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Published September 09Early voters are urged to avoid using post office
Voting rights advocates are encouraging people who vote by mail this year to bypass the U.S. Postal Service and deliver their ballots directly to the ballot box at their county clerk’s office. With 10 days left before Kentucky’s absentee ballot portal opens up on the Internet,…
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Published September 09Bass, crappie get active after dark
I have always loved to fish at night. I don’t get to do it as much as I would like, but when I do, I really have a good time. My favorite fish to pursue at night are bass and crappie. They are two of the most active fish after dark. Catfish are also active at night. There are…
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Published September 09Squirrel camp lives on in memories
Loads of coal-miner friends made that trip every year to hunt squirrels, and it seemed almost a requirement that everyone be there. I have always been taught that everything has an expiration date—even an anvil—and our friends’ annual gathering was no exception. The old-timers…
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Published September 09PSC reopens case involving $2 million in Kentucky Power winter storm costs in region
The Kentucky Public Service Commission has reopened a case involving as much as $2 million in Kentucky Power storm expenses that could become the subject of a future request for recovery from customers. The PSC granted Kentucky Power’s request for a partial rehearing of a July 21…
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Published September 09Cowan residents mark birthdays, family gatherings
Hello, everyone — I hope everyone enjoyed Labor Day weekend. I guess it’s officially the last holiday weekend of summer. I am ready to lose the summer heat. We camped all weekend, and most of the days were crazy hot and humid. We ended up eating at the lodge several times just to…
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Published September 02We deserve more than another lesson in resilience
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the launch of Worthy Ground, I have found myself in a space of grief. Just a little over four years ago, my hometown and the counties around us were destroyed by what was deemed a one-in-one-thousand-year flood. For four years, I’ve…
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Published September 02PSC opens statewide probe into affordability of utilities
The Kentucky Public Service Commission has opened a statewide investigation into whether electric and natural gas service is becoming unaffordable for Kentucky households and what can be done about it. The proceeding comes as Kentucky’s average residential electricity price…
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Published September 02Changing weather means anglers must also adapt
It has been some of the wildest weather we’ve had over the past month or so. We had a heat wave with temperatures around 100 degrees. Then we had some very dangerous rainstorms, with lightning and strong winds, a lot of flooding, power outages and blocked roads. Then there was…