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A task force focused on Kentucky's increasingly costly weather-related disasters wrapped up its work late last week.
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Perry County Tourism BoardAccording to the bureau of labor statistics coal mining remains among the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. Coal mining has a significantly higher fatal injury rate compared to other industries. A newly dedicated monument in downtown Hazard’s Triangle Park honors Perry County coal miners who died in the line of work and to thank their families for their service. -
Kentucky Blood CenterIn one of the closest competitions in the event’s 38-year history, Kentucky Blood Center pulled away from Tennessee’s MEDIC Regional Blood Center on Friday to win the 2025 Big Blue Crush. Kentucky prevailed with 2,143 donors over the five-day competition, edging Tennessee’s 2,018. -
James Crisp/AP/FR6426 APCollin Chandler and Kam Williams each scored 13 points to lead No. 12 Kentucky to an 88-46 win over Loyola of Maryland on Friday night. -
250 LexA new multimedia project is bringing Lexington history to life through film. -
Mark Cornelison/Mark Cornelison | UKphotoLast week, the University of Kentucky announced its "Commonwealth AI Transdisciplinary Strategy" or, CATS AI, a framework built to support a university-wide integration of AI tools and technology. WUKY's Clay Wallace speaks with one of the program's interim co-directors, Ian McClure, about what he hopes CATS AI will be able to accomplish and how questions of data safety, accountability, and intellectual property are being addressed. -
James Crisp/AP/FR6426 APThe Cats lost to Michigan State 83-66 on Tuesday in the Champions Classic in New York. UK is now 3-2 on the young season and head coach Mark Pope knows that his players need to count on one another even more than they are already.
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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PodcastsWhat happens when three arts podcast hosts get together? Will hilarity ensue? Perhaps something a bit more urbane and cerebral? You're about to find out! This week on WUKY's Open Studio Tom Musgrave talks with Jennifer Sciantarelli and Mark Mozingo, co-hosts of "The Beat: Conversations with the University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts Community," podcast. -
PodcastsThis week we've got a fresh episode of Lexington Stories, Lore and More where Alan and Fiona Young Brown, author of Secret Lexington, A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, discuss places likethe Coca Cola building on Leestown that resembles a UFO, the former Bondurant pharmacy, (now a liquor store) that was constructed as a giant mortar and pestle, and the story of downtown Lexington's Big Blue building. -
PodcastsThe University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s ACTION program has published the latest edition of its book, “Cancer in Appalachia: A Collection of Youth-told Stories, Volume Two.” The collection features fictional short stories and poems by high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky who participate in Markey’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program. Dr. Greg talks with Nathan Vanderford, Ph.D., director of the ACTION program and the book’s co-editor. -
PodcastsLex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, is back for November with an update on museum happenings and a chat with Lexington film maker and writer Jeff Hoagland. Mandy and Alan talk with Jeff about the debut of four new multimedia projects that complement LHM's “Intersections: 250 Years of Lexington History” exhibit. The premiere event, 'Discovering Lexington,' will be held this Saturday November 22nd at 11 a.m. in the Lexington Public Library's Farish Theatre.
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