NPR and Member stations in Appalachia and the Mid-South have launched a collaboration aimed at strengthening local news coverage and bringing more stories from this region to the rest of the country. The new Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom is a collaboration between West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WPLN and WUOT in Tennessee, LPM, WEKU-Lexington/Richmond, WKMS-Murray and WKU Public Radio in Kentucky.
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As the U.S. remains embattled in an ever-changing trade war with Canada and tariffs from the European Union loom, bourbon makers in Kentucky are trying to find their footing and plan a path forward. -
Kentucky businesses are feeling the impacts of President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs — even when they use metal made in America. -
At least 20 employees at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky are feeling the effects of sweeping federal job cuts put in place by the Trump administration at national parks across the country. -
An escalating trade war between the U.S. and Canada saw American-made spirits banned from sale in Ontario. Distilleries in Kentucky are bracing for the fallout. -
A Kentucky bill would protect conversion therapy in the state, including for children. The legislation follows an executive order Gov. Andy Beshear signed last year to restrict conversion therapy in the state. -
The Kentucky Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of measles in a resident who attended a fitness center in Frankfort on Monday while infectious.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met with Gov. Andy Beshear and Kentucky officials Wednesday after surveying extensive flood damage in eastern Kentucky. She said President Donald Trump does not intend to slash disaster relief efforts. -
In rural places, connecting with people experiencing homelessness can be difficult. New camping bans and the fallout from natural disasters makes that even harder in West Virginia coalfields. -
Kentuckians are assessing the damage from last week’s severe weather, which killed 22 people. Now they’ll have federal help after President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration. -
Soaking rains, thunderstorms and snow inundated Kentucky over the weekend causing widespread flooding across the state.
