July 8, 2025 • 27 mins
A former state senator teases an announcement about a future political bid, members of Kentucky's federal delegation discuss the President's spending and tax cut bill, and Kentucky Edition goes On the Road to Somerset and to the "Houseboat Capital of the World."
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>> Renee (00:07):
A FORMER STATE TEASES
A RETURN TRIP TO POLITICS WHILE
ANOTHER LAWMAKER SAYS COUNT ME
OUT FOR NOW.
>> LOOK, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT
OF REASONS LOUISVILLE WILL BE A
TARGET FOR HATE GROUP PRESIDENT
LIKE THESE.
WHITE NATIONALISTS
MARCH IN KENTUCKY AND CITY
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LEADERS RESPOND.
>> YOU COULD HAVE FIRED A CANNON
DOWNTOWN AFTER 5:00 AND YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE HIT A SOUL.
HOW THE REBIRTH OF A
HISTORIC VENUE HAS BROUGHT NEW
LIFE TO AKENTUCKY CITY.
>> THEY ARE THE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND AND THEY KNOW THEIR
COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE ABLE TO CONNECT PEOPLE
WITH SERVICES.
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AND HOW UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY EXTENSION AGENTS ARE
HELPING PREPARE FOR KENTUCKY'S
NEXT WEATHER DISASTER.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
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GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON
THIS MONDAY JULY 7TH, HOPE YOU
HAD A GREAT THREE-DAY WEEKENDS
OVER THE FOURTH.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT
I'M RENEE SHAW.
KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS WERE BUSY
OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND
REACTING TO PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP'S SIGNATURE BILL OF TAX
AND SPENDING CUTS.
THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THE BIG
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BEAUTIFUL BILL INTO LAW AT THE
WHITE HOUSE AT THE FOURTH OF
JULY PICNIC.
THE 940-PAGE LEGISLATION DOES A
NUMBER OF THINGS AND ARE HERE A
FEW.
IT EXTENDS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
2017 MULTITRILLION DOLLAR TAX
CUTS IT, IT PROVIDES AFOR AN
INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT AND CUTS MEDICAID
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AND FOOD STAMPS BY MORE THAN $1
TRILLION.
BRETT GUTHRIE OF KENTUCKY'S
SECOND DISTRICT AND DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN MORGAN MCGARVEY OF
THE THIRD DISTRICT EACH HAD THIS
TO SAY ABOUT THE NEW LAW.
>> WE ALSO MADE SURE
THATTABILITIED BODIED AMERICANS
IF THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK WORK
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FOR IT.
LIKE EVERY OTHER AMERICAN HAS TO
GET UP AND WORK FOR THEIR
HEALTHCARE IT'S FAIR THAT PEOPLE
WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK DO WORK.
>> WHAT HE SOLD TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IS HE WOULDN'T TOUCH
MEDICAID NOW HE IS GIVEN THE
LARGEST MEDICAID CUT IN HISTORY.
IT WILL TAKE HEALTHCARE AWAY
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FROM I HAD CANS IN MY DISTRICT.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR IS
CRITICAL OF THE BILL.
HE APPEARED ON "CNN"'S STATE OF
THE UNION TO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPACT HE SAYS IT WILL HAVE ON
THE COMMONWEALTH.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (02:52):
IN MY
STATE ALONE, 200,000 PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO LOSE THEIR COVERAGE.
THOSE ARE 200,000 KENTUCKIANS
THAT DESERVE TO SEE A DOCTOR
WHEN THEY ARE SICK.
20,000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS WILL
LOSE THEIR JOBS.
AND WE'VE GOT UP TO 35 RURAL
HOSPITALS THAT ARE THE SECOND
BIGGEST EMPLOYER IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES THAT MAY CLOSE THEIR
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DOORS AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS OUR
ECONOMY TAKES A HUGE HIT.
AND THEN WHETHER YOU HAVE
PRIVATE INSURANCE OR MEDICAID IF
YOU LIVE IN RURAL AMERICA YOU
HAVE TO DRIVE HOURS JUST TO SEE
THE DOCTOR THAT USED TO BE IN
YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> Renee (03:27):
WE'LL TALK ABOUT
MEDICAID'S FUTURE AND HOW IT
WILL IMPACT KENTUCKY PATIENTS
AND HOSPITALS ON "KENTUCKY
TONIGHT" WITH A PANEL OF
POLICYMAKERS, HEALTHCARE
OFFICIALS AND LOBBYISTS AND WE
WANT YOU TO SEND US YOUR
QUESTIONS AND COULDN'TS TONIGHT
AT 8:00, 7 CENTRAL HERE ON KET.
>>> THIS WEEKEND, A WHITE
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NATIONALIST GROUP MADE ITS WAY
THROUGH DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE.
THE GROUP PIECEFULLY ASSEMBLED
WITH LITTLE CONFRONTATION.
AS OUR JUNE LEFFLER REPORTS
LOUISVILLE LEADERS CONDEMN THE
IDEOLOGY BEHIND THE MARCH.
>> THIS POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNT POSTED A VIDEO SATURDAY
OF MASKED PEOPLE IN LOUISVILLE
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CARRYING AMERICAN AND
CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
THE GROUP APPEARS TO BE PATRIOT
FRONT A FAR RIGHT WHITE
SUPREMACIST GROUP ACCORDING TO
WATCHDOGS AND RECORDS FROM THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
THE POLICE SAID QUOTE THIS
EVENTS UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNING
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POSED NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC
AND HAD NO IMPACT ON TRAFFIC OR
OTHER OPERATIONS IN THE CITY.
THEREFORE IT IS OUR HOPE THAT
NOBODY GIVES THIS GROUP THE
COVERAGE AND ATTENTION IT IS
SEEKING.
ALTHOUGH MANY PROTESTS HAPPEN
DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE LEADERS
PUSHED BACK ON WHAT THEY SAW.
LOUISVILLE MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG
WROTE QUOTE I STRONGLY CONDEMN
THIS GROUP, THEIR MESSAGE AND
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THEIR ACTIVITY.
THEY ARE FOCUSED ON HATE AND
HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR CITY OR
ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE,
SAID QUOTE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT
THIS GROUP FELT COMFORTABLE
ENOUGH TO DISPLAY ITS VENOM ON A
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LOUISVILLE CITY STREET.
PHILLIP BAILEY SAYS THE GROUP
HAS BEEN SPOT POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN CITIES ACROSS THE NATION.
>> I THINK IT TOOK PEOPLE BY
SURPRISE THERE HAD BEEN NO HEADS
UP INITIATION OR ALERT OF THIS
PROTEST BY THE CITY AND IT GOES
BACK TO THE POP-UP STRATEGY.
LOOK, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
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REASONS LOUISVILLE WILL BE A
TARGET FOR HATE GROUPS LIKE
THESE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALREADY
CALLED OUT THE CITY AND OTHER
URBAN CENTERS FOR BEING
SANCTUARY AREAS.
THERE IS A LOT OF CRACKDOWN ON
IMMIGRATION VIA THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND GROUPS LIKE
THE PATRIOT FRONT ARE ADAMANT
AMERICAN FOR AMERICANS.
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AND WHEN THOMAS RUSSO SAYS THAT
IS ONLY WHITE AMERICANS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A VISION OF A
MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY.
OTHERS LATCHED ON TO THAT AND
YOU WILL SEE IN DIVERSE CITIES
LIKE LOUISVILLE WITH A HIGHER
BLACK AND IMMIGRANT POPULATION,
ARE GOING TO BECOME FOCAL POINTS
FOR GROUPS IN THE FUTURE.
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>> IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW MANY OF
THE MASKED MEN CAME FROM OTHER
STATES OR RIGHT HERE IN
LOUISVILLE.
THIS POSTER FOR THE GROUP WAS
SPOTTED IN LOUISVILLE WEEKS AGO.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE
LEFFLER.
THANK YOU, JUNE FOR
THAT REPORT.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS, KENTUCKY IS
SUING TO STOP WHAT THE STATE IS
CALLING AN ILLEGAL PRICE FIXING
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SCHEME INFLATING RENT PRICES
ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST REAL
PAGE A TEXAS BASED PRICING
SOFTWARE FIRM AND NINE LANDLORD
GROUPS IT'S USING A ALGORITHM TO
RECOMMEND THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE
RENT A LANDLORD COULD OFFER AND
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THE SUIT GENERAL COLEMAN SAYS
QUOTE REAL PAGE REPLACES
COMPETITION WITH COORDINATION.
IT DOES SO OPENLY AND DIRECTLY
AND REPRESENTATIVERS IN KENTUCKY
ARE LEFT PAYING THE PRICE.
END QUOTE.
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION
KENTUCKY HOUSEHOLDS ARE OCCUPY
BIDE RENTERS.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE
FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
NEARLY HALF OF THOSE RENTERS
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SPEND AT LEAST 30% OF THEIR
INCOME ON REPRESENTATIVE.
MEANWHILE STATE LAWMAKERS
CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO
ADDRESS KENTUCKY'S HOUSING
SHORTAGE A TASK FORCE FOCUSED ON
HOUSING IS MEETING THIS SUMMER
AHEAD OF THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
>>> COULD A FAMILIAR FACE BE
RETURNING TO KENTUCKY POLITICS?
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FORMER REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR
AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
CANDIDATE RALPH ALVARADO SAYS HE
WILL BE MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT
SOON ABOUT WHETHER HE WILL RUN
FOR KENTUCKY'S SIXTH DISTRICT.
THE SEAT WILL BE OPEN AS
CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR RUNS FOR
THE U.S. SENATE.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE TENNESSEE
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ALSO A
PHYSICIAN WHO STILL PRACTICES
MEDICINE IN CLARK COUNTY.
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT CAME MINUTES
AFTER SENATOR AMANDA MAYS
BLEDSOE STATE SHE WILL NOT RUN
FOR CONGRESS NEXT YEAR.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE LEXINGTON
REPUBLICAN SAID SHE WITH WAS
CONFIDENT SHE WOULD WIN THE RACE
AND ADDED NOW IS NOT THE RIGHT
TIME FOR HER AND HER FAMILY.
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SHE ADDED QUOTE A GREAT
CANDIDATE FOR THIS SEAT WILL BE
ANNOUNCING IN THE COMING DAYS
AND I'M GOING TO BE ALL IN WITH
HIM.
IN HIS STATEMENT ALVARADO SAID
WITH MY DEAR FRIEND AMANDA MAYS
BLEDSOE ANNOUNCING SHE IS NOT
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, I WANTED
TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT MY
WIFE, DAWN, AND I ARE STRONGLY
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CONSIDERING THIS RACE.
SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR EYES ON.
>>> HERE IS MORE LEXINGTON NEWS.
REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE
BILL WESLEY ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT
HE INTENDS TO RUN FOR THE STATE
SENATE.
WESLEY SERVED DISTRICT 91 SINCE
2021.
HE IS A MARINE CORPS VETERAN AND
A PASTOR AND LIVES IN ESTILL
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COUNTY.
HE WOULD BE SEEKING TO REPRESENT
DISTRICT 30, THAT COVERS,
BREATHITT, ESTILL, LEE, LESLIE,
MAGOFFIN, MORGAN, PERRY, POWELL
AND WOLFE COUNTIES.
AND IT'S CURRENTLY HELD BY
REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR BRANDON
SMITH WHO HAS SERVED IN THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE 2001.
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HE FELLLY INFENDS ON SEEKING
REELECTION.
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WE'RE TAKING "KENTUCKY EDITION"
ON THE ROAD AGAIN THIS SUMMER.
ALL THIS WEEK WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING
THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION
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PARTICULARLY SOMERSET AND
PULASKI COUNTY.
SOMERSET'S ONCE SLEEPY DOWNTOWN
NOW BOASTS NEW BUSINESSES AND
RESTAURANTS IN A THRIVING ARTS
AND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE.
THE REBIRTH STARTED WITH THE
PLAN TO BRING THE THEATER BACK
TO LIFE.
TODAY WE'RE TAKING YOU THERE FOR
OUR SEGMENT WE CALL MONDAYS ON
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MAIN.
>> I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW
EMPTY OUR DOWNTOWN WAS A DECADE
AGO.
YOU COULD HAVE FIRED A CANNON
THROUGH DOWNTOWN AFTER 5:00 AND
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HIT A SOUL.
COMMUNITY LEADERS WOULD
DISCOURAGE YOU FOR SETTING UP A
BUSINESS DOWNTOWN THEY WOULD
PUSH YOU TOWARDS 27.
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IT WAS STILL WE WERE KNOWN FOR.
WHEN PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE A LOT
OF TIMES, THEY GO OUT ON THE
LAKE AND IT'S HARD TO GET THEM
OFF THE LAKE.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM OPTIONS TO
EXPLORE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
THOSE OPTIONS AND THE ONES WE
HAD WERE POORLY MARKETED.
>> STARTING IN 2019 OUR MAYOR
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HAD A VISION TO REVITALIZE
DOWNTOWN THROUGH COMMUNITY
EVENTS, ARTS, AND BUSINESS.
>> WE WANTED TO RESTORE THE
SENSE OF COMMUNITY MAKING SURE
THAT IT BECAME A PLACE THAT
WASN'T JUST A PHYSICAL
DESTINATION BUT A FEELING AND
SENSE OF BELONGING.
>> WE STARTED WITH THE FARMERS
MARKET AND WE DIDN'T THROW UP A
SHED WE DID INDOOR OUTDOOR, ROLL
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UP GARAGE DOORS IT IS AN EVENT
VENUE AND LAST YEAR WE HAD CLOSE
TO 300 EVENTS, INCLUDING THE
WEEKLY PEAKER.
ANOTHER STAPLE IN INVESTMENT WAS
THE VIRGINIA THEATER.
100-YEAR-OLD THEATER THAT WAS
SHUTTERED FOR 27 YEARS.
I HEARD MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD
LET'S SAVE THE VIRGINIA.
SO WE MADE A DECISION TO CREATE
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A MULTIUSE, INDOOR EVENT SPACE
THAT COULD DO EVERYTHING FROM
HOSTING PLAYS, LIVE MUSIC,
FUNDRAISERS, GALAS, LIVE THEATER
AND IT'S BEEN A HOME RUN.
>> WE KNEW THIS MIXED-USE VENUE
COULD BE PER PERCEIVED AS AN
ANCHOR POINT AND WITH THAT YOU
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WOULD SEE OTHER THINGS.
RESTAURANTS, BARS, AFTER 5
ESTABLISHMENTS.
FEW WERE HERE PRIOR TO THE
REVITALIZATION OF THE VIRGINIA
THEATER.
>> 2018 WE HAD ONE RESTAURANT
ONE RETAIL BUSINESS.
AND NOW WE HAVE OVER 15 BOUTIQUE
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RESTAURANT, ENTERTAINMENT
OPTIONS.
>> WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF NEW
BUSINESSES.
AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SECOND
AND THIRD LOCATIONS FROM
BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING INTO
OUR COMMUNITY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M
MOST PROUD OF IS THE MAJORITY OF
THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HAVE
CHOSEN TO LOCATE IN DOWNTOWN ARE
FEMALE OWNED AND OPERATED.
MOST FAMILY BUSINESSES.
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WE'VE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT
WHERE IT'S NOT JUST THE GOOD OLD
BOYS EVERYBODY CAN THRIVE AND
SUCCEED.
>> THE MAYOR APPROACHED US 2019,
HE KNEW WE WERE LOOKING FOR A
SECONDARY LOCATION FOR OUR
RESTAURANT AND HE SAID, HEY WHAT
ABOUT COMING DOWNTOWN.
SO WE LOOKED AT IT.
THERE WASN'T A LOT DOWN HERE AT
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THE TIME.
AND WE TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH AND
WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, PRAYED
ABOUT IT, AND IT WORKED OUT.
SINCE THEN, OUR DECISION TO OPEN
UP THE OTHER BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN
WAS JUST BEING PART OF
SOMETHING.
THEY'VE BROUGHT THE VIRGINIA
THEATER IN AND THAT'S BEEN A
GREAT DRAW TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
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WHETHER OR NOT THEY EVEN HAPPEN
TO GO INTO THE EXAM THEY DAY
THEY SEE IT AND I WILL COME
ANOTHER TIME AND STOP IN AND
HAVE DINNER BEFORE THEY GO TO
THE VIRGINIA OR COME TO THE END
MALDEN HOUND AFTER THE EVENT.
BRINGING MORE THINGS TO THE AREA
AND EVENTS BRINGING MORE TRAFFIC
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TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA HELPS ALL
BUSINESSES.
>> WE LIVE IN AN INCREDIBLY
DIVISIVE TIME AND MY FOCUS HAS
BEEN ON WHAT CAN WE DO THAT DOES
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS WAS
FREE FESTIVALS AN EVENT THAT ALL
ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS COULD COME
TO.
>> FOOD, MUSIC, ART THINGS THAT
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BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> WE BUILT THOSE FESTIVALS
AROUND THOSE THREE PRINCIPLES.
FOOD WAS OUR FIRST WE FOCUSED ON
THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT'S THE BIG
THING ACROSS THE NATION.
SO WE WANTED TO DO OUR OWN
VERSION OF THAT WITH ALL OF OUR
UNIQUE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY OUR
FALL FESTIVAL CALLED THE
MOONLIGHT FESTIVAL AND THAT IS
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WHERE WE DO THE BIG STAGE IN
FOUNTAIN SQUARE AND BRING IN
MUSIC FOR THE DAY.
WE HAVE OUR MASTER MUSICIANS
FESTIVAL WITH OVER 30 YEARS.
THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE HERE IN
SOMERSET, KENTUCKY AND IT
CONTINUES TO GROW AND JUST BE A
HIGHLIGHT OF WHO WE ARE.
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>> HORSE SOLDIER BOURBON THAT IS
ANOTHER HUGE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
THE URBAN STILL HOUSE, WHICH IS
PART OF THE HORSE SOLDIER
DISTILLERY, IT WOULDN'T BE HERE
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE DISTILLERY
COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WE'RE HERE TO TELL THE STORY
OF THE HORSE SOLDIERS WHEN YOU
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WALK IN THE DOOR WE ARE TELLING
THEIR STORY.
WE GOT HERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO
BUT IT'S BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE
THING TO WATCH THIS TOWN GROW
AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US
BECAUSE THE DISTILLERY IS NOT
OPEN YET.
ON THEIR OWN ACCORD PEOPLE ARE
FINDING OUT ABOUT SOMERSET,
SLOWLY BUT SURELY AND IT'S BEEN
SO GREAT.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT OUR POPULATION
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GROWTH IN SOMERSET, IT OUTPACED
THE REST OF THE STATE BY DOUBLE
IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN SOMERSET,
IN PULASKI COUNTY.
>> QUALITY OF LIFE IS WHAT IT'S
ABOUT AND THAT IS WHY PEOPLE
STAY.
OUR COMMUNITY IS ONE OF A KIND.
AND I THINK IT'S SPECIAL AND AS
LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO TELL OUR
SOMERSET STORY, WE WILL CONTINUE
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TO GROW.
AND OUR THANKS TO ECHO
GAMEL FOR THAT STORY.
IT'S CALLED THE CROWN JEWEL OF
KENTUCKY AND BEARS THE TITLE
"HOUSEBOAT CAPITAL OF THE
WORLD".
LAKE CUMBERLAND IN SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
AND MOST VISITED LAKES IN THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES.
FIVE COUNTIES, CLINTON, RUSSELL
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WAYNE, PULASKI AND LAUREL BORDER
LAKE CUMBERLAND.
IT DRAWS MORE VISITORS THAN
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK AND
ALMOST HAS HAS MANY AS THE GRAND
CANYON AND THE COMMUNITIES
AROUND IT ARE RIDING A WAVE OF
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
WE CONTINUE OUR ROAD TRIP THIS
TIME TO LAKE CUMBERLAND.
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>> LAKE CUMBERLAND'S UNIQUE
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BECAUSE OF ITS SHEER SIZE.
IT'S OVER 1250 MILES LONG AND
SOME PARTS OF THE LAKE YOU CAN
FIND IT A MILE WIDE.
YOU CAN FIND A COVE AND NOT SEE
ANYBODY OR MEET ALL THE NEW
PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES.
FOLKS LOVE OUR HOSPITALITY.
WE'RE FROM THE SOUTH.
PEOPLE LOVE HOW WE TREAT THEM
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AND AND HOW THEY ARE TREATED.
WE GET FOUR MILLION VISITORS A
YEAR AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT IS DURING THE SUMMERTIME
BECAUSE THAT IS THE PLACE TO
COME.
WE HAVE BOATING, WE'VE GOT
FISHING, WE'VE GOT WAKE
BOARDING, HOUSEBOATING WE HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING FOR
EVERYBODY.
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THERE'S FIVE COUNTIES THAT
SURROUND LAKE CUMBERLAND.
WHEN YOU ARE ON THE LAKE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNTY IS
THERE'S NO COUNTY LINES ON THE
LAKE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT HAS
GROWN BY $27 MILLION FROM 2018
TO CURRENT.
AN AVERAGE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS
$150 MILLION JUST FOR PULASKI
COUNTY.
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AND IT IS GROWING ALL THE TIME.
AND WE WORK AS A REGION.
WE HAVE TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS
OUT.
BECAUSE IF THEY ARE COMING AND
GOING TO CONNELLY BOTTOM RESORT
LOCATED IN WAYNE COUNTY THEY ARE
COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY AND
THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO STAY
WITH US AND SPEND THEIR MONEY
WITH US AS WELL AS IN WAYNE
COUNTY.
WE ALWAYS TRY TO MARKET EACH
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OTHER AS A REGION AND AS
TOGETHER.
THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS THAT COME
TO US ARE FROM THE NORTHERN
AREA, OHIO, INDIANA,
PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN.
WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS WHEN I PULL
INTO A PARKING LOT AND LOOK AT
THE DIFFERENT LICENSE PLATES.
WE'VE SEEN THEM FROM ALASKA AND
SEEN THEM FROM ARIZONA, FROM NEW
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YORK CITY, WE'VE SEEN THEM FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHAT I ENJOY.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO BIG.
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE LET'S BE A
GATLIN BERG.
I THINK OUR SIZE IS GOOD WE WANT
TO BRING PEOPLE TO LIVE
HERE AND BRING THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR TOURISTS TO SEE HOW
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WONDERFUL OUR PLACE IS.
AND IT'S WONDERFUL,
INDEED.
IT TOOK AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO
CREATE WHAT WE KNOW AS LAKE
CUMBERLAND.
THE MAN MADE LAKE DATES BACK TO
THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT OF 1938.
AND LATER THE RIVERS AND HARBORS
ACT OF 1946.
AS OUR LAURA ROGERS EXPLAINS
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TODAY'S MECCA FOR RECREATION AND
TOURISM TOOK A GREAT DEAL OF
PLANNING THAT BEGAN NEARLY A
CENTURY AGO.
>> BACK IN THE 20s AND THE
30s, THE FIRST THOUGHTS WERE
TO BUILD A DAM ACROSS WOLF
CREEK.
>> CONSTRUCTION OF THAT DAM
WOULD HAPPEN ON THE CUMBERLAND
RIVER IN RUSSELL COUNTY STARTING
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AROUND THE TIME OF WORLD WAR II.
>> IT ALL SORTS OF ARCHITECTS,
ENGINEERS, REAL ESTATE OFFICERS,
THERE IS A TON OF PLANNING THAT
IS GOING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE PROJECT BEFORE ANY SHOVEL
HITS THE GROUND.
>> WOLF CREEK DAM WAS COMPLETED
IN THE EARLY 1950s.
>> AND THAT CREATED THIS
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RESERVOIR AND WE REFER TO IT AS
LAKE CUMBERLAND.
>> THE CREATION OF THE LAKE DID
COME WITH THE LOSS OF SMALL
TOWNS IN THE BOTTOM LANDS.
>> THERE'S NO WAY TO NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMUNITIES THAT
WERE INUNDATED BY THE IMPOUNDED
WATERS.
>> ONE OF THOSE SUBMERGED
COMMUNITIES CALLED BURNSIDE
EXISTS TODAY.
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ON HIGHER GROUND.
>> AND THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY THRIVING COMMUNITY.
>> THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT SPANS
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
>> THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IS
GREAT.
>> "USA TODAY" NAMED LAKE
CUMBERLAND AMONG THE 10 BEST
LAKES IN THE COUNTRY.
>> THE SECRET'S OUT.
SO IT'S NO LONGER A HIDDEN GEM
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PER SE.
>> TO BE FAIR IT'S HARD TO STAY
HIDDEN WHEN YOU HAVE 1255 MILES
OF SHORELINE.
>> WHICH IS LONGER THAN THE
SHORELINE OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
>> AND A CAPACITY OF MORE THAN
SIX MILLION ACRE FEET OF WATER.
>> THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 30
MILLION OLYMPIC SIZED SWIMMING
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POOLS IN THIS RESERVOIR.
>> THAT IS A LOT OF WATER.
AND IN 2007 SIGNS OF SEEPAGE LED
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
TO DO AN EMERGENCY DRAWDOWN
WHICH LED TO ANOTHER DISCOVERY.
>> WE DID FIND LOTS OF ARTIFACTS
DURING THE DRAWDOWN AND THE
LOCATIONS AND IDENTIFICATION OF
THOSE ARTIFACTS IS NOT RELEASED
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TO THE PUBLIC FOR THAT SPECIFIC
REASON, TO PRESERVE IT FOR THE
GREATER STUDY AND THE GREATER
KNOWLEDGE OF PROTECTING OUR
PAST.
>> A PAST THAT HAS MADE WAY FOR
A FRUITFUL FUTURE WITH
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND
INVESTMENT THE LAKE IS HOME TO
10 MARINAS.
>> BOATERS CAN TIE-UP.
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AND HAVE A GREAT DINNER.
SUNSET DINNER WATCHING THE
SUNSET ACROSS THE LAKE.
IT IS A NEAT EXPERIENCE.
>> THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
COLLABORATES WITH KENTUCKY STATE
PARKS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE AND TOURISM COMMISSIONS
WHO USED GRANT FUNDING TO PUT
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THE SIGNS ON THE LAKE.
>> IT HELPS OUR VISITORS
COMMUNICATE WHERE THEY ARE ON A
LAKE THAT IS 101 MILES LONG AND
IN SOME CASES, FROM SHORELINE TO
SHORELINE, IS A MILE ACROSS.
>> IT ALL ADDS UP TO A UNIQUELY
KENTUCKY EXPERIENCE APPRECIATING
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE
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PLACE WE CALL HOME.
>> AT LAKE CUMBERLAND, YOU CAN
GO AND FIND YOUR OWN PRIVATE
LITTLE COVE, COMPLETELY WOODED,
SURROUNDED BY BIRD SONG AND HAVE
THE WHOLE AREA TO YOURSELF.
AND IT TRULY IS A GETAWAY.
>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M
LAURA ROGERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
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LAURA.
LAKE CUMBERLAND IS ALSO A
POPULAR FISHING SPOT AND THE
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE INCLUDED THE LAKE IN
ITS FISH HABITAT IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS SAYS IT IS A
COLLABORATION BETWEEN STATE AND
FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM THE
REGION ALL WEEK LONG AS
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"KENTUCKY EDITION" GOES ON THE
ROAD.
[♪♪]
FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING FLOODS
AND TORNADOES THAT IMPACTED THE
COMMONWEALTH IN THE LAST FOUR
YEARS, THE UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY EXTENSION AGENTS
SERVICE PARTNERED WITH KENTUCKY
STATE UNIVERSITY FOR A TEAM
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INITIATIVE TO HELP TO RESPOND TO
DISASTERS.
THE HOPE IS THAT AGENTS WILL BE
ABLE TO USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES TO ASSIST
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
RESPONDING TO CRISIS.
>> THE EXTENSION AGENTS
OFTENTIMES SERVE AS KIND OF
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INTERMEDIARIORS AMBASSADORS FOR
OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT COME INTO
THE COUNTY AND WANT TO HELP.
SO THEY ARE THE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND.
THEY KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE ABLE TO CONNECT PEOPLE
WITH SERVICES.
SO THEIR RECEPTION HAS ALWAYS
BEEN POSITIVE.
THEY ARE A PART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
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WE REALIZED WE NEEDED MORE OF A
SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO WHEN THESE
THINGS WEATHER EVENTS HAPPEN.
THEY ARE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN.
WE'VE MADE AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE
OUR EXTENSION AGENTS ACROSS THE
STATE ON WHAT THEIR ROLES SHOULD
BE IF AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT
HAPPENS IN THEIR COUNTY.
WE'VE DONE THAT.
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WE'VE HAD A DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS CONFERENCE FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN THE FINAL STEP THAT
WE'VE TAKEN SO FAR, IS THE
CREATION OF REGIONAL EXTENSION
STRIKE TEAMS.
AND SO THESE STRIKE TEAM MEMBERS
THEIR ROLE IS TO GO TO AN
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IMPACTED COUNTY AND HELP THOSE
EXTENSION AGENTS THERE TAKING
OVER THEIR DAILY DUTIES AND
ROLES FREEING UP THE IMPACTED
COUNTIES EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
AND STAFF TO GO AND HELP WITH
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WITH
RECOVERY AND DONATIONS
MANAGEMENT AND MEAL PREPARATION
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AND THOSE THINGS THAT AGENTS DO
WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS.
OUR EMPLOYEES AT THE HEART OF
EVERYTHING THEY DO, THEY ARE
THERE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND
THE COMMUNITY THEY WORK IN.
AND THEIR NORMAL ROLES IT MIGHT
BE TALKING ABOUT CANNING OR IT
MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT HELPING A
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PRODUCER GET THE MAXIMUM OUT OF
THEIR CROP YIELDS OR THEIR
LIVESTOCK GAIN.
WHEN DISASTERS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW,
THEY CAN TAKE BITS AND PIECES OF
ALL THIS AND THEN JUMP IN AND
HELP IN NOT THEIR EVERYDAY ROLE
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BUT AN IMPORTANT ROLES IN
RECOVERY.
FINALLY TONIGHT LEARN
ABOUT TWO PRESIDENTS, A SOFT
DRINK AND KENTUCKY'S OFFICIAL
STATE FRUIT AS OUR TOBY GIBBS
GIVES US A LOOK BACK AT THIS
WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.
[♪♪]
>> PRESIDENT TAYLOR DIED IN
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OFFICE ON JULY 9TH, 1850.
HE HAD KENTUCKY CONNECTIONS.
TAYLOR'S FAMILY MOVED FROM
VIRGINIA TO THE LOUISVILLE AREA
OF KENTUCKY WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
HE LIVED THERE UNTIL HE JOINED
THE ARMY IN 1808.
AND HE'S BURIED IN LOUISVILLE IN
A CEMETERY NOW KNOWN AS THE
ZACHARY TAYLOR NATIONAL
CEMETERY.
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>>> PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT VISITED COVINGTON'S
RACETRACK ON JULY 8, 1938 AS HE
CAMPAIGNED FOR SENATORIAL VIN
BARCLAY'S RENOMINATION BY THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
BARCLAY FACED THE GOVERNOR
BARCLAY WON.
>>> KENTUCKY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SPOKE TO MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE
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AT AN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
RALLY AT THE U.S. CAPITOL ON
JULY 9TH, 1978.
>>> SOFT DRINK MAKER GL WAYNE
SCOTT INTRODUCED ONE OF
KENTUCKY'S SIGNATURE DRINKS ON
JULY 13, 1926.
ALE 81 IS A PUNISH BASED ON A
LATE ONE AND THE WINNING ENTRY
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IN THE NAME THE DRINK CONTEST.
>>> ON JULY 13TH, 2004, KENTUCKY
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THE
BLACKBERRY AS THE OFFICIAL STATE
FRUIT.
AND THAT IS A LOOK BACK AT THIS
WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY I'M
TOBY GIBBS.
THANKS.
AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR US
TONIGHT.
I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT
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FROM SOMERSET AT 6:30 EASTERN
5:30 CENTRAL ON "KENTUCKY
EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM CONNECT
AND INSPIRE.
UNTIL I SEE YOU THEN TAKE REALLY
GOOD CARE.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
[♪♪]
[♪♪]
>> Renee (00:07):
A FORMER STATE TEASES
A RETURN TRIP TO POLITICS WHILE
ANOTHER LAWMAKER SAYS COUNT ME
OUT FOR NOW.
>> LOOK, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT
OF REASONS LOUISVILLE WILL BE A
TARGET FOR HATE GROUP PRESIDENT
LIKE THESE.
WHITE NATIONALISTS
MARCH IN KENTUCKY AND CITY
(00:28):
LEADERS RESPOND.
>> YOU COULD HAVE FIRED A CANNON
DOWNTOWN AFTER 5:00 AND YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE HIT A SOUL.
HOW THE REBIRTH OF A
HISTORIC VENUE HAS BROUGHT NEW
LIFE TO AKENTUCKY CITY.
>> THEY ARE THE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND AND THEY KNOW THEIR
COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE ABLE TO CONNECT PEOPLE
WITH SERVICES.
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AND HOW UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY EXTENSION AGENTS ARE
HELPING PREPARE FOR KENTUCKY'S
NEXT WEATHER DISASTER.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
[♪♪]
(01:15):
GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON
THIS MONDAY JULY 7TH, HOPE YOU
HAD A GREAT THREE-DAY WEEKENDS
OVER THE FOURTH.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT
I'M RENEE SHAW.
KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS WERE BUSY
OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND
REACTING TO PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP'S SIGNATURE BILL OF TAX
AND SPENDING CUTS.
THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THE BIG
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BEAUTIFUL BILL INTO LAW AT THE
WHITE HOUSE AT THE FOURTH OF
JULY PICNIC.
THE 940-PAGE LEGISLATION DOES A
NUMBER OF THINGS AND ARE HERE A
FEW.
IT EXTENDS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
2017 MULTITRILLION DOLLAR TAX
CUTS IT, IT PROVIDES AFOR AN
INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT AND CUTS MEDICAID
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AND FOOD STAMPS BY MORE THAN $1
TRILLION.
BRETT GUTHRIE OF KENTUCKY'S
SECOND DISTRICT AND DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN MORGAN MCGARVEY OF
THE THIRD DISTRICT EACH HAD THIS
TO SAY ABOUT THE NEW LAW.
>> WE ALSO MADE SURE
THATTABILITIED BODIED AMERICANS
IF THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK WORK
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FOR IT.
LIKE EVERY OTHER AMERICAN HAS TO
GET UP AND WORK FOR THEIR
HEALTHCARE IT'S FAIR THAT PEOPLE
WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK DO WORK.
>> WHAT HE SOLD TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IS HE WOULDN'T TOUCH
MEDICAID NOW HE IS GIVEN THE
LARGEST MEDICAID CUT IN HISTORY.
IT WILL TAKE HEALTHCARE AWAY
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FROM I HAD CANS IN MY DISTRICT.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR IS
CRITICAL OF THE BILL.
HE APPEARED ON "CNN"'S STATE OF
THE UNION TO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPACT HE SAYS IT WILL HAVE ON
THE COMMONWEALTH.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (02:52):
IN MY
STATE ALONE, 200,000 PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO LOSE THEIR COVERAGE.
THOSE ARE 200,000 KENTUCKIANS
THAT DESERVE TO SEE A DOCTOR
WHEN THEY ARE SICK.
20,000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS WILL
LOSE THEIR JOBS.
AND WE'VE GOT UP TO 35 RURAL
HOSPITALS THAT ARE THE SECOND
BIGGEST EMPLOYER IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES THAT MAY CLOSE THEIR
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DOORS AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS OUR
ECONOMY TAKES A HUGE HIT.
AND THEN WHETHER YOU HAVE
PRIVATE INSURANCE OR MEDICAID IF
YOU LIVE IN RURAL AMERICA YOU
HAVE TO DRIVE HOURS JUST TO SEE
THE DOCTOR THAT USED TO BE IN
YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> Renee (03:27):
WE'LL TALK ABOUT
MEDICAID'S FUTURE AND HOW IT
WILL IMPACT KENTUCKY PATIENTS
AND HOSPITALS ON "KENTUCKY
TONIGHT" WITH A PANEL OF
POLICYMAKERS, HEALTHCARE
OFFICIALS AND LOBBYISTS AND WE
WANT YOU TO SEND US YOUR
QUESTIONS AND COULDN'TS TONIGHT
AT 8:00, 7 CENTRAL HERE ON KET.
>>> THIS WEEKEND, A WHITE
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NATIONALIST GROUP MADE ITS WAY
THROUGH DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE.
THE GROUP PIECEFULLY ASSEMBLED
WITH LITTLE CONFRONTATION.
AS OUR JUNE LEFFLER REPORTS
LOUISVILLE LEADERS CONDEMN THE
IDEOLOGY BEHIND THE MARCH.
>> THIS POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNT POSTED A VIDEO SATURDAY
OF MASKED PEOPLE IN LOUISVILLE
(04:09):
CARRYING AMERICAN AND
CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
THE GROUP APPEARS TO BE PATRIOT
FRONT A FAR RIGHT WHITE
SUPREMACIST GROUP ACCORDING TO
WATCHDOGS AND RECORDS FROM THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
THE POLICE SAID QUOTE THIS
EVENTS UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNING
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POSED NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC
AND HAD NO IMPACT ON TRAFFIC OR
OTHER OPERATIONS IN THE CITY.
THEREFORE IT IS OUR HOPE THAT
NOBODY GIVES THIS GROUP THE
COVERAGE AND ATTENTION IT IS
SEEKING.
ALTHOUGH MANY PROTESTS HAPPEN
DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE LEADERS
PUSHED BACK ON WHAT THEY SAW.
LOUISVILLE MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG
WROTE QUOTE I STRONGLY CONDEMN
THIS GROUP, THEIR MESSAGE AND
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THEIR ACTIVITY.
THEY ARE FOCUSED ON HATE AND
HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR CITY OR
ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE,
SAID QUOTE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT
THIS GROUP FELT COMFORTABLE
ENOUGH TO DISPLAY ITS VENOM ON A
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LOUISVILLE CITY STREET.
PHILLIP BAILEY SAYS THE GROUP
HAS BEEN SPOT POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN CITIES ACROSS THE NATION.
>> I THINK IT TOOK PEOPLE BY
SURPRISE THERE HAD BEEN NO HEADS
UP INITIATION OR ALERT OF THIS
PROTEST BY THE CITY AND IT GOES
BACK TO THE POP-UP STRATEGY.
LOOK, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
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REASONS LOUISVILLE WILL BE A
TARGET FOR HATE GROUPS LIKE
THESE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALREADY
CALLED OUT THE CITY AND OTHER
URBAN CENTERS FOR BEING
SANCTUARY AREAS.
THERE IS A LOT OF CRACKDOWN ON
IMMIGRATION VIA THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND GROUPS LIKE
THE PATRIOT FRONT ARE ADAMANT
AMERICAN FOR AMERICANS.
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AND WHEN THOMAS RUSSO SAYS THAT
IS ONLY WHITE AMERICANS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A VISION OF A
MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY.
OTHERS LATCHED ON TO THAT AND
YOU WILL SEE IN DIVERSE CITIES
LIKE LOUISVILLE WITH A HIGHER
BLACK AND IMMIGRANT POPULATION,
ARE GOING TO BECOME FOCAL POINTS
FOR GROUPS IN THE FUTURE.
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>> IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW MANY OF
THE MASKED MEN CAME FROM OTHER
STATES OR RIGHT HERE IN
LOUISVILLE.
THIS POSTER FOR THE GROUP WAS
SPOTTED IN LOUISVILLE WEEKS AGO.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE
LEFFLER.
THANK YOU, JUNE FOR
THAT REPORT.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS, KENTUCKY IS
SUING TO STOP WHAT THE STATE IS
CALLING AN ILLEGAL PRICE FIXING
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SCHEME INFLATING RENT PRICES
ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST REAL
PAGE A TEXAS BASED PRICING
SOFTWARE FIRM AND NINE LANDLORD
GROUPS IT'S USING A ALGORITHM TO
RECOMMEND THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE
RENT A LANDLORD COULD OFFER AND
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THE SUIT GENERAL COLEMAN SAYS
QUOTE REAL PAGE REPLACES
COMPETITION WITH COORDINATION.
IT DOES SO OPENLY AND DIRECTLY
AND REPRESENTATIVERS IN KENTUCKY
ARE LEFT PAYING THE PRICE.
END QUOTE.
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION
KENTUCKY HOUSEHOLDS ARE OCCUPY
BIDE RENTERS.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE
FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
NEARLY HALF OF THOSE RENTERS
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SPEND AT LEAST 30% OF THEIR
INCOME ON REPRESENTATIVE.
MEANWHILE STATE LAWMAKERS
CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO
ADDRESS KENTUCKY'S HOUSING
SHORTAGE A TASK FORCE FOCUSED ON
HOUSING IS MEETING THIS SUMMER
AHEAD OF THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
>>> COULD A FAMILIAR FACE BE
RETURNING TO KENTUCKY POLITICS?
(07:41):
FORMER REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR
AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
CANDIDATE RALPH ALVARADO SAYS HE
WILL BE MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT
SOON ABOUT WHETHER HE WILL RUN
FOR KENTUCKY'S SIXTH DISTRICT.
THE SEAT WILL BE OPEN AS
CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR RUNS FOR
THE U.S. SENATE.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE TENNESSEE
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ALSO A
PHYSICIAN WHO STILL PRACTICES
MEDICINE IN CLARK COUNTY.
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT CAME MINUTES
AFTER SENATOR AMANDA MAYS
BLEDSOE STATE SHE WILL NOT RUN
FOR CONGRESS NEXT YEAR.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE LEXINGTON
REPUBLICAN SAID SHE WITH WAS
CONFIDENT SHE WOULD WIN THE RACE
AND ADDED NOW IS NOT THE RIGHT
TIME FOR HER AND HER FAMILY.
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SHE ADDED QUOTE A GREAT
CANDIDATE FOR THIS SEAT WILL BE
ANNOUNCING IN THE COMING DAYS
AND I'M GOING TO BE ALL IN WITH
HIM.
IN HIS STATEMENT ALVARADO SAID
WITH MY DEAR FRIEND AMANDA MAYS
BLEDSOE ANNOUNCING SHE IS NOT
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, I WANTED
TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT MY
WIFE, DAWN, AND I ARE STRONGLY
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CONSIDERING THIS RACE.
SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR EYES ON.
>>> HERE IS MORE LEXINGTON NEWS.
REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE
BILL WESLEY ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT
HE INTENDS TO RUN FOR THE STATE
SENATE.
WESLEY SERVED DISTRICT 91 SINCE
2021.
HE IS A MARINE CORPS VETERAN AND
A PASTOR AND LIVES IN ESTILL
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COUNTY.
HE WOULD BE SEEKING TO REPRESENT
DISTRICT 30, THAT COVERS,
BREATHITT, ESTILL, LEE, LESLIE,
MAGOFFIN, MORGAN, PERRY, POWELL
AND WOLFE COUNTIES.
AND IT'S CURRENTLY HELD BY
REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR BRANDON
SMITH WHO HAS SERVED IN THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE 2001.
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HE FELLLY INFENDS ON SEEKING
REELECTION.
[♪♪]
WE'RE TAKING "KENTUCKY EDITION"
ON THE ROAD AGAIN THIS SUMMER.
ALL THIS WEEK WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING
THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION
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PARTICULARLY SOMERSET AND
PULASKI COUNTY.
SOMERSET'S ONCE SLEEPY DOWNTOWN
NOW BOASTS NEW BUSINESSES AND
RESTAURANTS IN A THRIVING ARTS
AND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE.
THE REBIRTH STARTED WITH THE
PLAN TO BRING THE THEATER BACK
TO LIFE.
TODAY WE'RE TAKING YOU THERE FOR
OUR SEGMENT WE CALL MONDAYS ON
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MAIN.
>> I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW
EMPTY OUR DOWNTOWN WAS A DECADE
AGO.
YOU COULD HAVE FIRED A CANNON
THROUGH DOWNTOWN AFTER 5:00 AND
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HIT A SOUL.
COMMUNITY LEADERS WOULD
DISCOURAGE YOU FOR SETTING UP A
BUSINESS DOWNTOWN THEY WOULD
PUSH YOU TOWARDS 27.
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IT WAS STILL WE WERE KNOWN FOR.
WHEN PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE A LOT
OF TIMES, THEY GO OUT ON THE
LAKE AND IT'S HARD TO GET THEM
OFF THE LAKE.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM OPTIONS TO
EXPLORE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
THOSE OPTIONS AND THE ONES WE
HAD WERE POORLY MARKETED.
>> STARTING IN 2019 OUR MAYOR
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HAD A VISION TO REVITALIZE
DOWNTOWN THROUGH COMMUNITY
EVENTS, ARTS, AND BUSINESS.
>> WE WANTED TO RESTORE THE
SENSE OF COMMUNITY MAKING SURE
THAT IT BECAME A PLACE THAT
WASN'T JUST A PHYSICAL
DESTINATION BUT A FEELING AND
SENSE OF BELONGING.
>> WE STARTED WITH THE FARMERS
MARKET AND WE DIDN'T THROW UP A
SHED WE DID INDOOR OUTDOOR, ROLL
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UP GARAGE DOORS IT IS AN EVENT
VENUE AND LAST YEAR WE HAD CLOSE
TO 300 EVENTS, INCLUDING THE
WEEKLY PEAKER.
ANOTHER STAPLE IN INVESTMENT WAS
THE VIRGINIA THEATER.
100-YEAR-OLD THEATER THAT WAS
SHUTTERED FOR 27 YEARS.
I HEARD MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD
LET'S SAVE THE VIRGINIA.
SO WE MADE A DECISION TO CREATE
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A MULTIUSE, INDOOR EVENT SPACE
THAT COULD DO EVERYTHING FROM
HOSTING PLAYS, LIVE MUSIC,
FUNDRAISERS, GALAS, LIVE THEATER
AND IT'S BEEN A HOME RUN.
>> WE KNEW THIS MIXED-USE VENUE
COULD BE PER PERCEIVED AS AN
ANCHOR POINT AND WITH THAT YOU
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WOULD SEE OTHER THINGS.
RESTAURANTS, BARS, AFTER 5
ESTABLISHMENTS.
FEW WERE HERE PRIOR TO THE
REVITALIZATION OF THE VIRGINIA
THEATER.
>> 2018 WE HAD ONE RESTAURANT
ONE RETAIL BUSINESS.
AND NOW WE HAVE OVER 15 BOUTIQUE
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RESTAURANT, ENTERTAINMENT
OPTIONS.
>> WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF NEW
BUSINESSES.
AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SECOND
AND THIRD LOCATIONS FROM
BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING INTO
OUR COMMUNITY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M
MOST PROUD OF IS THE MAJORITY OF
THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HAVE
CHOSEN TO LOCATE IN DOWNTOWN ARE
FEMALE OWNED AND OPERATED.
MOST FAMILY BUSINESSES.
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WE'VE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT
WHERE IT'S NOT JUST THE GOOD OLD
BOYS EVERYBODY CAN THRIVE AND
SUCCEED.
>> THE MAYOR APPROACHED US 2019,
HE KNEW WE WERE LOOKING FOR A
SECONDARY LOCATION FOR OUR
RESTAURANT AND HE SAID, HEY WHAT
ABOUT COMING DOWNTOWN.
SO WE LOOKED AT IT.
THERE WASN'T A LOT DOWN HERE AT
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THE TIME.
AND WE TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH AND
WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, PRAYED
ABOUT IT, AND IT WORKED OUT.
SINCE THEN, OUR DECISION TO OPEN
UP THE OTHER BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN
WAS JUST BEING PART OF
SOMETHING.
THEY'VE BROUGHT THE VIRGINIA
THEATER IN AND THAT'S BEEN A
GREAT DRAW TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
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WHETHER OR NOT THEY EVEN HAPPEN
TO GO INTO THE EXAM THEY DAY
THEY SEE IT AND I WILL COME
ANOTHER TIME AND STOP IN AND
HAVE DINNER BEFORE THEY GO TO
THE VIRGINIA OR COME TO THE END
MALDEN HOUND AFTER THE EVENT.
BRINGING MORE THINGS TO THE AREA
AND EVENTS BRINGING MORE TRAFFIC
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TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA HELPS ALL
BUSINESSES.
>> WE LIVE IN AN INCREDIBLY
DIVISIVE TIME AND MY FOCUS HAS
BEEN ON WHAT CAN WE DO THAT DOES
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS WAS
FREE FESTIVALS AN EVENT THAT ALL
ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS COULD COME
TO.
>> FOOD, MUSIC, ART THINGS THAT
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BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> WE BUILT THOSE FESTIVALS
AROUND THOSE THREE PRINCIPLES.
FOOD WAS OUR FIRST WE FOCUSED ON
THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT'S THE BIG
THING ACROSS THE NATION.
SO WE WANTED TO DO OUR OWN
VERSION OF THAT WITH ALL OF OUR
UNIQUE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY OUR
FALL FESTIVAL CALLED THE
MOONLIGHT FESTIVAL AND THAT IS
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WHERE WE DO THE BIG STAGE IN
FOUNTAIN SQUARE AND BRING IN
MUSIC FOR THE DAY.
WE HAVE OUR MASTER MUSICIANS
FESTIVAL WITH OVER 30 YEARS.
THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE HERE IN
SOMERSET, KENTUCKY AND IT
CONTINUES TO GROW AND JUST BE A
HIGHLIGHT OF WHO WE ARE.
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>> HORSE SOLDIER BOURBON THAT IS
ANOTHER HUGE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
THE URBAN STILL HOUSE, WHICH IS
PART OF THE HORSE SOLDIER
DISTILLERY, IT WOULDN'T BE HERE
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE DISTILLERY
COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WE'RE HERE TO TELL THE STORY
OF THE HORSE SOLDIERS WHEN YOU
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WALK IN THE DOOR WE ARE TELLING
THEIR STORY.
WE GOT HERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO
BUT IT'S BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE
THING TO WATCH THIS TOWN GROW
AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US
BECAUSE THE DISTILLERY IS NOT
OPEN YET.
ON THEIR OWN ACCORD PEOPLE ARE
FINDING OUT ABOUT SOMERSET,
SLOWLY BUT SURELY AND IT'S BEEN
SO GREAT.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT OUR POPULATION
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GROWTH IN SOMERSET, IT OUTPACED
THE REST OF THE STATE BY DOUBLE
IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN SOMERSET,
IN PULASKI COUNTY.
>> QUALITY OF LIFE IS WHAT IT'S
ABOUT AND THAT IS WHY PEOPLE
STAY.
OUR COMMUNITY IS ONE OF A KIND.
AND I THINK IT'S SPECIAL AND AS
LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO TELL OUR
SOMERSET STORY, WE WILL CONTINUE
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TO GROW.
AND OUR THANKS TO ECHO
GAMEL FOR THAT STORY.
IT'S CALLED THE CROWN JEWEL OF
KENTUCKY AND BEARS THE TITLE
"HOUSEBOAT CAPITAL OF THE
WORLD".
LAKE CUMBERLAND IN SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
AND MOST VISITED LAKES IN THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES.
FIVE COUNTIES, CLINTON, RUSSELL
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WAYNE, PULASKI AND LAUREL BORDER
LAKE CUMBERLAND.
IT DRAWS MORE VISITORS THAN
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK AND
ALMOST HAS HAS MANY AS THE GRAND
CANYON AND THE COMMUNITIES
AROUND IT ARE RIDING A WAVE OF
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
WE CONTINUE OUR ROAD TRIP THIS
TIME TO LAKE CUMBERLAND.
[♪♪]
>> LAKE CUMBERLAND'S UNIQUE
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BECAUSE OF ITS SHEER SIZE.
IT'S OVER 1250 MILES LONG AND
SOME PARTS OF THE LAKE YOU CAN
FIND IT A MILE WIDE.
YOU CAN FIND A COVE AND NOT SEE
ANYBODY OR MEET ALL THE NEW
PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES.
FOLKS LOVE OUR HOSPITALITY.
WE'RE FROM THE SOUTH.
PEOPLE LOVE HOW WE TREAT THEM
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AND AND HOW THEY ARE TREATED.
WE GET FOUR MILLION VISITORS A
YEAR AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT IS DURING THE SUMMERTIME
BECAUSE THAT IS THE PLACE TO
COME.
WE HAVE BOATING, WE'VE GOT
FISHING, WE'VE GOT WAKE
BOARDING, HOUSEBOATING WE HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING FOR
EVERYBODY.
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THERE'S FIVE COUNTIES THAT
SURROUND LAKE CUMBERLAND.
WHEN YOU ARE ON THE LAKE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNTY IS
THERE'S NO COUNTY LINES ON THE
LAKE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT HAS
GROWN BY $27 MILLION FROM 2018
TO CURRENT.
AN AVERAGE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS
$150 MILLION JUST FOR PULASKI
COUNTY.
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AND IT IS GROWING ALL THE TIME.
AND WE WORK AS A REGION.
WE HAVE TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS
OUT.
BECAUSE IF THEY ARE COMING AND
GOING TO CONNELLY BOTTOM RESORT
LOCATED IN WAYNE COUNTY THEY ARE
COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY AND
THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO STAY
WITH US AND SPEND THEIR MONEY
WITH US AS WELL AS IN WAYNE
COUNTY.
WE ALWAYS TRY TO MARKET EACH
(17:53):
OTHER AS A REGION AND AS
TOGETHER.
THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS THAT COME
TO US ARE FROM THE NORTHERN
AREA, OHIO, INDIANA,
PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN.
WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS WHEN I PULL
INTO A PARKING LOT AND LOOK AT
THE DIFFERENT LICENSE PLATES.
WE'VE SEEN THEM FROM ALASKA AND
SEEN THEM FROM ARIZONA, FROM NEW
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YORK CITY, WE'VE SEEN THEM FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHAT I ENJOY.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO BIG.
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE LET'S BE A
GATLIN BERG.
I THINK OUR SIZE IS GOOD WE WANT
TO BRING PEOPLE TO LIVE
HERE AND BRING THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR TOURISTS TO SEE HOW
(18:34):
WONDERFUL OUR PLACE IS.
AND IT'S WONDERFUL,
INDEED.
IT TOOK AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO
CREATE WHAT WE KNOW AS LAKE
CUMBERLAND.
THE MAN MADE LAKE DATES BACK TO
THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT OF 1938.
AND LATER THE RIVERS AND HARBORS
ACT OF 1946.
AS OUR LAURA ROGERS EXPLAINS
(18:54):
TODAY'S MECCA FOR RECREATION AND
TOURISM TOOK A GREAT DEAL OF
PLANNING THAT BEGAN NEARLY A
CENTURY AGO.
>> BACK IN THE 20s AND THE
30s, THE FIRST THOUGHTS WERE
TO BUILD A DAM ACROSS WOLF
CREEK.
>> CONSTRUCTION OF THAT DAM
WOULD HAPPEN ON THE CUMBERLAND
RIVER IN RUSSELL COUNTY STARTING
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AROUND THE TIME OF WORLD WAR II.
>> IT ALL SORTS OF ARCHITECTS,
ENGINEERS, REAL ESTATE OFFICERS,
THERE IS A TON OF PLANNING THAT
IS GOING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE PROJECT BEFORE ANY SHOVEL
HITS THE GROUND.
>> WOLF CREEK DAM WAS COMPLETED
IN THE EARLY 1950s.
>> AND THAT CREATED THIS
(19:36):
RESERVOIR AND WE REFER TO IT AS
LAKE CUMBERLAND.
>> THE CREATION OF THE LAKE DID
COME WITH THE LOSS OF SMALL
TOWNS IN THE BOTTOM LANDS.
>> THERE'S NO WAY TO NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMUNITIES THAT
WERE INUNDATED BY THE IMPOUNDED
WATERS.
>> ONE OF THOSE SUBMERGED
COMMUNITIES CALLED BURNSIDE
EXISTS TODAY.
(19:56):
ON HIGHER GROUND.
>> AND THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY THRIVING COMMUNITY.
>> THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT SPANS
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
>> THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IS
GREAT.
>> "USA TODAY" NAMED LAKE
CUMBERLAND AMONG THE 10 BEST
LAKES IN THE COUNTRY.
>> THE SECRET'S OUT.
SO IT'S NO LONGER A HIDDEN GEM
(20:18):
PER SE.
>> TO BE FAIR IT'S HARD TO STAY
HIDDEN WHEN YOU HAVE 1255 MILES
OF SHORELINE.
>> WHICH IS LONGER THAN THE
SHORELINE OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
>> AND A CAPACITY OF MORE THAN
SIX MILLION ACRE FEET OF WATER.
>> THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 30
MILLION OLYMPIC SIZED SWIMMING
(20:39):
POOLS IN THIS RESERVOIR.
>> THAT IS A LOT OF WATER.
AND IN 2007 SIGNS OF SEEPAGE LED
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
TO DO AN EMERGENCY DRAWDOWN
WHICH LED TO ANOTHER DISCOVERY.
>> WE DID FIND LOTS OF ARTIFACTS
DURING THE DRAWDOWN AND THE
LOCATIONS AND IDENTIFICATION OF
THOSE ARTIFACTS IS NOT RELEASED
(21:00):
TO THE PUBLIC FOR THAT SPECIFIC
REASON, TO PRESERVE IT FOR THE
GREATER STUDY AND THE GREATER
KNOWLEDGE OF PROTECTING OUR
PAST.
>> A PAST THAT HAS MADE WAY FOR
A FRUITFUL FUTURE WITH
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND
INVESTMENT THE LAKE IS HOME TO
10 MARINAS.
>> BOATERS CAN TIE-UP.
(21:21):
AND HAVE A GREAT DINNER.
SUNSET DINNER WATCHING THE
SUNSET ACROSS THE LAKE.
IT IS A NEAT EXPERIENCE.
>> THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
COLLABORATES WITH KENTUCKY STATE
PARKS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE AND TOURISM COMMISSIONS
WHO USED GRANT FUNDING TO PUT
(21:43):
THE SIGNS ON THE LAKE.
>> IT HELPS OUR VISITORS
COMMUNICATE WHERE THEY ARE ON A
LAKE THAT IS 101 MILES LONG AND
IN SOME CASES, FROM SHORELINE TO
SHORELINE, IS A MILE ACROSS.
>> IT ALL ADDS UP TO A UNIQUELY
KENTUCKY EXPERIENCE APPRECIATING
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE
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PLACE WE CALL HOME.
>> AT LAKE CUMBERLAND, YOU CAN
GO AND FIND YOUR OWN PRIVATE
LITTLE COVE, COMPLETELY WOODED,
SURROUNDED BY BIRD SONG AND HAVE
THE WHOLE AREA TO YOURSELF.
AND IT TRULY IS A GETAWAY.
>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M
LAURA ROGERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
(22:23):
LAURA.
LAKE CUMBERLAND IS ALSO A
POPULAR FISHING SPOT AND THE
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE INCLUDED THE LAKE IN
ITS FISH HABITAT IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS SAYS IT IS A
COLLABORATION BETWEEN STATE AND
FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM THE
REGION ALL WEEK LONG AS
(22:43):
"KENTUCKY EDITION" GOES ON THE
ROAD.
[♪♪]
FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING FLOODS
AND TORNADOES THAT IMPACTED THE
COMMONWEALTH IN THE LAST FOUR
YEARS, THE UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY EXTENSION AGENTS
SERVICE PARTNERED WITH KENTUCKY
STATE UNIVERSITY FOR A TEAM
(23:05):
INITIATIVE TO HELP TO RESPOND TO
DISASTERS.
THE HOPE IS THAT AGENTS WILL BE
ABLE TO USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES TO ASSIST
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
RESPONDING TO CRISIS.
>> THE EXTENSION AGENTS
OFTENTIMES SERVE AS KIND OF
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INTERMEDIARIORS AMBASSADORS FOR
OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT COME INTO
THE COUNTY AND WANT TO HELP.
SO THEY ARE THE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND.
THEY KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE ABLE TO CONNECT PEOPLE
WITH SERVICES.
SO THEIR RECEPTION HAS ALWAYS
BEEN POSITIVE.
THEY ARE A PART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
(23:47):
WE REALIZED WE NEEDED MORE OF A
SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO WHEN THESE
THINGS WEATHER EVENTS HAPPEN.
THEY ARE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN.
WE'VE MADE AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE
OUR EXTENSION AGENTS ACROSS THE
STATE ON WHAT THEIR ROLES SHOULD
BE IF AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT
HAPPENS IN THEIR COUNTY.
WE'VE DONE THAT.
(24:08):
WE'VE HAD A DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS CONFERENCE FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN THE FINAL STEP THAT
WE'VE TAKEN SO FAR, IS THE
CREATION OF REGIONAL EXTENSION
STRIKE TEAMS.
AND SO THESE STRIKE TEAM MEMBERS
THEIR ROLE IS TO GO TO AN
(24:30):
IMPACTED COUNTY AND HELP THOSE
EXTENSION AGENTS THERE TAKING
OVER THEIR DAILY DUTIES AND
ROLES FREEING UP THE IMPACTED
COUNTIES EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
AND STAFF TO GO AND HELP WITH
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WITH
RECOVERY AND DONATIONS
MANAGEMENT AND MEAL PREPARATION
(24:51):
AND THOSE THINGS THAT AGENTS DO
WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS.
OUR EMPLOYEES AT THE HEART OF
EVERYTHING THEY DO, THEY ARE
THERE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND
THE COMMUNITY THEY WORK IN.
AND THEIR NORMAL ROLES IT MIGHT
BE TALKING ABOUT CANNING OR IT
MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT HELPING A
(25:14):
PRODUCER GET THE MAXIMUM OUT OF
THEIR CROP YIELDS OR THEIR
LIVESTOCK GAIN.
WHEN DISASTERS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW,
THEY CAN TAKE BITS AND PIECES OF
ALL THIS AND THEN JUMP IN AND
HELP IN NOT THEIR EVERYDAY ROLE
(25:35):
BUT AN IMPORTANT ROLES IN
RECOVERY.
FINALLY TONIGHT LEARN
ABOUT TWO PRESIDENTS, A SOFT
DRINK AND KENTUCKY'S OFFICIAL
STATE FRUIT AS OUR TOBY GIBBS
GIVES US A LOOK BACK AT THIS
WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.
[♪♪]
>> PRESIDENT TAYLOR DIED IN
(25:55):
OFFICE ON JULY 9TH, 1850.
HE HAD KENTUCKY CONNECTIONS.
TAYLOR'S FAMILY MOVED FROM
VIRGINIA TO THE LOUISVILLE AREA
OF KENTUCKY WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
HE LIVED THERE UNTIL HE JOINED
THE ARMY IN 1808.
AND HE'S BURIED IN LOUISVILLE IN
A CEMETERY NOW KNOWN AS THE
ZACHARY TAYLOR NATIONAL
CEMETERY.
(26:16):
>>> PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT VISITED COVINGTON'S
RACETRACK ON JULY 8, 1938 AS HE
CAMPAIGNED FOR SENATORIAL VIN
BARCLAY'S RENOMINATION BY THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
BARCLAY FACED THE GOVERNOR
BARCLAY WON.
>>> KENTUCKY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SPOKE TO MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE
(26:37):
AT AN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
RALLY AT THE U.S. CAPITOL ON
JULY 9TH, 1978.
>>> SOFT DRINK MAKER GL WAYNE
SCOTT INTRODUCED ONE OF
KENTUCKY'S SIGNATURE DRINKS ON
JULY 13, 1926.
ALE 81 IS A PUNISH BASED ON A
LATE ONE AND THE WINNING ENTRY
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IN THE NAME THE DRINK CONTEST.
>>> ON JULY 13TH, 2004, KENTUCKY
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THE
BLACKBERRY AS THE OFFICIAL STATE
FRUIT.
AND THAT IS A LOOK BACK AT THIS
WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY I'M
TOBY GIBBS.
THANKS.
AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR US
TONIGHT.
I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT
(27:19):
FROM SOMERSET AT 6:30 EASTERN
5:30 CENTRAL ON "KENTUCKY
EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM CONNECT
AND INSPIRE.
UNTIL I SEE YOU THEN TAKE REALLY
GOOD CARE.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
[♪♪]
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