Ryan Van Velzer
Kentucky Public Radio Managing EditorRyan Van Velzer is the Kentucky Public Radio Managing Editor.
Ryan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and has more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has worked for The Arizona Republic, The Associated Press, The South Florida Sun Sentinel and as a travel reporter in Central America and Southeast Asia.
He has won numerous awards including regional Edward R. Murrow awards, Associated Press Broadcasters awards and Society of Professional Journalists Louisville Pro Chapter awards.
Email him at rvanvelzer@lpm.org.
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A Louisville couple has spent nearly three years collecting local seeds and sharing them with local gardeners for free. They founded the Louisville Seedbank to promote urban agriculture and cultivate gardens that thrive in the city’s urban heat island.
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Kentucky Republicans have spent the last two years pushing back against corporate environmental, social and governance goals while accepting funds from pro-ESG companies to renovate and expand the party’s headquarters.
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Police identified six people, including a suspected shooter, who died in a mass shooting at an Old National Bank in downtown Louisville Monday. Several others were transported to University of Louisville Hospital with injuries from the incident.
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Some leading elected officials in Kentucky shared thoughts and prayers after the country’s latest mass shooting took place in downtown Louisville. Others called for solutions.
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Kentucky is suing manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals’ for contaminating the state’s natural resources.
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The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a barge accident that resulted in three barges settling against the McAlpine Dam in the Ohio River near Louisville.
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Researchers at the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest have spent nearly a decade tracking golden eagles as they migrate between Kentucky and Canada. Now, the Eastern Golden Eagle Working Group is now using that research to develop a conservation plan.
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Climate scientists warn this may be humanity’s last chance to avert the worst impacts of warming as Kentucky stalls on climate action.
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Kentucky is conducting a second round of drinking water testing for chemicals found in non-stick cookware as the U.S. Environmental Agency proposes new standards.
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Electric utilities say ratepayers will be stuck spending more for outdated coal-fired power under a bill that passed the Kentucky Legislature on Thursday.