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Saturday, January 24, 2009

New Ky. Press Assn. president wants group and its members to help make unhealthy state healthier

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State newspaper associations exist to protect the interests of newspapers, and also the shared public interest in open government and freedo...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Maine pushes wind power as way to boost jobs

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First Wind wildlife biologist Bob Roy ties a ribbon to the guardrails of a wind turbine on eastern Maine's Stetson Mountain in preparat...

Climate change causing early tree death in West

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A new study has found that rising temperatures are resulting in prolonged drought for many areas of the western U.S. The result of these pro...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

W.Va. coal-ash dam inspections sporadic at best

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"Most of the coal-ash impoundments in West Virginia haven't been examined by a state dam safety inspector for at least five years, ...

Vilsack is on the job, but who will be his deputy?

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Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack officially became secretary of agriculture Wednedday and, taking a cue from President Obama, went to work stopp...

So far rural counties have fared better in recession

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The period of December 2007 through November of 2008 saw 1.26 million U.S. jobs lost, but data show nearly 99 percent were in urban and exur...

Drug overdose death rate high in some small towns

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"It may not be surprising that well-known urban centers like New Orleans, Baltimore, and San Francisco appear on the Forbes list of cit...

Rural school closings reduce individual attention

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For years, rural schools have been besieged by shrinking education budgets and the push for school consolidation under the mantra that ...

Obama should reach out to poor, white, aging and rural (PWAR) communities, says Kentucky writer

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President Obama needs to live up to his "uniter" reputation and reach out to poor, white, aging and rural communities, Sylvia Love...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Reversing Bush policy, Obama eases requests for records under Freedom of Information Act

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President Barack Obama this afternoon reversed Bush Administration policies that limited freedom of information. "The disclosure rules ...

Obama stops federal rulemakings for reviews

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"President Barack Obama's new administration ordered all federal agencies and departments on Tuesday to stop any pending regulation...

How about using stimulus to prevent forest fires?

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Members of the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition have found another way to use stimulus money to help rural America. They "have ...

EPA study looks to reduce E. coli in Ohio River

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Six states that border the Ohio River are joining an Environmental Protection Agency study which is trying to identify and reduce unsafe le...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

How to sustain agriculture in urbanizing counties?

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"Sustaining Agriculture in Urbanizing Counties," a report released Dec. 16, "sought to identify conditions under which farmin...

Ky. walking horse board ousts dubious members

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"Members of the Kentucky Walking Horse Association have ousted from their board a controversial former president and vice president wh...

Several horse issues will face the new Congress

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With the start of the 111th Congress, many in the horse industry are wondering what steps the lawmakers will take on equine issues. The new ...

Newspapers' battle to keep legal-notice ads may heat up as governments look for ways to save

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The declining economy will increase local and state governments' efforts to save money by putting required public notices on government ...

After 3 years of decline, meth production is rising

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Methamphetamine production rose in 2008 after years of decline. Between 2004 and 2007, the number of meth labs discovered in the U.S. droppe...

White House may get a vegetable garden

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With today's inauguration of President Barack Obama, some are hoping he will add something to the White House -- a vegetable garden. Adv...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Seeger brings 'This Land Is Your Land' full circle

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We have long thought three things: Pete Seeger is a national treasure; Bruce Springsteen understands America and puts it to music; and ...