ODNR says 7 underground fracking wastewater sites in Ohio have leaked toxic brine since at least 2019. Landowners say the brine has destroyed dozens of their oil wells. And in Washington County, it's raising fears the water wells could be next signalohio.org/ohio-landowner…

The Union County seat of Morganfield in Western KY is home to one of the largest Job Corps centers in the country. Locals are dismayed at the thought of the vocational training center closing, especially for at-risk youth the center served: kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/05/tru… Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com

"...the efforts to drive change and build resilience can’t happen overnight. It takes consistent investment to help build that resilience so that we can eventually save people and help people survive some of these extreme heat events.” eenews.net/articles/insid… E&E News

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State investigation into Givaudan finds safety violations, prior vessel overpressurization courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…

.Anna M. Gomez, the lone Democrat at FCC, is on a national tour speaking out against what she sees as efforts by the Trump admin. to undermine the 1st Amendment. Her first two stops included LA and Washington D.C. Her latest stop? Letcher County. kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/18/pus… Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com

Before I started at the H-L, Jack Brammer told me "if I were starting a news org, Bill would be my first hire. We'd figure it out from there." He was so right. Bill is excellent in every way - as a person, journalist & embodiment of rural KY cool. kentucky.com/news/state/ken…

Pesky PFAS present in Louisville water, data show lpm.org/investigate/20… 89.3 WFPL News

Reporting team cut after Indiana lawmakers zero out public media funding lpm.org/news/2025-07-1…

“…when you have people that literally have nowhere else to go — they’re pushed out of the market, or they don’t have family support that they can lean on, whatever the case might be — it’s going to lead to increases in homelessness.” kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/11/new… Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com

Lost in the partisan rhetoric about NPR PBS is a simple truth, which should appeal to Senate Republicans who truly care about hard-working, God-fearing American workers. Only NPR FRONTLINE held both DEM & GOP administrations accountable for the decades of failure to

Louisville changes immigrant detention policies after pressure from Trump administration kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/22/lou…

“I think Eastern Kentucky has spent a lot of time waiting for other people to show up with resources. And that’s — quite honestly — that’s the dynamic I’m actually interested to change." kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/28/eas… Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com

Fancy Farm 2025 is shaping up to be a Republican free-for-all kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/30/fan…

GOP Rep. John Blanton says he feels the drinking water utility serving his area is "driving into a brick wall." The Salyersville utility has grappled with water leaks, staffing shortages and a recent lawsuit over sewage backing up into homes. kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/30/sta… Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com

Kentuckians tell state utility regulator to oppose new gas-fired power for prospective data centers kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/05/ken… Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com

Wide-ranging plans for the old Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant have been thrown around lately, including #nuclear power + #AI data centers. A Peter Thiel-linked uranium enrichment company is expected to share more info today. Here's what we know so far: courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…

‘Unraveling?’ AG warns KY Supreme Court of dramatic fallout if it rejects 2022 law kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/06/unr…

New from Caity ‘They don’t care:’ Advocates for miners with black lung worry as silica dust rule delayed again westvirginiawatch.com/2025/08/14/the…

In Mason County, locals are organizing to demand more answers about a potential $1 billion data center “campus” that could land in a rural part of the county. Local officials have signed NDAs and won’t say who the data center developer is. kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/21/ken… Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com