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Carry-out customers continue tent dining after health officials reinstate restaurant’s permit

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 12, 2020

On Saturday, carry-out customers dined on boxed meals inside The Village Restaurant's parking lot tent at Canton Street and Navajo Trail. Two sides of the tent were still open only partially — the main point of dispute between the owners and health officials.

Gov. Beshear praises work of local health officials but doesn’t say what the state is doing to help them in conflicts

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 8, 2020

The governor's comments were in response to problems the Christian County Health Department is having with a local restaurant that refused to stop serving customers after its permit was suspended.

Hopkinsville restaurant continues tent service after health department suspends permit

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 6, 2020

The dispute is apparently over the size of side openings on the tent following Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order that halted inside restaurant dining Nov. 20 through Dec. 13 because of an escalation of COVID-19 cases.

Kentucky Republicans in charge of legislative redistricting

by Ryland Barton
December 4, 2020

Based on the state population of 4.47 million, each district in the 100-member state House of Representatives should have about 44,700 people, each district in the 38-member state Senate should have about 117,000 people and each of Kentucky’s six Congressional districts should have 745,000 people.

US Forest Service considers significant reduction of LBL’s The Homeplace

by Dalton York
December 2, 2020

The plan calls for a reduction in staffing and services at the farm beginning when the facility reopens for the season in March 2021. Animals and crops will be reduced and some live demonstrations will be cut.

Beshear: Some restaurants using tents for outdoor dining may be trying to ‘cut corners’

by Dalton York
November 23, 2020

Gov. Andy Beshear says some restaurants using tents to provide outdoor, in-person dining services may be trying to skirt around his executive order.

Modernizing federal government’s rural policy could reduce rural-urban political divide, researchers write

by The Rural Blog
November 23, 2020

Rural America needs more support, but the current federal programs and tools meant to encourage rural community and economic development are "outdated, fragmented, and constrained, and the resulting incoherence and complexity is not producing deep enough results fast enough."

State tells health departments, other local authorities to enforce Beshear’s new restrictions

by Al Cross
November 21, 2020

A restaurant in Todd County announced it would not follow the state mandate for eateries to close to indoor dining. The local health director said her agency is in the process of enforcing the order.

Kentucky certifies election results as top Republicans question outcome in other states

by Ryland Barton
November 20, 2020

1st District Congressman James Comer has called for a congressional investigation into the election amid what he called “troubling reports of irregularities and improprieties.”

Kentucky courts postpone all jury trials until February

by Ryland Barton
November 20, 2020

Kentucky courts must hold remote hearings for all proceedings, except emergency cases, require grand jury proceedings to either be conducted remotely or suspended and limit entry to court facilities.

City, county offices to close as school district shifts to virtual instruction

by Hoptown Chronicle
November 19, 2020

The changes, effective Monday, are in response to Gov. Andy Beshear’s announcement Wednesday of new, mandatory restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus spread in Kentucky.

Gov. Beshear announces restrictions for schools, bars and restaurants

by Jennifer P. Brown
November 18, 2020

The governor also announced a $40 million assistance package for independently owned food and beverage businesses.