by Hagan Wells FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/Press Release) – Kentuckians who wish to update their political party affiliation to do so by Dec. 31, in order to eligible to vote in the May 17, 2022 primary election. “If you are currently a registered voter and want to vote in a political party’s primary election next May,…
By Alyssa Williams HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – Since healthcare professionals are predicting a surge in COVID-19 cases for the upcoming weeks, they are encouraging everyone to keep physical health in mind moving into the new year. “We still have people who are hospitalized from Thanksgiving, so they were still hospitalized from Thanksgiving to Christmas from COVID,”…
COVID-19 claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States in 2020, driving a record increase in the death rate and a drop in life expectancy of nearly two years, according to final 2020 death data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. Life expectancy at birth…
By Zak Hawke HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – On this week’s edition of Issues and Answers, WYMT’s Steve Hensley sat down to talk with Republican Senate President Robert Stivers of the 25th Senate District. You can watch the full episode here. Copyright 2021 WYMT. All rights reserved.
By Kimberly Keagy MAGOFFIN COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) – Improvements to emergency responses in Eastern Kentucky could soon become a reality. The change come after a WSAZ Investigation in September revealed an ambulance wasn’t available during more than a dozen emergencies in Magoffin County. Each time, a crew from a neighboring county had to respond, according to 911 logs.…
BY SAM KNEF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The omicron variant of COVID-19 has made its way to the commonwealth, and health care professionals are offering up information Kentuckians need to know to stay safe. What You Need To Know The omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Kentucky The state announced the virus has been detected…
Rand Paul(WBKO) By Katey Cook BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Rand Paul announced on Monday his re-election campaign will donate $100,000 to charities following Saturday’s deadly tornado outbreak in south-central Kentucky. “My home, my community, my family and friends are hurting,” said Senator Rand Paul. “Yet, through it all, our spirit has not broken and…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has issued his second health advisory, this one saying there’s an urgent need to address a mental-health crisis among the nation’s youth. And Dr. Scottie Day, physician-in-chief for Kentucky Children’s Hospital, says Kentucky is part of the crisis. Murthy said in a news release,…
By Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Gov. Andy Beshear says the massive amounts of federal aid offered during the coronavirus pandemic offer a once-in-a-generation opportunity to guarantee basic necessities and build on economic momentum. Beshear says those real-life benefits should trump the partisan rancor over pandemic relief. The Democratic governor spoke to The Associated Press…
By Tori Gessner LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Members of the Kentucky House Democrats who created the Essential Workers Work Group listened to testimony from frontline workers on Monday about why they deserve a potential essential worker bonus from the state. In October, Gov. Andy Beshear proposed giving essential workers who kept their jobs from March 6,…
