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Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Apr 22, 2021 3:47 PM Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear reported 628 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, while urging people to encourage those they know to get vaccinated against the virus. Nearly 1.7 million people have gotten at least the first dose of the vaccine, which the governor says he believes is a little low due to errors in the reporting system—that leaves about 800,000 Kentuckians left to go to reach the goal of 2.5 million vaccinated persons.  There has been a decrease in people getting the vaccine, leaving a lot of supply available, ...

click to download audioMeanwhile, Cubbage said over 102,000 people have registered a new account with the state UI office after the computer system was recently shut down due to hack and fraud attempts. The state sent out over 300,000 letters to claimants with instructions on creating a new account. She also said over 4,500 people have received in-person help at the state’s career centers that reopened last Thursday. The state has not given an updated number of unpaid claims from last year in over two weeks. In Kentucky, the benefit ranges from around $40 up to $550 per week. Benefits typic...

By TOM LATEK Kentucky Today Apr 16, 2021 6 hrs ago A line of people seeking unemployment compensation at the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services building in Frankfort on Thursday, June 18, 2020, stretches down a service road and doubles back into an adjacent parking lot. (Kentucky Today/Robin Cornetet) Robin Cornetet FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – For the first time since 2017, regional Kentucky Career Centers in 13 cities, opened their doors on Thursday for in-person services, to help Kentuckians file for unemployment insurance benefit...

Governor Andy Beshear said Kentucky has 499,735 Moderna and Pfizer vaccines on hand and ready to be administered.

13 career centers across the state opened for people with issues regarding their state unemployment insurance payments to get in-person help for the first time since last summer. The centers, including one in Hopkinsville, can help nearly 600 people statewide a day. This comes after the state shut down its UI computer system to fight an abundance of fraud and cyber attacks that saw people’s accounts accessed and money rerouted to other accounts. Amy Cubbage, who works as a general counsel for Governor Andy Beshear, said the system reboot has worked well. click to download audioCubbage said ...