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Dec 1, 2024 |
weku.org | Stu Johnson
Homelessness is found in communities all across Kentucky and it takes on many forms. Many of the homeless are military veterans. An organization based in Clark County has a continuing focus when it comes to homeless female veterans. "This was an old school, and we bought in 2016 and renovated it. This used to be the boy's bathroom,” said Abbott. Lady Veterans Connect Founder Phyllis Abbott, described one area of Anna’s House, named after her mother.
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Dec 1, 2024 |
weku.org | Stu Johnson
Throughout Kentucky, attaining the right combination of new jobs and sufficient workers to fill them can be a challenge. Ted Abernathy is a consultant with Economic Leadership, based in North Carolina. Abernathy participated in a regional business summit in Lexington last month. He said often the strategy is to try to lure out-of-state workers to the Commonwealth.
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Dec 1, 2024 |
weku.org | Stu Johnson
The Valley View Ferry will not operate over the next month or so. Recertification and repairs will place the decade-old John Craig 2 in dry dock for that period of time. The ferry, founded in 1780, a dozen years before Kentucky became a state, runs across the Kentucky River with Fayette and Jessamine Counties on one side and Madison on the other. Ferry Captain Clayton Embly said one priority area during Coast Guard inspection is hull plating, checking for corrosion.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
weku.org | Stu Johnson
This is the time of year when many retailers, large and small, anticipate an uptick in sales. That type of anticipation is somewhat tempered by a variety of issues impacting particularly small businesses. This fall the term has been “uncertainty” when discussing the plight of many Kentucky small businesses. National Federation of Independent Business State Director Tom Underwood said inflation may be leveling in some areas, but prices aren’t going down.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
weku.org | Stu Johnson
14 public and private postsecondary institutions in Kentucky are participating in an effort to reduce underage drinking and impaired driving among college students. The three-year million-dollar pilot program is called Responsible Alcohol and Substance Misuse Education. It’s modeled after established programs in other states. Bluegrass Community and Technical College Director of Counseling Services Anita Nelums said drinking is a long-standing reality in the college setting.
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