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A western Kentucky site was among the four tabbed by the Department of Energy Thursday to be potential future homes of “cutting edge data center and energy generation projects.”

With just under two weeks until the 145th annual St. Jerome Picnic in Fancy Farm, the lineup of speakers is coming into focus and the emcee is busy writing her opening remarks.

Bookshelves have become battlefields in recent years. Challenges to materials and calls for book bans have climbed to levels previously unheard of across the country as culture wars stoked by political differences have brought the fight into both school and public libraries.

A new documentary released by Appalshop this week follows the nonprofit cultural preservation organization’s efforts to restore its archives nearly three years after historic and deadly flooding rocked eastern Kentucky, and severely damaged the group’s headquarters.

A company aiming to open the world’s first commercial laser uranium enrichment plant in western Kentucky took a key step over the weekend.

Kentucky leaders continue to laud efforts to attract film productions, most recently in the western part of the state.

The latest wave of executive orders from the desk of President Donald Trump seeks to speed up the development of the country’s nuclear energy infrastructure and overhaul the industry’s safety regulator, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. What does that mean for the future of energy in Kentucky?

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman was among the group of GOP state leaders who gathered at the country’s southern border to support increased border security.

Around two dozen western Kentucky protestors spoke out against proposed cuts to federal Medicaid support on Tuesday, rallying outside of Republican Congressman James Comer’s office in downtown Paducah.

Five county jails in Kentucky are now certified to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees indefinitely.

President Donald Trump granted exemptions last week from some pollution safeguards to dozens of coal- and oil-burning power plants across the country, including four in Kentucky.

Kathleen Driskell, a Louisville-based educator, poet and essayist, is Kentucky’s next poet laureate.

A pair of Bluegrass State chefs are among the finalists named Wednesday for one of cooking’s highest honors: the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef award.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved a loan to help fund essential services in the wake of deadly tornadoes that hit Dawson Springs, but city officials say their access to those dollars is frozen.

A bill that passed out of the Kentucky Senate last week aims to regulate the state government’s use of artificial intelligence – safeguarding the public sector from irresponsible AI applications and putting some protections in place to prevent the spread of election-related misinformation.