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Braidy Industries Changes Name To Unity Aluminum
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ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company planning to build a massive mill in Appalachia has changed its name from Braidy Industries to Unity Aluminum. A release from the company… Read More
Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recording Will Be Released, Kentucky Attorney General Says
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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“The Grand Jury is meant to be a secretive body,” Attorney General Daniel Cameron says in a statement. “It’s apparent that the public interest in this case isn’t going to allow that to happen.”
Kentucky Grand Jury Indicts Former Officer Who Fatally Shot Breonna Taylor On Charges Of Wanton Endangerment
By: Rachel Treisman | Brakkton Booker | NPR
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The grand jury did not announce charges against the other two officers involved. Demonstrators have long called for the officers to face criminal charges.
Back To The Land: The Future Challenge And Opportunity Of Appalachian Agriculture
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURGH, Ky. (OVR) — A line of blue and yellow pop-up tents stand along the North Fork of the Kentucky River during a sunny September weekend in downtown Whitesburg, Kentucky, and… Read More
Louisville Agrees To $12 Million Settlement With Breonna Taylor’s Family
By: Brakkton Booker | NPR
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Officials also announced a series of police reforms to be adopted by Louisville Metro Police Department. Taylor was killed by police in March.
Beshear Creates Fund To Protect Kentuckians From Eviction
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FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Kentucky’s governor has announced the creation of an eviction relief fund. Gov. Andy Beshear says it’s aimed at keeping people in their homes by reimbursing landlords… Read More
Report On Russian Interference In Elections Raises Questions About KY Project
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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ASHLAND, Ky. (OVR) — A new report from the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian interference in U.S. elections raises new questions about a struggling eastern Kentucky development project with… Read More
Judge Deals Blow To Kentucky Governor’s Executive Orders
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky circuit court judge has issued a temporary restraining order against future executive orders related to the COVID-19 crisis. The Courier-Journal reports the order comes… Read More
Effigy of Kentucky Governor Displayed at Rally Near Capitol
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — News reports say an effigy of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was hung in a tree near the state Capitol during a protest rally Sunday billed as… Read More
Rural Ohio Valley Counties Lack Sufficient Coronavirus Tests, Report Says
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — Just 15 percent of Kentucky counties meet minimum recommended coronavirus testing levels, according to a new report from health care company Castlight. Sixty-seven percent of West Virginia counties and… Read More
Ohio Valley Making Progress on Unemployment Backlog
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia are making progress on unemployment claims filed in March as states begin a phased-in reopening. New unemployment insurance claims are still… Read More
Beshear sets Date to Reopen Restaurants for Dine-in Service
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Gov. Andy Beshear has announced a plan to reopen Kentucky’s restaurants to limited dine-in service later this month. Beshear announced the next phase of business reopenings… Read More
As Trump Orders Meatpackers to Stay Open, Health Department Complaints Allege Louisville Plant Failed to Protect Workers
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — As President Trump ordered meatpacking plants on Tuesday to keep operating amid the coronavirus pandemic, more details are emerging about the concerns workers had about their… Read More
Beshear Order Allows Voting by Mail in Kentucky Primary
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has signed an order allowing Kentucky residents to vote by mail in the upcoming primary election. The governor’s office said Friday that state… Read More
Kentucky Reports Highest One Day Coronavirus Case Total
By: Stu Johnson | WEKU
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Governor Beshear has announced the largest one day total of coronavirus cases in Kentucky. During his daily briefing Sunday night, the governor reported 273 new cases and four deaths. Beshear… Read More
Kentucky Lawmakers to Take up 1-year Budget Due to Pandemic
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Key Kentucky lawmakers say the legislature will be presented a one-year state spending plan. Lawmakers traditionally pass two-year budgets. Sen. Chris McDaniel on Tuesday called it… Read More
“We Can’t Get To Everybody”: Hospital Closures, Underfunded Health Centers Hinder Coronavirus Response
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Local public health departments and hospitals are on the front lines of facing the coronavirus throughout the Ohio Valley, yet the health professionals who run these facilities say years of… Read More
Kentuckians Can Verify Restoration of Voting Rights Online
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Gov. Andy Beshear has announced a new effort to help Kentucky residents determine if they’re among the nonviolent felons now qualified to vote. The website unveiled… Read More
Photo ID Bill Advances in Kentucky but Draws Threat of Legal Challenge
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – As Kentucky legislators advance a bill to require voters to show a government-issued ID to cast a ballot, a civil-liberties group says it might mount a… Read More
Kentucky Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana Advances
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Medical marijuana advocates have won an initial victory in trying to legalize medical cannabis in Kentucky. A legalization measure cleared the House Judiciary Committee on a… Read More
Over-Hyped Hemp? Amid Price Drop and a Big Bankruptcy, Some Farmers Feel Burned
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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John Fuller is waiting for another farmer he’s never met before to talk about a situation he never imagined he would be in. It’s an overcast January day on his… Read More
Ohio River Regulators Planning Riverwide PFAS Study
By: Ryan Van Velzer | WFPL
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Scientists are designing a new study to test for PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals”, along the entire length of the Ohio River. Concerns are mounting about PFAS contamination in drinking water… Read More
Grocers in Rural Coal Country Struggle to Stay in Business
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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There’s a picture frame on the wall next to the customer service desk in the IGA in Inez, Kentucky. Inside the frame is a scrap of beige meat-counter paper, on… Read More
More Unpaid Appalachian Miners Stage a Coal Train Blockade
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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For the second time since summer, eastern Kentucky coal miners are blockading a railroad track to protest unpaid wages. The new blockade, which was started Monday afternoon by Quest Energy… Read More
Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer
By: Brakkton Booker | NPR
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Matt Bevin told Kentucky station WHAS Thursday: “If you had been repeatedly sexually violated, as a small child, by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically.”
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