Regional & State Archives

Speciality meat company to expand and create 83 new jobs in Princeton with a $1.5 million investment

by Hannah Bullard
June 26, 2020

Chris Carter and James Peisker opened Porter Road butcher shop in 2010 in East Nashville. They had met as chefs. Their business went online in 2017, when they began processing and shipping meat from Princeton.

State health chief tells Kentuckians who’ve been to Myrtle Beach to self-quarantine; some long-term-care visitation to resume Monday

by Test and Eric Umansky
June 26, 2020

Gov. Andy Beshear announced 280 new cases, bringing the state's total to 14,617. That pushed the seven-day rolling average to 211, from 204 the day before.

Project to bring high-tech ag jobs to Eastern Ky. gets boost from Dutch government

by The Rural Blog
June 25, 2020

The new partners include the Dutch government, several Dutch companies, the University of Kentucky, Morehead State University, Eastern Kentucky University, the University of Pikeville and Berea College, Estep reports.

Kentucky’s Healthy at School guidance requires social distancing, mask and daily temperature checks, along with great flexibility in scheduling

by Melissa Patrick
June 25, 2020

The guidance also includes general instructions for sanitation, and says schools will need to work with health departments to help track down people who have had contact with people who have tested positive for the virus.

State’s 7-day coronavirus case average rises above 200 again, but hospitalizations are down

by Melissa Patrick
June 25, 2020

As everything in Kentucky opens at some capacity on Monday, Beshear also urged Kentuckians to keep 6 feet of social distance and decrease their daily activities by half — things he said they will need to do until a vaccine is readily available.

Investigation finds herbicide dicamba killing millions of trees in South and Midwest

by The Rural Blog
June 24, 2020

In early June, a federal court essentially banned sales of dicamba-based herbicides for the next six months, after finding that the Environmental Protection Agency hadn't done its due diligence in 2018 when reauthorizing the chemical until December 2020.

Kentuckians cast ballots in unusual primary election

by Ryland Barton
June 23, 2020

Final results of the election will be released in coming days as officials count mail-in ballots, which all Kentucky voters had the opportunity to cast this year in an effort to reduce exposure to the coronavirus.

Kentucky’s daily coronavirus cases spike, but estimated transmission rate based on earlier data is stable

by Al Cross
June 23, 2020

eshear recently said that his decisions about the virus would be guided more by hospital data than new cases. The state's daily report said 376 Kentuckians were hospitalized for COVID-19 and 70 of them are in intensive care. Those figures have been increasing since the 339 and 64 reported Friday.

Some don’t take COVID-19 seriously, and want to argue about wearing a mask

by Mark Neikirk
June 23, 2020

"... what kind of a human being says, when told point-blank that the person with whom he's in conversation knows people who have died or become gravely ill, responds that such people must have had underlying conditions? What's his point? That they deserved to die?"

Beshear, health commissioner say reopening success will depend on Kentuckians following guidelines, especially mask wearing

by Test and Eric Umansky
June 23, 2020

The governor said the state continues to be on a manageable plateau when it comes to new cases, and the state has plenty of hospital beds and intensive care unit beds available, noting that hospital occupancy is around 50 percent and its intensive-care capacity is around 70 percent.

Nursing-home inspections became shorter when pandemic hit, and found almost no infection-control issues

by Kentucky Health News
June 21, 2020

Before the coronavirus pandemic, 41% percent of Kentucky's nursing homes were cited for infection-control deficiencies.

Coronavirus pandemic reshapes Kentucky’s 2020 primary

by Lisa Autry
June 20, 2020

After the election was postponed for more than a month because of the coronavirus pandemic, Christian County residents will head to the polls Tuesday to select nominees for the presidency and the U.S. Senate, as well as some city council seats and the judgeship in the 1st Appellate District, Division 1.