FFLAG coalition receives funding to improve children’s health, stop obesity in Grant Co.
The Fitness for Life Around Grant County coalition has been awarded a three-year grant of $364,000 from the Foundation for…
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Special enrollment period for health coverage will help Kentuckians avoid tax penalties
A special enrollment period will begin March 2 and continue through April 30 to give those Kentuckians unaware of possible…
Capitol Notes: KTRS bond bill, early childhood bill pass House, head to Senate
KTRS bond bill on to Senate A House proposal to authorize $3.3 billion in bonds to reduce the unfunded liability…
Cantering Commentator: Donna Brothers’ sideline reporting offers unique view of horse racing
By Liane Crossley Special to NKyTribune There are plenty of ways to earn a paycheck on horseback but few as…
Beshear speaks bluntly about state’s health issues, ‘rank politics’ of Medicaid expansion
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News An interesting thing sometimes happens to governors when they travel to Washington; they speak…
Eye Health: Treatment, preventive options can help you manage dry eyes this winter
By Dr. Dawn Stratton Special to NKyTribune With all this frigid, wintry weather, you likely are spending much of…
No More Bullying: Suicide, second leading cause of Kentuckian deaths, is preventable
This column on bullying in schools will run periodically on the NKyTribune. By Melissa Martin Special to NKyTribune Does bullying…
Danville once again receives national recognition as a top retirement community to relocate to
Danville has once again been named a top retirement destination in the United States. Last week, Where to Retire magazine…
Smoking ban bills assigned to committee that appears unlikely to send to full Senate
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT – The state Senate’s Republican leaders have assigned both the Republican and Democratic…
UK Center for Leadership Development to host nonprofit leadership expert Robert Long
The Center for Leadership Development in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, will welcome Robert Long…
Business and education leaders join forces at upcoming education summit in Louisville
Kentucky’s Commissioner of Education Terry Holiday, the Executive Director of 55,000 Degrees and Kentucky Board of Education member Mary Gwen…
Weekender: Megan’s Story: ‘People loving people … that’s what I want to come out of this’
By Terri Darr McLean KyForward news editor When 26-year-old Jonathan Price was gunned down in the parking lot of a…
Capitol Notes: Senate committee takes up electronic gaming, approves three bills
How technology is revolutionizing gambling and threatening traditional bingo and state lotteries was evident at a hearing of a state…
Winter storm warning from 7 p.m. Friday until 7 p.m. Saturday; snow, sleet, ice possible
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a winter storm warning for Northern Kentucky from 7 p.m. Friday…
Rain combined with past few days of snow raises risk of flooding in portions of Kentucky
By Alex Sosnowski Accuweather.com A storm forecast to develop over Texas will spread a swath of disruptive snow, ice and…
In open letter to legislators, Kentucky Chamber urges action on pension systems
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce sent an open letter to members of the General Assembly Wednesday applauding the work that…
Brewster Rhoads stepping down as director of Green Umbrella but remains committed to its mission
Brewster Rhoads, founding executive director of Green Umbrella, the regional sustainability alliance, is stepping down from that position effective July…
‘I Hope You Dance’ takes on a whole new meaning after participating in DanceBlue
By Erin Grigson KyForward reporter For the last four years, I have wanted to participate in DanceBlue. For whatever reason,…
Break in snowfall helps road crews, but second day results in more challenges
Crews in most Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway districts are again plowing and salting roadways this morning following the week’s second…
HYPE sponsoring launch of interactive event calendar for area’s young professionals
HYPE – Harnessing Young Professional Energy – is sponsoring the launch of an interactive HYPE event calendar for young professionals….