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ReserveAmerica Names Top 100 Campgrounds

May 30, 2009 at 10:44 am by admin

            Columbus-Belmont State Park in Columbus made the top 100 campgrounds for the second year in a row by Reserve.... Read More

Wingo Elementary recognized nationally for green work

May 30, 2009 at 10:15 am by admin

            Graves County's Wingo Elementary in Graves County became one of only four Kentucky schools to be recognized.... Read More

Doom, doom, metaphysical doom

May 29, 2009 at 04:25 pm by admin

Statement from Gov. Steve Beshear on official economic forecast   FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 29, 2009)—“The Consensus Forecasting Group has made clear today the si.... Read More

Factoid: Kentuckians may be fat - but so is the rest of the US

May 29, 2009 at 01:22 pm by admin

             As a follow up to the report last week on the health behavior of Kentuckians (Kentuckians, Fatter, Sic.... Read More

West Kentucky Co-op going after funds to expand broadband

May 27, 2009 at 06:55 pm by admin

Marty Clift, Regulatory Manager of West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative, Corp., gave local leaders a peek into what his company is doing to access federal stimulus m.... Read More

Why Not West Kentucky?

May 27, 2009 at 12:01 pm by admin

The Charlotte Observer is reporting that that the state of North Carolina is offering a sweet deal to Apple to set up a “server farm” for the East Coast. The.... Read More

Stripmining Request threatens streams

May 22, 2009 at 11:43 am by admin

  Robinson Forest, managed for research, teaching and extension education by the UK Department of Forestry is one of the largest research and educational forests in the.... Read More

Nesler: Special Session? Maybe. Productive? Probably not.

May 22, 2009 at 10:49 am by admin

Thursday evening at the Democratic event in Mayfield, we asked Rep. Fred Nesler about a special session. He has been in meetings in Frankfort recently with leadership and has.... Read More

Kentuckians: Fatter, More Sedentary, Sicker in 2008

May 21, 2009 at 12:09 pm by admin

The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) today announced the release of the state’s 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems (BRFSS) data, a national surv.... Read More

Governor brings Million Dollars in Housing Funds to Purchase

May 20, 2009 at 02:02 pm by admin

            Governor Beshear came to Mayfield last week to present $1,372,500 from the Neighborhood Stabilization Progra.... Read More

Dem Kickin' Up Their Heels

May 20, 2009 at 09:40 am by admin

Democrats are getting together in the Purchase over the next month. Here's what's coming up: Thursday, May 21st - the Purchase Area Democratic meeting in Mayfield at t.... Read More

Agritourism with an organic twist - Hickman County's Briarwood Gardens

May 14, 2009 at 04:06 pm by admin

Ivan and I attended the open house this weekend. Denise and Charles conducted garden tours - sharing their special gardens with visitors. Above, using an old door as a winte.... Read More

Miller's Daughter Bat Mitzvah Generates Ethics Opinion

May 13, 2009 at 03:33 pm by admin

The Executive Ethics Commission said Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary Jonathan Miller's daughter can't get gifts valued at over $25 from those “doing busines.... Read More

Walden: a classic for these troubled economic times

May 13, 2009 at 03:07 pm by admin

 Walden  In 1845, Henry David Thoreau, then twenty-eight years old, went to live in the woods outside Concord, Massachusetts. He built a small home on the shores.... Read More

Whitfield Really Looked at Senate Run

May 13, 2009 at 09:29 am by admin

Caleb Smith, the Kentucky Wordsmith has an exclusive story about Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-1st CD) and how close he came to running for Jim Bunning’s seat. Check out&nbs.... Read More