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Southerly

  • Southerly is saying goodbye, for now

    After five years, we're ending our current operations and pursuing more sustainable options for community-led environmental justice journalism. The post Southerly is saying goodbye, for now appeared first on Southerly.

Northern Kentucky Tribune

  • Point/Arc breaks ground on Advanced Care Home, its 19th residential group home but a first for Kentucky

    By Andy Furman Point/Arc It is a first – for the Commonwealth. When the shovels turned over the dirt at 6125 First Financial Drive in Burlington on Thursday, it was as Judi Gerding, President and Founder of The Point/Arc said, “A dress rehearsal.” It was the start of the 19th residential group home. “It is... The post Point/Arc breaks ground on Advanced Care Home, its 19th residential group home but a first for Kentucky appeared first on NKyTribune.

  • Art Lander’s Outdoors: Vultures, often found scavenging on KY roads, provide valuable service

    Kentuckians have a conflicted relationship with vultures, a.k.a. buzzards. They are most often observed feasting on road kill deer, raccoons, squirrels, groundhogs, rabbits, even skunks. They gather in rowdy groups on the pavement, or in road side ditches, creating a potential hazard to motorists driving rural backroads. As vehicles approach, they sometimes fly up close... The post Art Lander’s Outdoors: Vultures, often found scavenging on KY roads, provide valuable service appeared first on NKyTribune.

  • A look back at high school teams, athletes who made headlines during the 2024-25 academic year

    By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Covington Catholic’s tennis team won Northern Kentucky’s only state championship trophy in an unclassified high school sport for the second straight school year. The local teams that won state titles in KHSAA classified sports were Beechwood in Class 2A football, Villa Madonna in Class 1A boys cross country and... The post A look back at high school teams, athletes who made headlines during the 2024-25 academic year appeared first on NKyTribune.

Ohio Valley ReSource

  • It’s been decades since toxic dust rules for mines have improved. Lawmakers are taking notice.

    Ohio Valley ReSource · An important mine safety rule hasn’t been updated for decades. Lawmakers are taking notice. Vonda Robinson watches her husband struggle to breathe. She says he contracted the incurable black lung disease after working in coal mines with little to no safety protocols. She’s been to pulmonologist appointments where doctors showed her The post It’s been decades since toxic dust rules for mines have improved. Lawmakers are taking notice. appeared first on Ohio Valley ReSource.

  • A proposed prison in Letcher County, Ky. reopens old divides

    In Letcher County, Kentucky, a revived plan to build a controversial $500 million federal prison is moving forward. After revoking the initial version of the project in 2019, the federal Bureau of Prisons plans to revisit the process through drafting a new environmental impact statement. During a public meeting at Letcher County Central High School, The post A proposed prison in Letcher County, Ky. reopens old divides appeared first on Ohio Valley ReSource.

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Hoptown Chronicle