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Solar proponents have expressed support for the project, while some environmental advocates are concerned about the potential for it to worsen groundwater pollution from the coal ash field.
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Oversight board says Facebook parent Meta appears to be more concerned with avoiding "provoking" VIPs and evading accusations of censorship than balancing tricky questions of free speech and safety.
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The Kentucky Democratic Party has appealed a recent court ruling that upheld Republican-drawn political maps for the state House of Representatives and Congress. -
Work will begin this December to bring western Kentucky’s Julian Carroll-Purchase Parkway up to interstate standards and extend I-69 to connect Mayfield to Fulton.
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Six power plants in Kentucky are storing toxic coal ash in or near groundwater and may have to remove it in order to comply with federal regulations.
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Jonathan Shell, a former Republican leader in the Kentucky legislature, formally filed to run for agriculture commissioner this week.
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A grand jury Wednesday charged Trigg County Sheriff Aaron Acree with four Class A misdemeanor counts. Acree recently won election in the western Kentucky county despite controversy over allegations of misconduct since being appointed to the post in 2020.
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A western Kentucky city devastated by a deadly EF-4 tornado nearly one year ago has a reason to cheer this week as the Mayfield High School football team makes its bid for a state title.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association warn the surge in RSV, flu and COVID is threatening the upcoming holiday season.
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Ukraine's electrical grid has been under assault from Russian airstrikes for two months. Repair workers are racing to fix damaged power stations, even as the country braces for more attacks.
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The skeleton and skin of what is believed to be the last Tasmanian tiger have been stashed away in a cupboard at a museum in Tasmania, where experts lost track of the bizarre looking creature.
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Novelists like Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood and Stephen King shared discouraging moments in their career after a debut author Chelsea Banning tweeted that only two people came to her book signing.
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Fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, which gave potentially forgivable loans to small businesses during the pandemic, was largely due to financial technology companies, according to a new report.
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On Tuesday, Georgia voting ends in the runoff election for U.S. Senate between incumbent Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker.
