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At least eight dead as Eastern Kentucky suffers another round of widespread flooding over the weekend

February 17, 2025February 17, 20250

(Update: The death toll has reached 12 from the weekend flooding.) By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today Eastern Kentucky is reeling…

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Some Kentuckians, like many rural Americans, are too poor to qualify for federal flood protections

August 17, 2024August 16, 20240

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy…

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Kentucky by Heart: Harriette Arnow offers look inside Appalachian life’s struggles

July 23, 2024July 22, 20241

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist With J.D. Vance coming on the scene as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, I thought about…

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Many Eastern Kyians will see increase in monthly power bills following PSC approval of rate increase

February 27, 2024February 26, 20240

By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service Many Eastern Kentuckians will see their monthly energy bills increase by around $8 per…

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OpEd – T.J. Hensley: To make mountains blue again, democrats should keep investing in grassroots

December 18, 2023December 17, 20230

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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Kentucky by Heart: John C.C. Mayo, who purchased Eastern KY mineral rights, remains a polarizing figure

November 7, 2023November 7, 20230

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist The words “broad form deed” are, for many people from Eastern Kentucky, nasty ones. Often…

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Nearly 3,000 Eastern Kentucky residents eligible for federal program to buyout flood-prone properties

June 13, 2023June 12, 20230

By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service Nearly a year after the historic flooding in eastern Kentucky residents of Breathitt, Knott,…

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Foreign crypto mining companies eye Eastern KY for cheap power; critics say it will stress electric grid

April 15, 2023April 14, 20230

By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service Foreign-owned crypto mining companies are staking out Eastern Kentucky for cheap electricity, and the…

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In remote Eastern Kentucky, neighbors step in to help out where no one else will following floods

August 16, 2022August 15, 20220

By Justin Hicks Ohio Valley ReSource Over the past week, Havanna Thacker has transformed a historic high school in Carr…

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Beshear expects to call special session of General Assembly to fund cleanup, repairs from recent floods

August 11, 2022August 10, 20220

By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Governor Andy Beshear said he expects to call a special session of the General Assembly…

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Kentucky by Heart: Eastern Kentuckians share personal experiences on recent flooding, recovery

August 9, 2022August 8, 20220

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Who can speak most authentically about the catastrophic flooding in eastern Kentucky? Eastern Kentuckians, of…

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Constance Alexander: Recent flooding inspires poetry, wreaks havoc and spawns teamwork

August 9, 2022August 8, 20221

The litany of devastation in Eastern Kentucky has a cadence all its own: Quicksand, Bulan, Neon, Hiner, Martin, Fisty, Hueysville,…

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Death toll rises to 35 from historic flooding in Eastern Ky. with number expected to rise in coming days

August 2, 2022August 1, 20220

By Tom Latek Kentucky Today At least 35 people have been confirmed dead due to devastating flooding that has hit…

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A storied Kentucky coal town ‘dissolves’ to save itself, others across the commonwealth may follow

July 31, 2022July 30, 20220

By Katie Myers Ohio Valley ReSource The mayor of Blackey stepped down years ago. The city council dwindled down to…

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National Guard, NKY first responders sent to Eastern KY to help with ‘devastating’ flooding, power outages

July 29, 2022July 29, 20220

This story has been updated Flash flooding has pounded eastern Kentucky, causing devastating flooding, the full extent of which is…

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Key advisor Rocky Adkins weighs bid for state ag commissioner; a help for Beshear’s re-election?

June 10, 2022June 9, 20220

By Jack Brammer NKyTribune reporter Rocky Adkins, a senior advisor to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and former Democratic floor leader…

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Cole Raines: High-speed internet is the key to unlocking Eastern Kentucky’s potential

November 29, 2021November 28, 20210

When Daniel Boone and early pioneers blazed a trail into the Kentucky wilderness via the Cumberland Gap, they quickly realized…

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With reintroduction of elk, Kentucky professor sees an opportunity to help revitalize Appalachia

October 18, 2021October 17, 20210

By Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley ReSource Howard Whiteman is inching along in his black Toyota Prius, craning his neck to…

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Olivia Weeks: Alan Maimon talks about ‘Twilight in Hazard’ and his continuing interest in the region

September 26, 2021September 25, 20210

Alan Maimon spent five years writing about Eastern Kentucky for the Louisville Courier-Journal’s now defunct Hazard Bureau. In 2000, he…

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Shouldering coal’s costs: Uncertain future awaits for programs addressing coal industry health impacts

September 20, 2021September 19, 20210

By Katie Myers Ohio Valley ReSource Bennett Quillen walks through a late August downpour to check on his fall crop…

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Lyn Hacker: ‘Family cemeteries’ have a uniqueness in Appalachia, represent a special commitment to family

August 9, 2021August 8, 20212

To those who travel down the Hal Rogers Parkway in southeast Kentucky, one of the most interesting sights you’ll come…

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Five months after historic spring flooding, Eastern Kentuckians are still dealing with the fallout

August 2, 2021August 1, 20210

By Katie Myers and Corinne Boyer Ohio Valley ReSource Early on a rainy March morning in Jackson, Yolanda Goff found…

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