Source: Lane Report (KY Business)

Unemployment rates fell in 87 of Kentucky’s 120 counties from July 2025 to July 2026, with Cumberland and Woodford counties posting the lowest rates at 4.1% and Martin County experiencing the highest at 10.1%.

The Barren County Economic Authority broke ground on a 60,000-square-foot speculative industrial building at South Cooper Industrial Park designed to accommodate manufacturing, distribution and logistics operations, with completion expected in early 2027.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has scheduled rolling roadblock operations on I-75 in Scott County for Sept. 2-3 to conduct maintenance work, with temporary delays expected.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will close KY 1969 (Van Meter Road) in Fayette County on September 2 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for tree removal operations between the railroad crossing and Elkchester Road.

Voices of Hope will host Recovery Awareness Day on September 5 at Gatton Park featuring live music, speakers, health services and family activities. The free event aims to raise awareness about substance use recovery and connect individuals with support resources.

The Asphalt Institute names Tamara Davis, a former PriceWeber executive and veteran broadcast journalist, as its new vice president of marketing and membership. Davis brings two decades of communications experience to the Lexington-based trade association.

Kentucky completed the 11-mile Wolfe County widening segment of the Mountain Parkway Expansion, creating 32 miles of continuous four-lane highway. The final 13-mile Magoffin-Floyd segment, under construction since 2025, is expected to be complete by 2032.

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.