Rep. Hal Rogers has wanted another prison in eastern Kentucky for years. Local and national activists say the new land owners ...

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Laferty said she remains focused on bringing new projects and economic growth to the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. “As for me, it is my mission to keep projects important to the future of Eastern ...

In eastern Kentucky, less than 1,000 combined ... were more than 27,000 still without service in the Mountain State, according to Appalachian Power. Locally, Kanawha County still has the most ...

It also led to some unusually cold temperatures in some surprising places. Louisville, Kentucky experienced "bitterly cold" temperatures in the teens. Earlier in the day, Anchorage, Alaska ...

the Southern Appalachian Mountains have been the place “where hurricanes go to die,” said Ryan Thigpen, an earth and environmental sciences professor at the University of Kentucky whose ...

Khalifa Keith was a three-star tailback in the 2023 recruiting cycle that Kentucky targeted and quickly made a move on. Following a junior year at Birmingham (Ala.) Parker where Keith rushed for 1,877 ...

Ski resorts often market their locations as "the snowiest" in a state or region to lure visitors, but which mountains are really the snowiest? Answering that question is more complicated than you ...

Two men were found dead early Friday morning after a mountain landslide in southeast Kentucky.The first calls to 911 came in around 1 a.m. Friday for a report of a man buried under rubble in ...

Appalachian State transfer quarterback Joey Aguilar committed to UCLA, he announced on Saturday. He entered the transfer portal Dec. 24 after two impressive seasons with the Mountaineers. Aguilar ...

According to the Kentucky Historical Society, sometime over the past 300 million years, the impact of a meteorite in the heights of the Appalachian Mountains formed a circular basin.The basin is 3 ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 16/15 University of Kentucky women’s basketball program will play host to Western Kentucky on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 4 p.m. ET in Historic Memorial Coliseum. It will mark the ...