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Rural Blog: Ky’s broadband boondoggle a cautionary tale; Bevin’s aide undercutting him siding with AT&T

May 15, 2019May 13, 20191

Five years ago, the Democratic governor of Kentucky, who couldn’t run for re-election, and a powerful Republican congressman struck a…

July 4, 2018July 3, 20180

A new documentary, “Farmers for America,” addresses big changes coming to the nation’s systems for growing, distributing and consuming food,…

May 7, 2018May 6, 20182

“Chinese importers have canceled purchases of corn and cut orders for pork,” The Wall Street Journal reports. “Chinese importers’ new orders of…

August 12, 2017August 11, 20170

Ryan Craig was majoring in history and public relations at Western Kentucky University when his uncle Larry, a rural journalist…

April 28, 2017April 28, 20170

President Trump has been vocal on his promise to “put our miners back to work” but has remained mum on…

February 24, 2017February 22, 20170

From the Rural Blog Could medical marijuana be the answer to the nation’s opioid epidemic, which is a major concern…

January 4, 20170

Former U.S. Forest Service firefighters say National Park Service officials could have stopped wildfires that devastated homes and businesses near…

October 22, 2016October 21, 20162

From the Rural Blog Cheaper natural gas, not regulation of air pollution by President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency, is the…

September 7, 2016September 6, 20160

Nearly half of Kentucky’s animal shelters are in violation of three or more laws and 82 percent are in violation…