based in Kentucky, but I was born in Western North Carolina and have family all across the Central Appalachian Mountains. I go back more than 10 generations in Central...
Subcommittee on education meets with Kentucky institutions about House Bill 4 compliance
WMKY - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
House Bill 4 requires the Commonwealth’s public postsecondary schools to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs and policies. To ensure Kentucky institutions are in accordance with the law, the presidents from each school...
Tick-borne meat allergies on the rise in Kentucky and impacting a wildlife rehab in Bowling Green
WKYU - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
What was once a rare tick-borne illness causing severe allergic reactions to red meat has seen a rapid rise in recent years, impacting as many as 400,000 people across the U.S. Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is caused by infected bites from the lone...
Kentucky bans sale of "designer Xanax" targeted by multiple states
CBS News
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of "designer Xanax," responding to a request from his state's attorney general who is leading a broader effort to combat the highly potent synthetic drug linked to dozens of...
21 state AG's ask feds to ban 'designer Xanax' after Kentucky ban
United Press International (UPI)
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Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Kentucky designated "bromazolam" as a Schedule 1 controlled substance as Gov. Andy Beshear also led a push to have it designated similarly at the federal level. Beshear announced the effort to ban the drug, also known as "designer...
Ministry of Health forced to release documents showing alcohol lobby influence
RNZ
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August 19, 2025
The spirits industry says it supports targeted programmes but believes the draft Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder strategy is too broad. File photo Photo: By Angie Garrett from Ridgely, USA [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],...
See when cell phone use is allowed behind the wheel in Kentucky
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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Kentucky prohibits texting while driving and all cell phone use for drivers under 18. Using a phone for GPS, navigation, or in emergencies is permitted. Fines for violating these laws are $25 for the first offense and $50 for subsequent offenses....
Goliath vs. David: Optum Rx invokes open meetings law to fight Kentucky counties on opioid suits
Commonwealth Journal - Kentucky
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UnitedHealth Group’s multibillion-dollar pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, is suing five Kentucky counties in an attempt to force them out of national opioid litigation against the company. Pharmacy benefit managers, often called PBMs, act as...
Abortion pill campaign targets rural Kentucky gas stations
Commonwealth Journal - Kentucky
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Advertisements promoting the abortion pill will be at gas stations across West Virginia and Kentucky over the next few weeks. Mayday Health, a New York-based health education nonprofit, will run the ads at 104 rural gas stations through Sept. 7....
Kentucky State put on lockdown following Sunday shooting
Murray Ledger & Times - Kentucky
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FRANKFORT – (KT) A shooting at Kentucky State University led to the campus being put on lockdown early Sunday. University police alerted first responders that a person had been shot in the head during a drive-by shooting at 2:35 a.m., according to...
Heard of 'set-jetting?' 10 places in Kentucky where movies were filmed
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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Set-jetting, the practice of traveling to filming locations, is gaining popularity. Expedia reports half of summer travelers chose destinations based on movies or TV shows. Set-jetting boosts local economies where films and shows are produced....
Chemical Safety Board, investigator of multiple Kentucky disasters, faces closure by Trump
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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A Trump proposal would defund the Chemical Safety Board later this year, potentially leaving a Louisville-based investigation in limbo. The CSB and its proponents say the agency, with its $14 million budget, more than pays for itself by preventing...
Quick action by Jeffersonville school workers helps student survive medical emergency
WDRB - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Several school workers and personnel are being recognized for saving a southern Indiana middle school student's life. According to a news release from the Jeffersonville Police Department, the School Resource Officer of...
Kentucky State Fair attendees urged to take advantage of free health screenings
WDRB - Kentucky
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August 18, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Thousands of people will head to the Kentucky State Fair throughout the week for the food, rides, games and more. But others are going to check their health—something many prioritize each year when making their plans to...