An electric utility serving Western Kentucky counties is telling the state regulator it anticipates keeping its existing coal-fired and natural gas-fired power plants open beyond 2050, a projection am...

HARRODSBURG — The Mercer County Fiscal Court rejected zoning regulations on Monday that would have allowed the siting of large data centers on land adjacent to a Kentucky Utilities coal-fired power pl...

Alpha-gal syndrome is yet another illness connected to ticks that's continuing to emerge in Kentucky.

Alpha-gal syndrome is yet another illness connected to ticks that's continuing to emerge in Kentucky.

Federal authorities have charged five people in Kentucky in connection with cockfighting in cases that show the state remains a key player in the illegal activity, according to animal-welfare groups.

More than 60,000 farms grew tobacco in the 1990s to now less than 1,000 as of 2022, according to federal agriculture census data.

Federal authorities have charged five people in Kentucky in connection with cockfighting in cases that show the state remains a key player in the illegal activity, according to animal-welfare groups.

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is directing $2.5 million in state funding meant for housing to a national nonprofit with plans to forgive outstanding medical debt for tens of thousands of low-i...

While Kentucky cattle farmers are facing challenges like a loss of farmland and a move from the Trump administration to import more foreign beef, agriculture leaders are trying to boost the policies t...

Woodford County has approved an ordinance this week to permanently ban data center construction, the first Kentucky county to do so.

A city council member for a small Mercer County community walked out of a meeting Tuesday evening, stopping a vote that could have restarted efforts to annex land for a proposed hyperscale data center...

A city council member for a small Mercer County community walked out of a meeting Tuesday evening, stopping a vote that could have restarted efforts to annex land for a proposed hyperscale data center...

In some Kentucky communities where hyperscale data centers are being proposed, leaders in local governments and school districts are eyeing a potential tax windfall.

A lover of forests, the farmer, author and former English professor died on Thursday, according to his family and the New York Times. He was 92.

A lover of forests, the farmer, author and former English professor died on Thursday, according to his family and the New York Times. He was 92.

A lover of forests, the farmer, author and former English professor died on Thursday, according to his family and the New York Times. He was 92.

A law meant to increase housing is now being used by a data center developer in Simpson County to stop community resistance to the plan.

A law meant to increase housing is now being used by a data center developer in Simpson County to stop community resistance to the plan.

State road projects across Kentucky have dropped dramatically this summer, usually one of the busiest times for road crews.

State road projects across Kentucky have dropped dramatically this summer, usually one of the busiest times for road crews.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stood firm behind the power of his executive order he issued seeking to limit the impacts of data centers eyeing Kentucky. Experts aren't so sure.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stood firm behind the power of his executive order he issued seeking to limit the impacts of data centers eyeing Kentucky. Experts aren't so sure.

A chemical plant where two employees died and four others were critically injured in April did not require workers to wear respirators.

On Tuesday, the Mercer County Fiscal Court passed a one-year moratorium on data center construction, the latest turn over months of tumultuous debate in the rural county over whether the community sho...

FRANKFORT — Regulations to expand bobcat hunting, including at night with thermal equipment, moved forward Tuesday, despite bipartisan concern from some lawmakers about the status of Kentucky’s bobcat...

Chet Hayes thinks Kentucky has a decent bobcat population but it's hard to know exactly how many there are.

Chet Hayes thinks Kentucky has a decent bobcat population but it's hard to know exactly how many there are.

A director with the state housing corporation says Kentucky is still not building nearly enough homes across all incomes, but especially for lower-income people, to bridge the state’s large housing su...

A director with the state housing corporation says Kentucky is still not building nearly enough homes across all incomes, but especially for lower-income people, to bridge the state’s large housing su...

A construction contractor says a hyperscale data center developer asked him to continue to clear Bell County land where a data center is planned, despite a two-year temporary ban on data center constr...

A construction contractor says a hyperscale data center developer asked him to continue to clear Bell County land where a data center is planned, despite a two-year temporary ban on data center constr...

Local economic development directors see an opportunity for new life at languishing industrial sites. But one environmental attorney has a warning.

More than $100 billion in private investment will go to build a massive hyperscale data center along with new natural gas-fired power plants at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in McCracken ...

Kentuckians living along the route of the proposed natural gas pipeline don't believe enough is being done to address safety and enviornmental concerns.

U.S. Representative Andy Barr, R-KY, is sponsoring a bill to regulate intoxicating hemp-derived products ahead of an effective ban of such products

Long-Term AI Infrastructure Lease Expected to Generate ~$19 Billion of Contracted Revenue Over Initial Term Abernathy Transaction…...

LPM News uncovered that voters from more than 1,800 households may have cast incorrect ballots due to an error by the Jefferson County Clerk’s office. In some instances, this affected where they voted...

Energy efficiency becomes more important as prices rise because it is “one of the only direct levers” a household has to reduce its bills, said Anna Johnson, senior policy manager at the American Coun...

Kentucky’s electric utilities are creating ratepayer protections for large data cneters through state-approved rules, rates and contracts.

Kentucky’s electric utilities are creating ratepayer protections for large data cneters through state-approved rules, rates and contracts.

A growing number of Kentucky cities and counties are considering moratoriums or implementing zoning regulations on data center construction.

As communities around Kentucky protest planned data centers, a new state energy group says data centers can be part of the state’s future.