Coinciding with new CDC guidance, Governor Andy Beshear will be lifting the state’s mask mandate and allowing all businesses to return to full capacity next month. Karyn Czar reports.

The University of Kentucky is holding its 2021 Commencement this weekend in-person at Rupp Arena and via live stream. As WUKY’s Arlo Barnette reports, one graduate made the grade despite dealing with COVID-19 close to home.

Gov. Andy Beshear is calling the new U.S. Centers for Disease Control guidance on masks "great news" and another sign that the country is closer than ever to defeating the COVID-19 virus.

Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul debuted a new line of attack against the country's leading infectious disease expert during a hearing this week — this time dealing with the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Kentuckians donated more than $740,000 to 219 nonprofit organizations participating in the ninth annual Kentucky Gives Day online giving campaign. Danielle Clore, Executive Director of the Kentucky Non-Profit Network says the total was a welcome increase from the $652,352 raised during the 2020 event, and it the drive provided some much needed relief for cash-strapped organizations still reeling from the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about the results with WUKY's Alan Lytle.

The state of the economy seems an ever-present concern for most Americans. We chat this week with Dr. Ken Troske, the Richard W. and Janis H. Furst Endowed Chair of Economics at UK, about some of President Biden's proposals, disappointing job growth, and the extraordinary recovery of the American economy.  

Kentucky is easing restrictions on drivers delivering fuel supplies to states affected by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown.