HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENTUCKY! IT BECAME THE 15TH STATE IN THE UNION ON JUNE 1ST, 1792, AFTER SEPARATING FROM VIRGINIA. IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES WEST OF THE ...

Arlie Russell Hochschild is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of “The Second Shift,” “Strangers in Their Own Land” and, most recently, “Stolen ...

A sculptor from Lexington and a writer living in Appalachia represent Kentucky this year in a regional arts fellowship.

Clear night skies are closer than you think. These Southern spots offer top-notch stargazing, from mountain retreats to ...

About 25 million people, or 8% of the population of the U.S., live in the Ohio River basin. The river spans 981 miles, ...

OpEd: From the engineering marvels of Dix Dam to the recreation it created, Herrington Lake celebrates its centennial.

President Trump won Kentucky in the 2024 election by more than 30 percentage points, with especially wide margins in the rural areas where Medicaid cuts would hit hardest.

As detainments and deportations cause many travellers to turn away from America, Annabel Grossman journeyed deep into the heart of Trump country to discover if tourism could be an unexpected force to ...

Kentucky often receives high marks as an affordable spot for retirees, including from another recent analysis by Retirement Living. The retirement research journal looked at the state’s favorable ...

KENTUCKY, USA — Two cities in Kentucky recently made U.S. News' Top 250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. list. Lexington was ...

Research shows that the Southern accent may be disappearing, but the author, a Southerner, argues for its values and ...