John McGary

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Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport isn’t experiencing delays or other problems related to Wednesday’s REAL ID enforcement date for commercial airline travel. That’s according to Amy Caudill, the airport’s vice president of marketing. “We've actually been very fortunate, because prior to going into the May 7 deadline, we actually had at least 80 to 85 percent of our travelers already coming through with a REAL ID. So that made life a lot easier.

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Eastern Kentucky University’s Corbin Regional Campus will host a free, week-long summer camp for children with dyslexia the next three summers. The camp is funded by a $50,000 donation from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans. Kellie Ellis chairs EKU’s Department of Clinical Therapeutic Programs and is a professor of speech language pathology.

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Kentucky Department of Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher says the Trump Administration’s decision to disallow further spending of COVID-relief funds could cost the state and local school districts $56 million. Carter County schools superintendent Paul Green said the recission means the loss of more than $4.1 million to prepare the site for a new consolidated high school and career tech center. “We have East Carter High School, West Carter High School and the Carter County Career Tech Center.

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The president of Pikeville University said demolition has begun on the site where a new dental school will be built. Burton Webb said they plan to begin admitting students in the summer of ’26, with the first classes held in other buildings.

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Franklin County’s judge-executive says recovery efforts from the historic April flood are going well. Michael Mueller said Monday night’s town hall with Frankfort Mayor Layne Wilkerson was well-attended and there’s been plenty of support from state agencies, FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration and American Red Cross. “I talked to Congressman Comer multiple times. He's the one that kind of got it done for us. There was a lot of politics involved, which I hate.