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PSC Allows Closure of Lovelaceville Water Company

Oct 31, 2014 at 03:36 pm by admin

Small utility in Ballard County will cease operations on Feb. 2, 2015.... Read More

Grimes greets labor at Kentucky Dam Village

Sep 11, 2014 at 08:59 am by admin

Alison Lundergan Grimes made a brief stop at Kentucky Dam Village to meet and greet supporters attending the annual labor management conference. No formal speeches - just hu.... Read More

Road to Fancy Farm bus tour begins today

Jul 29, 2014 at 04:36 pm by admin

Alison Lundergan Grimes is using her Warwagon (campaign bus) to lay siege to Mitch McConnell’s rural areas of strength in West Kentucky. She is traveling to Fancy Farm Picnic.... Read More

Political doin's start before August 2nd

Jul 16, 2014 at 04:21 pm by admin

Monday, July 28th Picnic at Columbus Belmont Park with GOP candidates for local and state offices. The event begins at 6 p.m. and free grilled hot dogs, chips, and drin.... Read More

Coming for Fancy Farm Picnic? Take some time to explore the Jackson Purchase

Jul 15, 2014 at 03:10 pm by admin

Coming down to the farthest corner of the state for barbecue and bombast? Why not get away from the madding crowd by visiting places unconnected to politics? Here are a few.... Read More

Falling down. Falling down. Building collapses in west Kentucky

Feb 26, 2014 at 04:34 pm by admin

The building collapse in Murray over the weekend was the latest in a series of falling structures in Western Kentucky. Over the past several years, every town in the Purchase.... Read More

2.6 earthquake hits West Kentucky

Jan 27, 2014 at 08:34 am by admin

We reported that a recent study by the USGS said that the New Madrid Fault is still active. The new report contradicts an earlier study that opined that the New Madrid Fault w.... Read More

Attendance down and media absent from political dinner

Jun 23, 2013 at 06:37 pm by admin

(Murray KY, June 21, 2013) – A smaller than average crowd of First District Democratic activists gathered on this Friday evening on the first official day of summer for.... Read More

Dawson Springs first Trail Town in Kentucky

May 15, 2013 at 03:11 pm by admin

DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (May 9, 2013) – First Lady Jane Beshear today announced that the community of Dawson Springs is Kentucky’s first “Trail Town,” part.... Read More

West Kentucky Educational Cooperative Members Vote to Support Dunn

Mar 01, 2013 at 04:04 pm by admin

February 28, 2013 Dr. Constantine W. CurrisChair, MSU Board of Regents2061 Lakeside DriveLexington, KY  40502 Dear Dr. Curris: At the February 27, 2013 meeting of the.... Read More

Sequestration as a Disruptive Force to West Kentucky’s Food Processing Industry

Feb 26, 2013 at 01:57 pm by admin

  Looming over West Kentucky is the sequestration bomb of instant food industry employment cuts and factory closings. According to Graves County Growth Alliance’s.... Read More

Hemp, Hemp Hooray: Bipartisan bill introduced in US Senate

Feb 14, 2013 at 04:30 pm by admin

Sens. McConnell and Paul Co-sponsor Industrial Hemp Legislation Industrial Hemp Farming Act Introduced Today in U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. – Today, Sen. Rand Paul an.... Read More

Wal-Mart vs. Kroger: the Rise of the Regional Food Chains and the End of Wal-Mart Dominance

Jan 29, 2013 at 04:33 pm by admin

Wal-Mart vs. Kroger: the Rise of the Regional Food Chains                   &nbs.... Read More

Nude Fields and Insane Rains

Jan 15, 2013 at 07:18 pm by admin

  Naked before the storm, the last clumps of grass fought against the ripping grips of winds they were unwilling to move or resist. Explosions after explosion tore into.... Read More

Changing rules for federal programs impact rural areas

Jan 09, 2013 at 02:04 pm by admin

  New Federal Rules Will Define West Kentucky's   Jackson Purchase as Frontier (West Kentucky Journal, January 9, 2013, Clinton, KY) - The urban Washington D.... Read More