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WMKY Feature: Spring Bees in Kentucky

By Carrie Stambaugh • 14 hours ago

Spring has arrived in the region bringing blooming flowers and buzzing bees. In recent years, the number of area residents beekeeping has been growing. WMKY’s Carrie Stambaugh has more.

Odd Numbers: Travel 2021

By Doug Chatham • Apr 15, 2021

Inspired by the recent CDC announcement that travel is low-risk for fully COVID-19 vaccinated people (as reported here), we offer some odd tunes loosely related to travel.

(April 16th @ 9pm; April 17th @ 4pm)

Playlist:

1. “I Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” by Rick Moranis

2. “Frogger! The Frogger Musical” by Paul & Storm

New Job Opportunities Expected In Central Appalachia As Water Operators Retire

By Jessica Lilly • Apr 15, 2021

Until the Elk River Chemical Spill in Charleston, West Virginia, lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan and just recently weather-related infrastructure disasters in Texas, not many Americans though

Convincing The Vaccine Hesitant Just Became That Much Harder

By Josh James • Apr 15, 2021

With the pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccines grabbing headlines, experts worry that the news could complicate efforts to convince those who are on the fence about getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

Crystal Wilkinson Appointed Kentucky Poet Laureate

By Dan Collins • Apr 15, 2021

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Dan Collins talks with Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson.

Crystal Wilkinson is the first black woman to be appointed Kentucky Poet Laureate. She spoke with us recently about her rural roots, her writing, and how she hopes to inspire young Kentucky writers.

CPE report shows strong growth in minority degrees and credentials

By Paul Hitchcock • Apr 15, 2021

Even with the turmoil of COVID-19, minority students in Kentucky achieved steady gains in college degrees and credentials last year, and overall, the state remains on pace to meet its educational attainment goals in 2030.

Volleyball Claims Historic NCAA Tournament Victory in Five-Set Thriller Against Creighton

By MSU Athletics • Apr 15, 2021

Carrying the legacies of each of the alumni who came before them and continuing the groundwork laid to bring the program to the heights it reached in 2020-21, Morehead State volleyball continued to soar Wednesday afternoon, earning the program's first NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship victory.

The Reader’s Notebook: A Way with Words (April 15, 2021)

By Greg Jenkins • Apr 15, 2021

April 15, 2021 -- A Way with Words (Black!)

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black sheep
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US 60 East to Close Next Week

By Leeann Akers • Apr 15, 2021

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will temporarily close part of US 60 east in Rowan County for drainage repairs next week.

US 60, just west of Kentucky 799 (Big Perry Road) will close to excavate the highway and replace a large culvert underneath. The work is part of a $2.2 million dollar Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program Project along seven miles of US 60 from Bramblewood Lane to the Carter County line.

Mike Barnett on Muddy Bottom Blues

By Paul Hitchcock • Apr 14, 2021

Muddy Bottom Blues

Program #240 (April 16 at 8:00 p.m. and April 17 at 3:00 p.m.)

Mike Barnett is a virtuoso fiddler with a sound that straddles traditional and contemporary bluegrass, jazz, and folk.

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