By Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Neighborhood Action Match Program Review Board has released the list of awardees for the Fiscal Year 2024 Neighborhood Action Match Program. The announcement comes ahead of the council meeting scheduled for Thursday, where the resolution to authorize these grants will be discussed. The Awardees…
by Max Puchalsky LEXINGTON, Ky — Beneath the surface lies silt, sand, clay, or loam…just don’t call it dirt. Soil is a living ecosystem that impacts the entire biosphere above the ground. It teems with microscopic organisms and supports the growth of countless plants and trees, playing a crucial role in sustaining life on…
In a meticulously researched piece published Monday, Roger Sollenberger of The Daily Beast delves into the perplexing decision by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to allocate $42 million for research into the psychedelic drug ibogaine as a treatment for opioid addiction. The article, titled “The Big Money Behind Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron’s Bizarre Psychedelic…
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council’s Social Services and Public Safety committee has postponed a decision on an ordinance that would ban landlords from discriminating against tenants using federal housing vouchers and other sources of income. The committee will revisit the issue in November, allowing time for a public hearing scheduled for…
This report is based on notes taken by Max Puchalsky for the Lexington Times Observer Program Lexington, KY — The Lexington Board of Adjustment convened on Monday for a meeting that lasted from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. The meeting, held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, was marked by impassioned public statements and…
Kentucky Health News and the Manchester Enterprise University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto says UK needs $2 billion in borrowing authority from the state to expand its Albert B. Chandler Hospital to treat patients who are being turned away for lack of room. “We need … around $2 billion for a new hospital tower,” Capilouto said after…
by Kentucky Health News Americans spend $4.3 trillion a year looking after their health. That is 17% of the nation’s gross domestic product, “twice as much as the average in other rich economies, and yet, American adults live shorter lives and American infants die more often than in similarly affluent places,” The Economist reports. “Pharmaceutical firms…
LEXINGTON, Ky.–A newly acquired park property on the Kentucky River at 8949 Old Richmond Road is set to be named “Kelley’s Landing,” according to an agenda item from Tuesday’s Council Work Session docket. LFUCG purchased the 30.13 acres in June 2022, for the expansion of recreational amenities in the parks system. The property provides…
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern WOLFE COUNTY — She couldn’t see it through the trees on a recent late September morning, but she’s felt its presence for weeks on end. Up the hill across from her home along the Wolfe-Lee county line, 76-year-old Brenda Campbell can hear through the leaves a constant, high-pitched whirring…
By Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times Lexington, KY – On Tuesday, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council’s Social Services and Public Safety Committee will discuss a pressing issue affecting Lexington’s housing market: Source of Income (SOI) Discrimination. Charlie Lanter, Commissioner of the Housing Advocacy and Community Development (HACD), will present a detailed review to local…