Beth Musgrave

6 days ago | kentucky.com | Beth Musgrave

An historic Fayette County farm with deep ties to Thoroughbred history was recently granted a conservation easement, protecting the 700-acre farm from future development, state officials announced. Elmendorf Farm on Paris Pike was granted a conservation easement by the Bluegrass Land Conservancy and the Kentucky Heritage Council.

1 week ago | kentucky.com | Beth Musgrave |Kendall Staton

A state-mandated overhaul of Lexington’s planning ordinances designed to speed-up approval of projects met with resistance and complaints Tuesday from developers, council members and neighborhoods alike. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council will discuss the overhaul of the ordinance at a May 13 meeting after extensive discussion and comments during two meetings on Tuesday.

1 week ago | kentucky.com | Beth Musgrave

President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Thursday directing the federal government to halt funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a move that could cripple programming at Kentucky Education Television and Kentucky’s 14 public radio stations.

1 week ago | kentucky.com | Beth Musgrave

Staff from Black Soil were busy on a recent Tuesday measuring and designing a food display for fresh honey produced by an 18-year-old Louisville beekeeper. The honey and other locally grown fresh vegetables will soon be available when Farmacy Neighborhood Market, Black Soil’s first fresh foods market, opens June 7. Farmacy dovetails with Black Soil’s motto of food is medicine.

1 week ago | kentucky.com | Beth Musgrave

A drug manufacturer officially opened an expanded location in Lexington Thursday, enabling the company to up production of its nasal sprays. Kindeva, which was started through research birthed at the University of Kentucky in 2009, has moved its operations to a larger building at UK Coldstream Research Park. It enables it to up its production of nasal-based sprays used to administer drugs that reverse opioid overdoses, migraines and medications to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.