Pennyrile District Health Department

At least one health department in western Kentucky is already giving shots to newly eligible children, with other departments making plans to do so in the coming week.

More western Kentucky school districts in recent weeks have lifted indoor mask mandates citing declining COVID-19 incidence rates across the region, yet some public health officials and parents are worried about future spread of the virus with many children still not fully vaccinated.

The coronavirus is ripping through Kentucky, with the vast majority of counties classified by the state as “red zones” with critical COVID-19 spread.…

Hospital and health department leaders across western Kentucky and southern Illinois in an open letter published Monday say they’re working together to…

Governor Andy Beshear says the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in west Kentucky is in Lyon County. During a press conference Tuesday, Beshear…

Staff from regional hospitals, judge-executives and school district superintendents from across the Pennyrile region met Thursday in Lyon County to learn…

A regional health department director has written an open letter to Kentucky legislators on how the Governor’s budget could impact the department.…

Kentucky health officials say they are seeing a spike in reported cases of tick-borne illnesses this year, much of that is to do with public awareness.…

Pennyrile District Health Department director Allison Beshear is leaving at the end of April. She says she wants to stay home with her two young…

A recent indoor air quality study in Caldwell County shows county workplaces have a high level of fine particle air pollution from secondhand smoke, 1.6…