By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern No counties or cities in Kentucky opted out of allowing medical marijuana businesses to operate...

Friday, November 08, 2024 A snapshot of Trump's Pennsylvania win: Most rural voters stuck with Trump, and some major metro...

DO WALMART, SAV-A-LOT AND FOOD CITY SPY ON EACH OTHER IN LOUISA? Grocery store chains still use 'old-school' spying to...

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 An aluminum smelter hasn't been built in the U.S. in 45 years; proposed sites are in...

Tuesday, May 07, 2024 The number of children who have lost a parent to drug overdose or firearms climbs; overdose...

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Could sleeping in a public park be a crime? A decision about the nation's homelessness crisis...

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Quick hits: Family pickle canning; rural trilogy-inspired songs; pandemic gun buyers; hearing aids; Dutch farming Hannah...

Your weekly update from Kentucky Health News Kentucky editors and news directors: It's vaccination time again, and not just because school has...

Monday, August 14, 2023 Demon Copperhead author Barbara Kingsolver talks about the opioid epidemic and Appalachia's difficulty with it Barbara Kingsolver...

Thursday, August 03, 2023   Tyler Childers performs at the Railbird Music Festival in Lexington, Ky. (Photo by Silas Walker, Herald-Leader)...

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 From coal to the sun: Huge solar-energy project is planned for a huge reclaimed strip mine...

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 'Get phones out of schools:' teachers, science support a ban Photo by Jonas Roosens, ANP via...

Monday, June 12, 2023 Southern Baptist Convention faces issues of declining numbers, women pastors, use of 'abuse reform' database  ...

Lawrence County currently has 3,816 listed on Welcare After three years of Medicaid enrollments piling up to a record number,...

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 LGBTQ+ Eastern Kentuckians are refuting Appalachian stereotype of intolerance, creating a regional community Cara Ellis, left, at...

Monday, April 10, 2023 High school student reporters reveal their new principal's graduate degrees were from a diploma mill  ...

Friday, March 17, 2023 Bucking stereotypes and trends, Eastern Kentucky originals return to Appalachia and build up their communities  ...

Monday, March 06, 2023 Idea of making vehicular-homicide convicts pay child support for surviving children spreads 'like wildfire' in states...

Rail-borne hazardous materials moving through American communities are 'often invisible' until they leak or explode East Palestine, Ohio (Photo by Gene...

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 The East Palestine train: How did it travel through towns without a warning label that it...