By Ryan Van Velzer Researchers are beginning a new three-year study looking at elk reproduction and survival more than two decades after they were first reintroduced to Kentucky. Elk used to be native to Kentucky, but settlers’ unregulated hunting wiped them out before the start of the Civil War. In the late ‘90s Kentucky Fish and…
BY ERIN BILLUPS | NATIONWIDE Electronic cigarettes have been around for over a decade, but that’s a relatively short time in the world of science and medicine. So very little is known about the long term health effects, like what the flavors and propellants may be doing to the respiratory system. But as research picks…
BY JOE RAGUSA KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. — Responding to Governor Andy Beshear’s State of the Commonwealth address Tuesday night, Republican legislative leaders say they’re happy with the bipartisan tone, but they want to see more specifics about his agenda. House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect, said that includes items like criminal justice reform. “I don’t think you start with the…
