Murray State Arboretum

Murray State University's Doran Arboretum held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning for the newly renamed and renovated Ray Conklin Sound Garden, named in honor of a former music professor who died in 2018.

MSU’s board of regents unanimously adopted on Friday a resolution to create a task force, begin a feasibility study to examine Kentucky’s veterinarian shortage and “work toward the development” of a school of veterinary medicine at the far western Kentucky institution.

The Arboretum at Murray State University is a fully accessible horticultural display, public garden and educational laboratory located on Pullen Farm,…