Source: Lane Report (KY Business)

BCTC receives a record $2 million gift from the James A. and Martha R. Brown Charitable Foundation to transform a former Amazon call center in Winchester into Kentucky’s first regional workforce training center, with particular focus on expanding nursing education capacity amid state health care worker shortages.

Registration for the 2026 Kentucky Opioid Symposium is now open. The symposium, hosted by the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission, will be held at the Owensboro Convention Center on Oct. 5-6. Tickets for the two-day symposium are…

The Franklin-Simpson Industrial Authority has appointed Meredith Wilson as its new executive director, effective Sept. 28. Wilson brings 13 years of economic development experience from the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce and will lead efforts in business recruitment and industrial site development in a region experiencing significant economic growth.

Governor Andy Beshear appointed more than 20 Kentuckians to state boards and commissions in late August, including leaders from business, education, health care, law and emergency services.

Leadership Louisville Center has named 65 business and civic leaders to its Class of 2027, the 48th cohort of the nationally recognized program. Humana and CenterWell are serving as presenting sponsors for the 10-month intensive leadership development program.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College announced a historic $2 million gift from the James A. and Martha R. Brown Charitable Foundation, the largest philanthropic gift in the college’s history.

Gov. Beshear celebrated the completion of the Wolfe County segment of the Mountain Parkway Expansion, delivering 32 miles of continuous four-lane highway in Eastern Kentucky and advancing a decades-long infrastructure project.

Lexington has no retainer with seven of its eight backup snow contractors — nothing obligates them to plow city streets before commercial lots — and the acting public works commissioner says the budget likely can’t fix it before this winter. The admission came during an Aug. 27 progress report on the city’s from-scratch snow…

Kentucky Department of Education has trained 333 educators over four years in the Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool, a specialized assessment for measuring early childhood teachers’ implementation of social-emotional development practices.

Keeneland is recruiting seasonal workers for its October events, including the Fall Meet (October 2-24) and the Breeders’ Cup World Championships (October 30-31), with positions available through online applications and in-person hiring sessions in September.