Morgan Watkins
Investigative Reporter, Health & EnvironmentMorgan covers health and the environment for LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. She hails from Florida, where she started her career covering city and county government at the Gainesville Sun. Louisville has been her home since 2016.
She covered national and state politics, as well as higher education, for The Courier Journal before joining LPM.
Email Morgan at mwatkins@lpm.org and follow her on Bluesky @morganwatkins.lpm.org.
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Louisville Metro Police is investigating an officer’s use of its license plate reader database after KyCIR revealed he listed an ICE-related keyword on over 100 searches. -
City officials say Louisville residents should avoid physically touching waterways in southern Jefferson County. -
After Louisville’s UPS plane crash, government officials say people outside of the immediate accident zone don’t need to worry about the safety of their air and water. -
Louisville Metro Police collect data through license plate readers and share it with thousands of law enforcement agencies. -
At an environmental summit in Louisville, people celebrated big plans for the Ohio River Basin and weighed new challenges. -
The notorious Louisville “stink” remains an issue, especially in the West End. People can talk to utility staff about it at community meetings this month. -
Federal authorities want to deport an Indiana resident who has a green card, which grants permanent residency in the U.S. They kept him in custody after a judge said he could be released on bond. -
A new plan to protect and restore the waters of the Ohio River Basin recommends dozens of regional solutions to tackle interlinked environmental problems. -
A 308-mile stretch of the Ohio River earned the title of National Water Trail this summer. KyCIR’s Morgan Watkins rowed a slice of the path. Here’s what she heard.
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The National Wildlife Federation and University of Louisville researchers worked on an ambitious new roadmap to restore the Ohio River Basin.
