The Latest Breaking News from Kentucky

The bill would require coal companies that have operated for five or less years to verify they have a performance bond in place. Those bonds guarantee workers would be paid up to four weeks of wages if a company shuts down.

Tornadoes struck Bowling Green in 2020 and Mayfield in 2021. The following year, historic floods left portions of eastern Kentucky uninhabitable. Friday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency unveiled what officials call the biggest improvements to its survivor assistance program in two decades.

Kentucky’s newest distillery has started production in a county that was dry until a November referendum. The Garrard County Distilling Company, owned by Atlanta-based Staghorn, is just inside the city limits of Lancaster, which was already wet.

Venture fund and real estate startup linked to far-right groups promote residential development as community for rightwingers