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Kentucky research: CBD, THC combo can improve late-stage dementia patients’ quality of life
New research — which Kentucky participated in as a trial site — shows a combination of cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) can help late-stage dementia patients feel less agitation. Dr. Greg Jicha, the director of clinical trials at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, said this combination, given to patients all over…
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Board of Adjustment to hear zoning appeals on August 10
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Board of Adjustment will consider multiple zoning appeals on August 10, including residential variances and a church expansion project.
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Milkshakes, AI data centers, and FCPS audit findings dominate r/Lexington
Residents debate banana milkshake preferences, discuss the July 30 data center hearing and ongoing regulatory moratorium, and dissect a critical FCPS financial audit revealing significant budget control failures.
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ONE Lexington’s survivor-led grants unfunded this year
ONE Lexington, the city’s official youth anti-gun violence program, will not distribute survivor-led gun violence prevention grants this year, marking a change in the program’s funding allocations.
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As we look around this country, we need to ask what we’ve lost
Character. The word seems antique in these rancorous times, as rare as truth. As rare as objectivity and nuance in our political discourse. I recently came across Thomas Jefferson’s reminiscence of his fellow Virginian and nation-builder, George Washington: “I think I knew General Washington intimately and thoroughly; and were I called on to delineate…
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Bell County passed a data center moratorium. Residents worry that work continues.
A construction contractor says a hyperscale data center developer asked him to continue to clear Bell County land where a data center is planned, despite a two-year temporary ban on data center construction passed by the county government. Lexington-based Murray Industries wants to use land with leftover electrical infrastructure for coal mining along the…
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Andy Beshear set out to make drug treatment widely available in Kentucky. Fraud and abuse followed.
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Lexington Herald-Leader. By the end of 2020, Kentucky’s newly elected Gov. Andy Beshear had one goal above all others: Keep people alive. The state was battling two merciless threats. COVID-19 was killing hundreds of people each month, and deadly drug overdoses were…
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Swift pork plant spawns 530 complaints, but faces no penalties
Louisville’s Air Pollution Control District recorded 530 odor complaints related to the Swift Pork Company slaughterhouse in the first half of 2026, yet has issued no violations since 2021, according to a Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting investigation.
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FCPS Board Hears Audit Findings on Budget Control Failures
Fayette County Public Schools received audit findings identifying significant financial control weaknesses, with an accounting firm recommending 70 improvements to strengthen budgeting practices and internal controls.
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Tire pollution choking Kentucky waterways, advocates warn
Discarded tires are increasingly polluting Kentucky waterways, with advocates pulling roughly 200 tires from a 4-mile Red River stretch in 2024. The Kentucky Waterways Alliance has launched a tire-reporting dashboard and advocates are pushing for expanded state funding to address the problem.