More than 40 years of history is coming to a close at the Blue Grass Army Depot.
The next few weeks, WEKU and Eastern Standard are presenting a radio series about the past, present and future of the depot, the stockpile of chemical weapons that was recently destroyed inside and the economic implications for Madison County.
The mission of getting the chemical weapons safely destroyed began in 1984. That’s when the U.S. Army publicly announced they were planning to incinerate the stockpile at the depot outside Richmond. Concerned citizens like Craig Williams were worried the process was unsafe and that toxic material, including live chemical agent, could come out of the nearby smokestacks.
