OpEd – T.J. Hensley: To make mountains blue again, democrats should keep investing in grassroots
Eastern Kentucky is an ancestrally Democratic region that usually doesn’t vote Democratic, except last month. Gov. Andy Beshear was reelected…
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Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of week’s news; cookies for Santa, economy, Dictator, homeless, Christmas
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
OP-Ed – Ashli Watts: Tax reforms keeping money in pockets of Kyians, strengthening the Commonwealth
As we look forward to a new year, hard-working Kentuckians and small business owners should take note of an important…
OP-Ed – Bill Straub: House advances impeachment as Comer’s own questionable dealings come to light
If Diogenes the Cynic, lamp in hand, enters the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives today looking for an…
Op-Ed – Al Cross: Former Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll’s life traced decades of Kentucky politics
Every life has lessons. The life of former Gov. Julian Carroll, which ended Sunday, had plenty of lessons in its…
Op-Ed – Andy Beshear: The eyes of the country are on KY, now is our chance to move forward, together
Editor’s Note: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear was sworn in for his second term during the Commonwealth’s 62nd Inauguration Ceremony Tuesday…
Op-Ed – Constance Alexander: Arts for All Kentucky head settles in to new location and ‘best job ever’
Vibrant with colors, shapes, and textures, the home office of Arts for All Kentucky is still settling into its new…
Op-Ed – Dear Readers: We ask for your support for nonprofit NKyTribune’s NewsMatch campaign
Dear readers: The NKyTribune has been selected to participate in the NewsMatch campaign funded by an impressive group of national…
Op-ED – Joe Heller: Cartoonist and week’s news — Pearl Harbor, Yule movies, deaths, Person of Year
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Op-Ed – D. Stephen Voss: The kids aren’t all right; don’t throw that catch-up plan in the dustbin just yet
Kentucky inaugurates a governor next week. He’s the same guy who has served in that office for the last four…
Op-Ed – Bill Straub: Taking governor’s oath for 2nd time, Beshear must lead state — and a corpse of a party
It was Jimmy Stewart, in the role of the beleaguered Sen Jefferson Smith in Frank Capra’s renowned film “Mr. Smith…
Letter to Editor: New Voices for Vaccination campaign says get shot to stay healthy this holiday season
All health care professionals share the primary common goal of protecting the health and well-being of our patients, especially during…
Op-Ed – Norma Hatfield: Five things we can do for kinship families
As we approach a new year, let’s not forget kids in kinship care. Kinship care is when a child is…
Op-Ed – Constance Alexander: Holiday greetings summon ghosts of Christmases past and present
When I was growing up, twice-a-day mail delivery started the first of December. By the time we got home from…
Op-Ed – Dear Readers: We are ask for your support for nonprofit NKyTribune’s NewsMatch campaign
Dear readers: Once again, the NKyTribune has been selected to be among the nation’s nonprofit local news sites to participate…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s views of week’s news — the Wisemen, Rolling Stones, Santa’s lists, Pearl Harbor coming
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Op-Ed – Jennifer Jackson: League of Women Voters of KY urges action to enable citizen participation
Our representative democracy rests on a basic principle: The people have a right to participate in decisions that affect them….
Op-Ed – Bill Straub: Here we are again, after thinking it couldn’t get worse; Comer going for Dweeb of Year
I swear, by all that’s holy, I’m so sick of writing about the Tompkinsville Twit that I could just spit….
Op-Ed – NKY Medical Society: An open letter to Governor Beshear urging action on gun safety laws
Governor Beshear: In states where elected officials have taken action to pass gun safety laws, fewer people die by gun…
Op-Ed – Diana Carlin: Remembering Rosalynn Carter and the challenges she overcame as First Lady
As I write this, the airwaves, online news sites and print media are filled with tributes to Rosalynn Carter, the…
Op-Ed – Constance Alexander: Survivors pressed on and have risen from the rubble in post-tornado Mayfield
In less than two years, Jana Duffy has gone from downtown boutique owner to boudoir photographer, almost without pause. “I…
Op-ED – David Childs: The death of civility in politics, how we move toward more civil democratic dialogue
Another election cycle has come and gone and the U.S. has witnessed peaceful transitions of power all over the nation…