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Some Kentuckians have reported hearing loud booms following last weekend’s winter storm.The rare occurrence is known as frost quake, which is essentially the ground's reaction to winter's grip. Frost quakes happen when rapidly freezing ground cracks under pressure.
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BGPD will not share their information with ICE agents, but has little control over neighboring agencies with access to their camera data. -
For the second time, efforts to bring a data center to southern Kentucky have stalled before zoning regulators. The Franklin Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday night unanimously tabled a vote on a preliminary development plan for a data storage center. -
The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to decide whether to protect an imperiled salamander found in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. -
The first medical cannabis dispensary approved in Kentucky is scheduled to reopen on Friday.The Ohio County business had to take a brief hiatus shortly after opening its doors in December. -
Despite BlueOval SK’s plans to shutter its electric vehicle battery factory in Glendale next month, workers there have officially won their union election. The National Labor Relations Board ruled Monday on the contested election.
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