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There had been some confusion about the location of God's Pantry Senior Commodities pick up location last month. We are no longer handing out commodities up at Happy Top. Senior Commodities the first Tuesday of the month 1:00 P.M. at The Lee County Cooperative Extension Service building.

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Tennessee Aquarium hatches Baby Shark in the middle of Shark Week

Jul 31, 2019

Chattanooga, Tenn. (July 31, 2019) – In a fittingly jaw-some turn of events at the height of Shark Week frenzy, the Tennessee Aquarium hatched a baby female Epaulette Shark earlier this week.

Dramatic rise in children entering foster care due to parents’ drug use, study finds

Jul 24, 2019

(CNN) – There’s been a large increase in foster care entries in the United States due to parental drug use, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.

DQ® Blizzard® Treat Sales Bring Healing and Happiness to Kids at UK Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Jul 23, 2019

Funds raised during Miracle Treat Day on Thursday, July 25 help kids treated at their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®

Funeralizing: Death Practices of Appalachia By: Rebecca D. Elswick

Jul 21, 2019

Spring is the time of naissance. Stories abound about the rituals and celebrations of spring that bind our human fates with the cycle of nature. It’s during spring that the sun teases the plants from the ground, and animals fill the barns and fields with their young. In central Appalachia, i…

Johnson County native Chris Stapleton gives back to Lexington Habitat for Humanity

Jun 28, 2019

Johnson County native Chris Stapleton and his wife Morgane donated $10,000 to Lexington Habitat for Humanity.

HCTC Nursing School ranks Number 4 in Kentucky

Jun 18, 2019

Hazard Community and Technical College’s Nursing Program has been ranked as the 4th best nursing program in Kentucky by RNCCareers.org.

AAA Forecasts Summer National Gas Price Average to Drop to $2.70

Are Americans Numbing to the Pain at the Pump?
Jun 17, 2019

AAA’s 2019 Gas Price Survey finds Americans are changing their perception of what they consider “too expensive” when it comes to filling up at the pump.

Prevent Tick-Borne Diseases While Enjoying the Outdoors

Jun 13, 2019

You’ve grabbed your water bottle, sunscreen and hat for a hike in the park or some gardening. Add a bit of tick protection to your must-have items when you head out the door for an adventure, to garden or play.

As health departments face crippling pension costs, unless lawmakers intervene, health boss promotes a new model for them

Jun 12, 2019

Under the gun of new pension rules, Kentucky's health commissioner wants local health departments to drastically cut services, but he says the departments need the legislature to give them one more reprieve from big pension bills that would put dozens of them out of business in the next 12 months.

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Commissioner Quarles Says USDA Legal Opinion Provides Certainty to Hemp Industry

USDA Opinion Affirms Hemp May Be Transported Across State Lines
Jun 8, 2019

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles issued a statement following the publication of a legal opinion from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on hemp clarifying that hemp is a legal agricultural crop that can be moved across state lines: