Kentucky Living Magazine

Kentucky Living magazine aims to enhance the lives of those who proudly identify as Kentuckians and are informed members of electric cooperatives. Since its inception in the late 1940s, Kentucky Living has been dedicated to these principles, reaching over a million readers through its print publication and many more online at KentuckyLiving.com.

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Kentucky co-ops center stage at White House - Kentucky Living

1 week ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris

IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE if Tony Campbell had double checked the address when he made his way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on April 8. The East Kentucky Power Cooperative president and CEO had mailed eight letters to the White House over the last four years, but only received confirmation that one had arrived. Campbell implored previous President Joe Biden to reconsider energy policies that were deteriorating the reliability of America’s power grid and jacking up electric rates.
2025 Best in Kentucky finalists

1 week ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris |Kentucky Living

April 17, 2025 5 min read Explore The 2025 Best in Kentucky finalists are here! Voting will begin on May 1. Until then, learn about each nominee below and get ready to vote for your favorite.
Explore Kentucky’s themed trails - Kentucky Living

1 week ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris |Kentucky Living

PACK A BAG. Grab a snack. Pick up those special passports. You’re going to need them for traveling between the Fairy Forest of Yew Dell Botanical Gardens and the Forest Giants of Bernheim, slipping over the border into ancient America at Manchester’s Stone of Witness: Red Bird Petroglyph and crossing into the paranormal realm at Harlan’s Sassy Trash, an antiques trove crowded not only with vintage goodies—but ghosts, too.
Bluegrass State boasts bounty of weird history - Kentucky Living

1 week ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris

WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF KENTUCKY, a lot of fairly standard images come to mind. Horses and bourbon. Bluegrass and basketball. KFC and Abraham Lincoln. But Kentucky’s history is much more eclectic than that, harboring interesting oddities and hard-to-believe happenings that have intrigued both citizens and nonresidents for centuries. Kurt Gohde, art professor at Transylvania University, realized just how deep Kentucky’s peculiar roots are when he began working at the university nearly three decades ago.
Shaw inducted into Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame

1 week ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris |Kentucky Living

KET Director of Public Affairs and Moderator Renee Shaw has been inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. Calling her “Kentucky’s leading TV news journalist,” the organization honored her during a ceremony for the class of 2025. As the host of Kentucky Edition, Kentucky Tonight and various election programs, Shaw has established herself as a trusted voice in statewide public affairs coverage.
One-day vacations

1 week ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris |Kathy Witt

Hometown discoveries plus hidden gems equal happy times. In Midway, find a unique culinary, shopping and arts scene in a historic railroad town surrounded by Kentucky’s oldest thoroughbred horse farm and preserving a rich tradition in bourbon distilling dating back to the 1800s. “No two stores, restaurants or experiences are the same in downtown Midway,” says Emily Downey, executive director at Woodford County Tourism.
Royal Raindrops - Kentucky Living

2 weeks ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris

WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING for a beautiful small, spring flowering tree, there are more trees to choose from than just the classic flowering dogwoods. One option is the flowering crabapple. These trees were once considered messy and disease-prone, but modern crabapple varieties have excellent disease resistance, so don’t immediately rule them out. Royal Raindrops is one such variety, offering bright pink flowers in April followed by deeply cut purple leaves that fade to burgundy shades for the summer.
Our Best | Country cooking and catering in Smithfield

2 weeks ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris |Joel Sams

IF IT LOOKS LIKE HALF THE TOWN of Smithfield is dining at Our Best restaurant on a busy evening, you might be right—by the numbers, at least. The restaurant seats 100 people, or 54% of Smithfield’s population in 2022. Guests aren’t just locals, though. General manager Aric Way, who runs the restaurant with his wife, Brittney, says the restaurant is a destination for diners seeking a personable family experience.
Ready, set—summer savings - Kentucky Living

2 weeks ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris

There are many ways to get a jump start on preventing high summertime bills and energy waste, from air conditioning to fans to thermostats. Your prep list should include an annual tuneup of your heating, ventilation and air conditioning system by an HVAC professional. This helps maximize your system’s efficiency and the lifespan of your equipment, reducing wasted energy and costs.
The auctioneer - Kentucky Living

2 weeks ago | kentuckyliving.com | Wade Harris

WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD, Ricky Timberlake began mimicking the auctioneers at livestock sales he attended with a local farmer who was like a father to him. Ricky’s mother died when he was 10 years old, and he and his four younger siblings were cared for mostly by a grandmother and their aunts. But by age 14, Ricky was living with the farm couple, Waldo and Billie Clark, helping with chores and attending livestock auctions nearly every weekend.