Hal rogers

Rep. Hal Rogers has wanted another prison in eastern Kentucky for years. Local and national activists say the new land owners have better plans for Letcher County.

The plan to build a prison in Letcher County is generating opposition from a burgeoning national coalition that includes formerly incarcerated people.

Eastern Kentucky's population decline has implications for how the area will look after political redistricting next year.

This article is part of a special series produced by Murray State University students participating in an investigative reporting fellowship partnership…

Two longtime members of Kentucky's congressional delegation are teaming up on a proposal to add the Mill Springs Battlefield to the National Park…

Hal Rogers has easily won the Republican nomination in Kentucky's 5th Congressional District to seek a record 20th term in Congress.Rogers defeated…

The Bureau of Prisons has issued a record of decision signaling that it is moving ahead with plans to build a federal prison on the site of a former strip…

Nearly another 2,000 Kentuckians could lose their federal disability benefits because of an ongoing fraud investigation involving attorney Eric Conn. The…

A California-based battery maker is moving its headquarters to Kentucky and plans to build a manufacturing plant to employ hundreds of workers in…

Hundreds of people gathered Friday in Pikeville's East Kentucky Expo Center for the Shaping Our Appalachian Region Summit. They heard status reports on…