UK Board of Trustees focusing on strategic plan to guide university through the year 2020
By 2020, the University of Kentucky aims to aggressively increase its six-year graduation rate to 70 percent — an increase…
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A Special Homecoming: Kentucky-born filly returns from Peru for Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland
By Liane Crossley Special to NKyTribune The Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Oct. 30 and 31 at Keeneland is a…
Third quarter Marketbasket Survey shows slight drop in Kentucky’s retail food prices
(Click for larger view For the third quarter in a row, the average price of retail food items across the…
Largest single gift in UK history – $23 million – will be used to establish an Honors College
University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto Thursday announced the single largest gift in UK’s history — $23 million to create…
Jobless rates down in 112 counties, up in six; Boone County’s rate among lowest at 3.6 percent
Unemployment rates fell in 112 Kentucky counties between September 2014 and September 2015, rose in six counties and remained the…
Bill Straub: The time has come to declare Kentucky’s Whiz Kid Thomas Massie an abysmal failure
Some years ago, too many to be perfectly frank, my old pal Big Al Suderley told me he had broken…
Seasonal positions available at Amazon’s Hebron facility, others throughout Kentucky
Amazon will create 100,000 seasonal positions across its network of fulfillment and sortation centers this holiday season to meet the…
Bullying incidents in Kentucky schools have more than tripled since 2012, school safety study shows
The reported incidents of Kentucky’s public school students accused of bullying, harassing or threatening others has more than tripled since…
Kentucky by Heart: Carl Howell captures Kentucky in ‘golden age of postcards’ in new coffee table book
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist A “golden age of postcards” designation for the years 1905-1915 might seem, at first, to…
More than 16,000 Kentucky children have gained health insurance under health reform law
More than 16,000 Kentucky children gained health insurance since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according…
Kentucky team part of White House convening on eliminating barriers to federal student aid
A Kentucky delegation led by Aaron Thompson, executive vice president for the Council on Postsecondary Education, is among the invited…
Kentucky Opera continues 64th season with Three Decembers; Denyce Graves leads cast
Kentucky Opera continues its 64th season with an new production of Three Decembers starring African-American actors and backed by all…
Governor Beshear formally presents $3.9 million check for Covington’s Riverfront Commons Trail
Governor Steve Beshear today formally presented $3.9 million in federal funding to spur further development of the much-anticipated Riverfront Commons…
Flu season arrives in Kentucky as first two cases confirmed – including one in Kenton County
The Kentucky Department for Public Health is reporting the first two laboratory-confirmed influenza – including one in Kenton County –…
Task force recommends four-step approach to change culture of youth bullying in Kentucky
Gov. Steve Beshear today called on lawmakers and Kentucky’s future leaders to adopt new recommendations for schools, public agencies and…
Commentary: Help fight domestic violence through the HopeLine used mobile phone drive
By Jay Box and Sherry Currens Special to NKyTribune The color purple is often used to portray power, nobility and…
Community journalism ‘giant’ Carl West, a Campbell County native, to receive 2015 Al Smith Award
A giant of community journalism who grew up in Northern Kentucky will be honored Oct. 29 in Lexington at the…
New CDC study shows excessive alcohol use is a $249 billion drain on the U.S. economy
Excessive alcohol use continues to be a drain on the American economy, according to a study released by the Centers…
Keven Moore: Without insurance, our world would be a very different place in which to live
I have worked in the insurance industry now for some 20-plus years and am proud of the good work my…
New funding will create telecommunications training center at Big Sandy’s Pikeville campus
Gov. Steve Beshear, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers and Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Earl Gohl announced $1 million in grants…
Eastern Kentucky economic effort is ‘most exciting’ thing happening in community development
By Al Cross Special to NKyTribune The bipartisan effort to revive and diversity Eastern Kentucky’s coal-dependent economy “is the most…
With September’s jobless rate the lowest in 14 years, Kentucky labor market has ‘hit its stride’
Kentucky’s preliminary September 2015 unemployment rate fell to 5 percent from a seasonally adjusted 5.2 percent in August 2015 –…