Curtis Tate
WEKU ReporterCurtis Tate is a reporter at WEKU. He spent four years at West Virginia Public Broadcasting and before that, 18 years as a reporter and copy editor for Gannett, Dow Jones and McClatchy. He has covered energy and the environment, transportation, travel, Congress and state government. He has won awards from the National Press Foundation and the New Jersey Press Association. Curtis is a Kentucky native and a graduate of the University of Kentucky.
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Technical Sergeant Ashley Pruitt, of Bardstown, was one of six airmen killed in the crash. The KC-135's crew was supporting Operation Epic Fury when the crash occurred. -
The Kentucky Public Service Commission heard testimony from East Kentucky Power executives on their plans to meet electricity demand in the coming years. -
Gov. Andy Beshear dismissed an attempt by lawmakers to expand the Kentucky Public Service Commission without the governor's input. -
Senate Bill 8 would limit the role of groups such as the Sierra Club in cases before the Kentucky Public Service Commission. -
The Louisville Gas & Electric Mill Creek Generating Station was the backdrop for the Trump administration's announcement of its latest effort to boost declining coal generation by walking back Biden-era rules. -
Jacob Lee Bard, of Evansville, is charged with murder and assault after the shooting in Frankfort. Court records show previous charges of assault and threatening. -
A Kentucky court has found coal companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in default of a 2019 mine reclamation agreement. -
The regulatory snag shows the limits of what supporters of West Virginia’s coal plants can do to keep them from shutting down as the country moves away from fossil fuels. -
Kentucky utility regulators reached a decision this week that could mean a northern West Virginia power plant will have to close years sooner than planned. -
Environmental and consumer groups have pushed for the early closure of a 50-year-old coal-fired power plant in West Virginia that serves electricity customers in both West Virginia and Kentucky. They have an unlikely ally: Kentucky’s Republican attorney general, Daniel Cameron.
