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Today on r/Lexington, residents debate customer service at a firearms retailer, raise concerns about abandoned fish at a shuttered downtown coffee shop, celebrate Rocky Adkins’ gubernatorial campaign announcement, discuss mental health resources, and react to a retail job posting.

The National Weather Service is surveying damage across Kentucky following a severe weather outbreak that produced rotation, funnel clouds and suspected tornado touchdowns.

A lot of people are asking Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to “do something” about U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s absence from the Senate.  Former Illinois Republican congressman turned political commentator Adam Kinzinger said on Threads Tuesday: “I think the Governor of Kentucky has every right and responsibility to either see Mitch or declare the seat…

An international company wants to build a hyperscale data center — consuming the equivalent of more than 10% of the electricity produced in the state of Kentucky during the summer — at the site of the former site of the AK Steel mill in Eastern Kentucky. The data center developer Rubix Data Centers is…

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will close the northbound right lane on KY 418 near Jacobson Park on July 28-29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for drainage cleaning operations.

Six University of Kentucky researchers have been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, a historic initiative combining AI, supercomputing and quantum systems to accelerate scientific breakthroughs.

The Kentucky Department of Education hosted the second annual KY Transition 360 for Educators Summer Institute, bringing together 116 educators to strengthen preparation for postsecondary transition and improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

The 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence is a time to consider what it means to be patriotic. Immigration has always been part of our country’s history, and that history is filled with moving stories about why immigrants chose to move to this country. Like many Kentuckians living in an increasingly diverse state these days,…

Immigration arrests reached 1,593 per day in early July in a new push to detain and deport immigrants that has led to deaths in traffic stops. There were more than 43,000 arrests in June, the highest recorded by the Trump administration, according to statistics released Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reflecting new…

Documentarian Nik Lee has created “Queer Jobs,” an Appalshop film that follows two LGBTQ+ women as they navigate work and life in rural eastern Kentucky.