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Paducah Mayor George Bray calls the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in McCracken County the ideal site for a hyperscale data center.  When the plant was enriching uranium, initially for the nation’s stockpile of nuclear weapons and then for nuclear power plant fuel, it had the ability to use over 3 gigawatts of power…

As politicians in Washington D.C. and Dr. Anthony Fauci butted heads over the latter’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a nonpartisan commission — which includes a former Kentucky governor — is pushing for better relationships between elected and public health officials.  The “Good Health is Good Governance” toolkit, released in July, challenges leaders to…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not planning an aggressive campaign at voting sites during the upcoming midterm elections, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday in response to a States Newsroom inquiry about a letter from U.S. Senate Democrats voicing concerns about armed federal agents at polling places. ICE, an agency…

Editor’s Note: One of Kentucky’s most familiar faces is leaving our television screens. Renee Shaw has announced she is retiring from Kentucky Educational Television, where for the past 29 years she has covered innumerable stories, anchored thousands of shows, interviewed hundreds of people, and overall, brought Kentucky’s public policy issues into our homes and…

A wide-load commercial vehicle became temporarily stuck on I-64 eastbound at mile marker 105 in Montgomery County on August 3, blocking all lanes. The incident occurred in an active construction zone during a $19.6 million I-64 rehabilitation project.

Today on r/Lexington, residents discussed a tight housing market, longtime interstate construction nearing October completion, last weekend’s Crave Food Festival’s vendor shortfalls and digital-payment-only policy, visiting WWII aircraft, and the scarcity of pizza buffets.

Community health centers in eastern Kentucky are launching workforce training programs to develop local talent and fill persistent healthcare staffing shortages in the region.

At Kentucky’s 146th annual Fancy Farm Picnic, a prominent political figure endorsed a gubernatorial candidate while health questions surrounded another major Republican leader, according to WUKY reporting.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced daytime lane closures on I-75 southbound in Fayette County on Aug. 4 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. for overhead panel sign replacement work between the Northern Split and Iron Works Pike.

FANCY FARM — After fueling speculation about a run for governor, Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams said he wouldn’t step into the ring next year and instead was backing U.S. Rep. James Comer.  Ahead of the annual Fancy Farm Picnic, Adams told the Lexington Herald-Leader he was thinking about launching a campaign for governor…