Shepherd Snyder

1 week ago | weku.org | Shepherd Snyder

Pendleton County officials say residents have finished getting back into their homes after evacuations from floods earlier this month. County spokesperson Rob Braun says the process went smoothly, despite the county seeing the worst flooding in nearly 30 years. “This was the second or the worst flood since the ‘97 flood,” Braun said.

1 week ago | weku.org | Shepherd Snyder

Lexington mayor Linda Gorton says the city’s budget this year will not have any cuts. The city is passing a nearly $540 million budget this year. The mayor says the city projects a 5% rise in revenue, but they’re also seeing a 9% rise in costs because of rising prices of materials. Gorton says all its federal grants are intact for the time being. She says she doesn’t expect that to change, but they’re keeping an eye on potential federal funding cuts.

1 week ago | lpm.org | Shepherd Snyder

The Kentucky Office for Refugees is responsible for coordinating the state's refugee services. It's managed by Catholic Charities of Louisville. The Trump administration is scheduled to revoke the legal status of more than half a million migrants later this month, encouraging them to leave the U.S. It would reverse a Biden-era program that allowed some Haitian, Cuban, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants to legally enter the country. Becky Jordan is the state's refugee coordinator.

1 week ago | weku.org | Shepherd Snyder

FEMA is opening another disaster recovery center in Lee County to help victims of February’s severe storms. The agency says they’ve registered more than ninety-five-hundred Kentuckians for more than $30 million worth of assistance. Local officials are sending damage reports to FEMA to see if individual assistance for this month’s storms can also be authorized.

1 week ago | weku.org | Shepherd Snyder

Two manufacturing companies are building a presence in northern Kentucky. Bakery manufacturing company Bakery Express Mid Atlantic opened a facility in Boone County Monday. The Maryland-based company is investing more than $20 million into the Bakery Express Midwest plant, and is creating more than 200 jobs. The company will produce baked goods to businesses in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee. In Pendleton County, a metal manufacturing plant is being established.