By Keaton Hall and Cameron Aaron HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – A Kentucky commission was tasked with finding the best way to spend $240 million in opioid settlement money. The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission met at The Forum on Tuesday in Hazard. Officials held a town hall hoping to hear from people who were most affected by the…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The latest weekly COVID-19 report the Kentucky Department for Public Health is a mixed bag, with some metrics showing increases, while others saw drops. A total of 3,392 new cases were reported to state public health officials for the week ending Sunday, October 9. That compares to 3,979 cases last…
Photo provided by RETAIN Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. — A 2022 study from WalletHub published in September found that Kentucky has the second-highest resignation rate in the country in the last month and the third-highest in the last year. A program implemented at the University of Kentucky is focused on keeping Kentuckians in jobs. Retaining Employment and Talent After…
By Dakota Makres KNOX COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC) opened the doors to its new Knox County campus to students Monday morning. ”For them to show up 20 to 30 minutes early before class, and you know, looking for their classroom, wanting to know when they can start,” said Derek…
By Chandler Wilcox HINDMAN, Ky. (WYMT) – Even as water sits at a low level between Highway 160 and Hindman Settlement School, staff are still working to preserve whatever they can, however they can. “A clothes line and clothes pen are pretty cheap so we can get a lot of documents strung up in a day,”…
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS KENTUCKY BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Three Kentucky teachers will be inducted into the Gov. Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame this fall. The inductees are Katy Cecil, Addie Henry and the late Wilma Pace. Cecil is an English and public speaking teacher at LaRue County High School and has taught in…
By Jess Clark The Kentucky Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in a case that will decide whether the state can move forward with a $125 million program sending would-be tax dollars to private K-12 schools. Lawyers will present their arguments Wednesday for and against the Education Opportunity Account (EOA) program. The EOA program…
89.3 WFPL News Louisville | By Aprile Rickert A Kentucky commission tasked with disbursing half of the roughly $480 million in opioid settlement funds is finalizing its grant process, which is expected to open in the coming week. Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced members of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission in June, after lawmakers established the commission in 2021.…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs(GSE), a highly competitive summer program where Kentucky high school students focus on product innovation and business model design, has named Anne Jewell as its new president and CEO. Jewell succeeds Tasha Sams, who announced in March her plans to move out-of-state to be closer to family. Along with program…
BY BRYCE SHREVE KENTUCKY KENTUCKY — On Nov. 8, 2022, Kentucky voters will take their picks in a host of high-profile statewide and local races, and decide on a consequential ballot measure that could seal the fate of abortion access in the state. With just over a month until Election Day, an important deadline is fast approaching —…
