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Sam Adams with The Mountain Eagle tells the story of how a wrong turn ended up bringing two Canadian foot doctors to Eastern Kentucky in 2024, where they have since performed 3,000 foot and ankle surgeries – largely related to diabetes. Dr.…

Henry Clay High School celebrated its Class of 2026 at a commencement ceremony June 4 at Rupp Arena, with senior class president Amarie Coleman delivering remarks encouraging graduates to cherish their success and those who helped them achieve it.

Frederick Douglass High School held its Class of 2026 graduation ceremony on June 4 at Rupp Arena, with hundreds of students receiving their diplomas as they pursue diverse educational and career paths.

Five Kentucky 4-H state officers are reflecting on their year of service as they prepare to hand over their leadership roles to the incoming 2026-27 state officer team.

Several social service programs in Kentucky are about to see cuts and reductions, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday, June 4. Beshear, a Democrat, blamed the cuts on the two-year state budget passed by the Republican-controlled General…

States have spent the past several decades debating whether to legalize cannabis. Now, they are debating how intoxicating legal products should be.

On a silent 15-0 vote, the Urban County Council dissolved the citizen commission that vetted how Lexington spends ~$30 million in opioid-settlement money — six days after the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy urged counties to create exactly such bodies. The job now falls to a mayoral committee that answers to no ordinance, with…

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday in Des Moines his two gubernatorial victories in a state redder than Iowa shows that Rob Sand, the state’s Democratic candidate for governor, can turn the tide in Iowa in 2026. Beshear, president of the Democratic Governors’ Association, told a crowd of more than 300 gathered at The…

Daviess County Judge-Executive Charlie Castlen said he hadn’t heard of the term “hyperscale” before. That is until news broke that an enormous, hyperscale data center was being planned at the site of an idled aluminum mill in Hancock County next door.  “There’s much to learn,” Castlen told the Lantern in a recent phone interview.…

Kentucky’s open records laws are under increasing attack by the legislature and courts.