The Latest Breaking News from the Blue Grass Army Depot

Bechtel-Parsons Blue Grass gives $300,000 gift to help expand mental health services in central Kent

The company was hired to destroy the chemical weapons at the Blue Grass Army Depot

WEKU · Apr 22, 2024

Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs discusses new mission possibilities for Blue Grass Army Depo

Future mission possibilities for the Blue Grass Army Depot were among the topics at Tuesday’s quarterly meeting of the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs’ executive committee.

WEKU · Feb 20, 2024

Officials celebrate the conclusion of chemical weapons disposal in central Kentucky

It’s been more than three months since history was made at the Blue Grass Army Depot. The last nerve agent rocket among the more than 500 tons of chemical weapons stored in Madison County was destroyed. Officials said a full celebration would come this fall. And so, it did Thursday.

WEKU · Oct 12, 2023

Historic milestone with the last rocket destroyed at the Blue Grass Army Depot

President Biden on Friday afternoon sent out a communication saying the U-S had destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile.

WEKU · Jul 8, 2023

Disposal of last chemical munition is expected this summer in Madison County

The destruction of chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County is in the home stretch. If all goes according to schedule, the last nerve agent rocket will be destroyed by August.

WEKU · Jun 7, 2023