by Kristen Shanahan LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Are you having a hard time getting a COVID-19 test? Or experiencing a delay in getting your test results? If so, you are not alone. As COVID-19 cases spike, the demand for testing has grown. “The fact that there is that demand is a good thing,” Kentucky Gov.…
Frankfort, Ky. — Kentucky’s official unemployment rate is trending downward since swelling to more than 15 percent at the height of the coronavirus outbreak. June’s jobless rate was 4.3 percent, mirroring the rate recorded for the state one year ago. Kentucky’s current unemployment rate is also much lower than the national average of 11.1 percent. The…
By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource At the Community Farmers Market in Bowling Green, Kentucky, vendors and shoppers are adjusting to the new normal during the coronavirus pandemic. That includes wearing face coverings, maintaining distance, and taking other precautions to avoid spreading the virus. Market manager Susan Warrell said their first days under the state’s recent…
By Eleanor Klibanoff Jared Bennett Like thousands of other Kentuckians over the last few months, Travis Powell just wanted a simple answer from the state Office of Unemployment Insurance. Powell is not an unemployed worker; he’s vice president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, and he wanted to know what to tell state universities about how…
By WKYT News Staff LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Kelvin Hernandez is one of the thousands of Kentuckians who tested positive for COVID-19. “We never think that it’s going to happen to us,” Hernandez said. “We don’t think that it’s real until it is real.” In March, it was his own positive test result that made it…
By STU JOHNSON Coronavirus has affected renewing or replacing Kentucky driver’s licenses. The pandemic led to the closure of the offices of circuit court clerks, so many residents are being given a 90 day grace period to get their new license. The extension applies to those with expiration dates from March 16th to July 6th. After…
By Kelly Austin FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO/AP) – The Kentucky Board of Education has given new education commissioner Jason Glass a four-year contract with an annual salary of $260,000. The contract approved Wednesday begins Sept. 14. Glass is a native of Brandenburg, Kentucky. Since 2017, he has been superintendent of Colorado’s second largest school district, Jeffco Public…
By SYDNEY BOLES A proposed rule in the Kentucky Department of Public Health would raise the permitting fees for small-scale food producers in the commonwealth. Some producers worry the increase could put them out of business. Sydney Boles Reports The regulation would impact 536 food producers and would change the fee structure for food safety inspection…
By STU JOHNSON Governor Beshear hopes to have an update Thursday on efforts to reduce the backlog of unemployment claims. During Tuesday’s briefing in the capitol rotunda, the governor said it should include claims remaining for each month as well as the number being processed under contract. Beshear said there’s been another hitch slowing the process.…
By KARYN CZAR Governor Andy Beshear announced that $16,555,146 million in reimbursements are going to help 18 central Kentucky governments to help with expenses aquired during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Here’s a look at the funding breakdown. Adair County Adair County will use $92,565 for payroll expenses and telework equipment. “Adair County is happy to be among…
