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Lexington's first major solar field development is on hold, as city council member continue to express reservations about a lease agreement with Edelen Renewables.
Local News
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Associated PressGov. Andy Beshear and Auditor Allison Ball are at odds over millions in executive branch spending — with the latter characterizing it as "extravagant" and the former describing the matter as a "political attack." -
Drew Metanchuk and Jake Manson preview this weekend in UK sports. -
Ryan Murphy/AP/FR172324 APGov. Andy Beshear gave his counter-response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency he said should be reformed from the top down. -
Josh James/WUKYA detailed city plan to formalize future conversations around expanding Lexington's Urban Service Boundary is set for a final reading tonight. -
suphamit2519The final fairness hearing wrapped up this week in the class-action lawsuit Louisville residents brought against the JBS Swift Pork plant in Butchertown. However, experts say a proposed settlement wouldn't address ongoing environmental and animal harms associated with industrial slaughterhouses. -
During Wednesday's DOJ oversight hearing, Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Department of Justice's handling of the Epstein files.
Radio Shows & Music
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Molly Tuttle stops by WUKY's Rock & Roots and joins host Joe Conkwright.Recorded live on Thursday, August 14, 2025. -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Rodney Crowell Featuring Tyler Bryant (The Twenty One Song Salute (Owed to G.G. Shinn and Cléoma Falcon)), Mt. Joy (Lucy), St Paul & the Broken Bones (Sushi And Coca Cola), Tame Impala (End Of Summer), Alison Krauss & Union Station (One Ray Of Shine), & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (Voodoo Charm)! -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Flyte Featuring Aimee Mann (Alabaster), Jade Bird (Save Your Tears), Jeff Tweedy (Enough), The Last Dinner Party (This Is The Killer Speaking), Robert Plant Featuring Suzy Dian (Everybody's Song), & Sheryl Crow & The Real Lowdown (The New Normal)!
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This week's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show featured music from Grace Jones, Trouble Funk, Klymaxx, Erykah Badu, George Clinton, Slave, Bonnie Pointer, & more! -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Goose (Your Direction), Khatumu (Fire Drill), Counting Crows (With Love From A To Z), Grant-Lee Phillips (She Knows Me), & Warren Haynes Featuring Derek Trucks (These Changes)!
Podcasts
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PodcastsFor over 60 years the Kentuckians Chorus has been entertaining and keeping barbershop harmonies alive and this week on Open Studio Tom Musgrave talks with four long-time members of the local vocal group. -
PodcastsVoting Matters, the podcast all about civic participation, is back with a fresh episode for February. Alan and Liza welcome CivicLex's Lilly Bramley and Megan Gulla for a preview of Lexington's first-ever Civic Assembly in March, and a number of other scheduled events leading up to the May primary. -
PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews writer Abigail Keam about her novels, her writing process and about beekeeping. -
PodcastsFebruary is American Heart Month, dedicated to raising awareness that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for U.S. women. Dr. Greg talks with Nouran Sorour, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine in the UK College of Medicine and cardiologist at UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart & Vascular Institute, about why heart disease is so often undiagnosed in women.
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