The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced on Thursday that it had accepted General Matter’s application for the company’s planned $1.5 billion uranium enrichment facility on the grounds of the U.S. Department of Energy site in McCracken County that housed the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
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A first-of-its-kind uranium enrichment facility in western Kentucky has cleared another major milestone on its journey to getting the project up and running.
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Gov. Andy Beshear’s PAC is spending $2 million to help Democratic candidates across the country, with a clear focus on governor races and early 2028 primary states.
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West Kentucky post-hardcore band Just South of Antarctica makes their Live Lunch debut on Friday, October 30, at 12 noon.
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The U.S. Department of Justice plans to monitor voting locations in Louisville and Lexington. State election leaders say that could violate state laws.
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Researchers from the University of Louisville updated far western Kentucky residents on Thursday about where a project studying potential community exposures to hazardous substances emitted from some of Calvert City’s chemical plants stands a year after some of the initial data collections began.
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The competitive map for control of the U.S. Senate has expanded considerably in the final days before Election Day. Here's a ranking of those competitive races from most likely to flip to least likely.