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A free market think tank found Kentucky awarded $150 million of single-bid asphalt contracts in the first six months of this year, following $270 million given in 2024.

The 2025 Eighth of August festivities in Paducah will run through Sunday, several of them hosted by the W.C. Young Community Center. Erika Hudson, president of the center’s board of d, said that there’s going to be new events, as well as classic traditions like the annual parade.

Community leaders joined HempWood’s founder and employees Tuesday to celebrate the company’s addition of a second factory on its Murray campus – capitalizing on a growth in the hemp industry in the Bluegrass State and nationwide.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has announced that she is entering the open Tennessee governor’s race in 2026. The second-term senator's announcement Wednesday sets up a primary clash with U.S. Rep. John Rose. Blackburn is a two-time statewide elected official and ally of President Donald Trump. She says she is running to ensure Tennessee is America's conservative leader.

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is proposing rule changes that would limit the authority of district safety managers to require tailored safety measures at individual mines.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is mobilizing the National Guard to help federal agents with President Donald Trump’s mass deportations.

Coping with cancer and its aftermath isn't easy for anyone. But men tend to isolate more, seek less support and, alarmingly, die earlier than women. Young survivors are working to change that.

Scientists have long wondered about how the potato's genetic lineage came to be. Now they know: The plants are a cross between tomatoes and a plant known as Etuberosum.

Need to say a few words of encouragement? The authors of the book Tiny Pep Talks explain how to deliver a message that motivates and inspires — whether it's for a loved one or for yourself.

Although "dog" is ubiquitous today to describe man's best friend, it remains a mystery where the word originally came from.

The Chelmsford, Mass., court has hemorrhaged judges, a consequence of the Trump administration's seemingly contradictory efforts to downsize the federal government and increase immigration arrests.

Latino voters helped deliver the White House to President Trump in the last election. Many of them already say they won't vote for Republicans next year, but they aren't yet turning to Democrats.