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Few in eastern Kentucky have flood insurance or have ever been able to afford it. A federal agency’s new pricing system is putting it even further out of reach, jeopardizing

The cost of flood insurance is a major reason that Terry Thies is trying to sell her family home in Eastern Kentucky as rates double and even triple.

Few in Eastern Kentucky have flood insurance or have ever been able to afford it. A federal agency’s new pricing system is putting it even further out of reach, jeopardizing

GRAYSON Carter County District Judge Rupert Wilhoit and Commonwealth’s attorneys weren’t quite buying the self defense claim from a North Carolina airman after a shooting in Grayson last Friday night.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” are in Kentucky’s rivers and lakes. The chemicals are in municipal water treatment plants. They’re accumulating inside Kentucky’s fish.

CATLETTSBURG The Boyd County Fiscal Court meeting touched on a wide range of topics on Tuesday, ranging from youth softball to concerns over the looming Kentucky Power rate hike.

Robin Webb from the Almonte Amateur Radio Club sends this note: The barbecue, sponsored by local service clubs on Saturday, July 29, was a great success. As far as is known, this was the first time the clubs had come together to sponsor an event, in this case to celebrate the Mississippi Mills Bi

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” are in Kentucky’s rivers and lakes. The chemicals are in municipal water treatment plants. They’re accumulating inside Kentucky’s fish.

State officials have found high levels of PFAS chemicals in some municipal water systems in Kentucky.

A sample taken from Christian County in 2020 showed the single highest concentration of PFAS in a study of 40 surface water sites across the state.