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Rural Eastern Kentucky Is Using Opioid Settlement Money to Fight More Than Addiction

Kentucky's Hub program uses opioid settlement funds for housing, food, and recovery support in Knott, Lee, Letcher, and Owsley counties. Here's how the model works.

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Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks

On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia. Over the course of a few days, residents in eastern Kentucky watched as river levels rose and surpassed flood levels. Emergency teams conducted over 1,000 water rescues. Hundreds, if not thousands of people were displaced from…

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JD Vance's Investment In Failed Company Raises Questions

Explore the challenges faced by a high-tech farming startup in Eastern Kentucky, shedding light on the importance of worker well-being in venture capital i...

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Pikeville prepares for multi-day Hillbilly Days festival

Eastern Kentucky’s Hillbilly Days festival is expected to bring around 150,000 people to Pike County later this week.

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As flood recovery continues in eastern Kentucky, 1,500 trees are on the way to help

Eastern Kentucky communities ravaged by the floods of 2022 are getting 15-hundred free trees. Governor Beshear made the announcement Wednesday.

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Kentucky addiction treatment network expects yearly January spike in treatment calls

Eastern Kentucky treatment network Addiction Recovery Care says they expect a spike in calls for treatment care as the new year begins.

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Public Service Commission hearing begins for Kentucky Power rate increase case

The hearing comes after weeks of public comment hearings around eastern Kentucky. Kentucky Power’s request to the Public Service Commission was originally submitted last May.

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FEMA reimburses Kentucky Division of Emergency Management for flood debris removal

More than $11 million in federal dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance program has been approved to reimburse debris removal efforts during last year’s eastern Kentucky flooding.

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Eastern Kentuckians discuss flood recovery, infrastructure with USDA officials

United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Administrator Andrew Berke visited communities in eastern Kentucky last week. It was a chance for locals involved in the flood recovery process to talk about their continued needs.

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Prescribed burns scheduled for public lands across central, eastern Kentucky

In Eastern Kentucky, that includes the Clay, Grayson Lake and Paul Van Booven Wildlife Management Areas. Burns are also scheduled for central Kentucky’s Taylorsville Lake and Green River Lake. That’s 2,096 acres of land in total.

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Governor Beshear provides updates on high-ground community construction across Eastern Kentucky

During his regular media briefing, Gov. Andy Beshear said the state is waiting on environmental assessments of the sites to be approved by the federal Department for Housing and Urban Development before it moves forward with construction.

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Financial famine hits AppHarvest

A major eastern Kentucky employer has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Appharvest employs about one thousand people throughout the region. Officials at the agri-tech company announced the bankruptcy last week.

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Small businesses in rural Kentucky could benefit from USDA grants

The technical assistance grant would help schools, utility companies and other organizations assist small businesses across rural Eastern Kentucky apply for the Rural Energy for America program

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Appalachian Regional Healthcare invites locals to donate school supplies, recognize flood anniversa

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, a network based in the rural regions of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia, is recognizing the one-year anniversary of the eastern Kentucky floods by running school supply drives throughout the region.

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Whitesburg, one year after the flood

A year after the flood that devastated much of eastern Kentucky, the people of Whitesburg, in Letcher County, look back — and forward.

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Bluegrass musician who helped popularize song 'Rocky Top' dies at 91

A community college in eastern Kentucky says Bluegrass musician Bobby Osborne has died

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Today’s Interview: Eastern Kentucky lacks access to mental health care

An interview with Dale Hamilton, counselor with Christian Appalachian Project

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Eastern Kentucky flood recovery to benefit from $300 million in federal grant money

Eastern Kentucky communities working to recover from last summer’s flooding will benefit from almost $300 million in federal funding. That word came from Senator Mitch McConnell’s office on Monday. The money comes from the U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development and will be administered through the state.

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Today’s Interview: UK researchers lead new study looks at vaccine hesitancy in eastern Kentucky

An interview with UK researchers Dr. Kathryn Cardarelli and Dr. Marc Kiviniemi

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Eastern Standard Preview Jan. 19th, 2023

RISE is an Eastern Standard documentary series about the July ‘22 flash flood and its lingering aftermath in Eastern Kentucky. Episode Two focuses on a pre-existing housing shortage made far worse by the flood; flood insurance issues; floodplain mapping; leadership exhaustion and stress; and the work of some of the…

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Bit of winter weather headed for eastern Kentucky

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Funding is available for artists and organizations in disaster-stricken areas in Kentucky

The Kentucky Arts Council is offering funds to artists and schools in areas hit by last December’s tornadoes in western Kentucky and July’s floods in eastern Kentucky.

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Eastern Standard Preview For Dec. 1st 2022

This week on Eastern Standard:Efforts to maintain and support connections between incarcerated parents and their children have produced positive outcomes benefitting the child, the jail, and the community. We talk with Tara Grieshop-Goodwin of Kentucky Youth Advocates and Wendi Hall, program director, Save the Children - Perry County. | We…

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Fifth district congressional race finds a first-time candidate battling the dean of the U.S. House

The race for the fifth district congressional seat features a first-time candidate against the House of Representatives’ most senior member. The large southeastern Kentucky district has been a Republican stronghold for decades.

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Student support nonprofit with decades of experience opens new headquarters in eastern Kentucky

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