Sixth District Congressman Andy Barr has officially joined the race to claim Sen. Mitch McConnell's seat in 2027.
Local News
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Cresco Labs is one of the largest multi-state cannabis companies in the country and landed one of only two of Kentucky's Tier 3 cultivation licenses.
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Housing advocates rallied in downtown Lexington Tuesday in tandem with more than a dozen similar events across the country. The rally comes on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court case that paved the way for communities to arrest and ticket people living outside.
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At Catholic masses across the globe and here in Central Kentucky, parishioners lifted their voices Monday in song and prayer in honor of the late Pontiff.
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Labor unions in Kentucky predict workers will face more threats as the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is dismantled.
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The research of more than 90 college and high school students was put on display at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health’s third annual showcase.
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Kentucky's Supreme Court made history late last week, swearing in Justice Pamela Goodwine — the first Black woman elected to serve on the commonwealth's high court.
Radio Shows & Music
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Joe's Blues - "Blue California Dreams" - musical reflections of the 31st State
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Windborne Productions presents The Music of Pink Floyd with the Lexington Philharmonic. The event will feature a kaleidoscopic fusion of live orchestra and progressive rock with the Music of Pink Floyd. The director of the Lexington Philharmonic, Mélisse Brunet, will conduct.She joins WUKY’s Joe Conkwright to talk about her career in music and her love of Pink Floyd.
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This week's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show was a look back at some favorites from 2024! Featured new music from Leon Bridges, The Marias, Al Green, Marcus King, Ariana Grande Featuring Brandy & Monica, Joy Oladokun, Sade Adu, Kendrick Lamar, Brittany Howard, Stevie Wonder, & more!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Slim Kings (Togetherness), Denison Witmer Featuring Sufjan Stevens (Focus Ring), Deep Sea Diver (Billboard Heart), Gigi Perez (Sailor Song), Cameron Winter (Love Takes Miles), Cunningham Bird (Long Distance Winner), & Sammy Rae & Friends (Thieves)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Rolling Stones (I Got The Blues), Dylan Dunlap (Holding Hands), Deep Blue Something (Saint Morrissey), Bebe Stockwell (Minor Inconveniences), Abigail Rose (Edges), Jack White (Archbishop Harold Holmes), & Al Green (Everybody Hurts)!
Podcasts
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PodcastsThis week Josh and Joe discuss the various ways to preserve your delicious summer fruits and vegetables - from refrigeration and freezing, to pickling and canning.
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PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews Blair Hess, Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Kentucky Community and Technical College System and co-author (with Cameron Ludwick) of Kentucky, Y'All.
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As an undergraduate student and English major at UK during the 1990s, Roger Brown spent his summer breaks working as a counselor at the Life Adventure Camp. The center was founded by a small group of UK graduate students, two of whom are Brown’s parents. It provided five-day wilderness living experiences to low-income and special needs youth at a forested property in Estill County. Fast forward to today where the now UK alum and current faculty member uses his close ties to LAC to help foster resilience in individuals affected by trauma. He talks about it in this week’s Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.
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PodcastsIn the fourth episode of Writing Lessons, Silas House has a conversation with internationally bestselling Kentucky born writer Barbara Kingsolver about sense of place and much more.
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2024-2025 Meetings
Location: WUKY - Studio 49
- March 12, 2025, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm