June 30, 2025 • 27 mins
Nate Morris says he'll run in next year's U.S. Senate Republican primary, the state's AI Task Force discusses how President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" could impact Kentucky's AI legislation, and the newly created Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force holds its first meeting.
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the name Bill.
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>> Decided to run for the
United States Senate to replace
Mitch McConnell here in
Kentucky.
>> Another candidate joins the
Republican race for the U.S.
Senate.
>> Some of the symptoms, the
skin eye or throat irritation.
Some people may have some
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difficulty breathing.
>> Beware of the green bloom
and some Kentucky water.
We have world-class park's
infrastructure. We want those
parks to be world class.
>> And what Louisville has in
mind for a city owned Forest.
Production of Kentucky Edition
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is made possible in part by
the KET Millennium Fund.
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>> Good Evening and welcome to
Kentucky EDITION for this
Friday, June 27th. I'm Kristine
done in our Louisville studio
filling in for Renee Shaw.
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>> Thank you so much for
joining us. Another Republican
wants to replace Senator Mitch
McConnell. Nate Morris, a
Lexington businessman, says he
will run in next year's U.S.
Senate primary. He joins
Congressman Andy Barr and
former Kentucky Attorney
General Daniel Cameron. Morris
made his announcement during
Donald Trump Junior's podcast
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triggered.
>> After careful, reflection
and prayer. I talked to my wife
Jane. I decided to run for the
United States Senate to replace
Mitch McConnell here in
Kentucky.
And finally bring this seat
back to the people. You know,
as I started having these
conversations about the United
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States Senate seat here in
Kentucky, everybody said, Don,
that this is McConnell see that
it belongs to him and that sea
belongs to the people of
Kentucky. And I'm proud that on
the night generation,
Kentuckyian I was raised by a
single mother when I came into
the world, my mother was on
food stamps and we've been
fighting and scrapping for
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everything we have like most
Kentucky INS, 19 of my family
members were to an auto plants.
And I've been able to live the
American dream because of how
great this country is. And as
you know, Don, I made money in
garbage. There's nothing more
American than making money with
trash. And I think we've had a
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lot of a buildup in Washington,
D.C., and I think it's time to
take out the trash and
Washington, D.C., and bring
something new. Somebody from
the outside. Somebody that's
not a career politician.
>> Now we're hearing from more
says Republican opponents,
Congressman Barr says, quote,
when a more says it's time to
take out the trash, you must be
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talking about his own past.
Nate is the only candidate who
didn't support Donald Trump in
the 2024 primary. He gave
$5,000 to Nikki Haley, unquote.
Daniel Cameron said this.
President Trump's America First
movement is making our country
greater than ever before.
The biggest threat here in
Kentuckyian to our movement
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is a global list who dons a
MAGA hat and pretends to be
America first. Now that we're
on the rise. Cameron also cited
more support for Nikki Haley.
Kentucky's artificial
intelligence task force is back
for a second year. The group
held its first meeting of the
interim session this week to
discuss the role of AI in the
state at the federal level.
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The so-called big beautiful
bill has language that may
restrict how the state can
regulate AI Kentucky's chamber
of Commerce testified at this
week's meeting to help break
down how the bill could affect
the task force's agenda going
forward.
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Representing the interests of
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Kentucky's business community.
>> KET Shanks of the Kentucky
Chamber of Commerce spoke on
how changes at the federal
level could affect Kentucky's
relationship with artificial
intelligence. Among the
differences between the Trump
and Biden administrations is
attitude towards the
technology. President Donald
Trump rescinded President
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Biden's 2023 executive order
regarding AI and publish his
own. And the tone is very
different. And you ended up
with a lot of terminology and
Biden's order around
regulations, concerns wrists
and then you get to the Trump
border and it's a lot of the
use of the word. Innovation
Shank says that the current
administration is more focused
on the U.S. becoming the leader
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in artificial intelligence.
The budget reconciliation bill,
known as the one big beautiful
bill addresses states role in
regards to AI potentially
restricting them from creating
regulations on the technology.
The original language in the
House bill created a a a I
policy pause or a moratorium
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on states as it relates to
limiting restricting or
otherwise regulating artificial
intelligence models, systems
and automated decisions.
Systems.
>> The bill does not limit
states from removing legal
impediments promoting growth,
regulatory streamlining.
I think if you're working on
issues that are tech new trial
that are not I do I don't do
this better. Tech new troll.
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I think that's notable. I know
there's legislation to put
computer generated content into
an existing statute in the
state protecting children.
I don't think that would
trigger this because you're
just simply saying this
criminal law applies to that
computer generated content as
well.
>> Regulating artificial
intelligence has been a much
discussed topic in Kentucky's
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General Assembly, especially
regarding ai-generated images
of a person without their
consent. The U.S. Congress
addresses this issue and it's
take it down. Act. Barron
County family who have been
affected by this issue was
present at signing.
>> Congress also passed to take
it down. Act following that.
Okay, which is dealing with
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the non-consensual publication
of intimate images, including
those created as deep fakes.
So I think that's notable.
They decriminalize that
activity and they do create a
48 hour. Take it down
provision. Once it's
identified. You'll have a lot
of discussion on that last
year. So Congress has taken
action on that.
>> Republican representative
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Suzanne Miles expressed
confidence in the federal
government's movement regarding
a I. Referencing one of
Kentucky's representatives,
Congressman Brett Guthrie, who
is the chairman of the House
Committee on Energy and
Commerce. And earlier this
month announced a subcommittee
on the applications of AI.
I have a lot of confidence
right now in the aggressiveness
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at the federal level.
>> On this category and do you
have a strong bias that
congressman get areas is very
aggressive in this category
on and everything in the in
this space of something
happening at the federal level
that we can only compliment
from the state level. So
hopefully we'll get on a better
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path than we did on the data
privacy.
>> While it's still up in the
air, it's a big beautiful bill
will affect the General
Assembly's ability to regulate
AI the task force says it will
focus on exploring how this
technology could improve our
state in areas like energy,
cyber security and education
for Kentucky edition. I'm
McKenzie Spank.
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Another legislative task force
met today in Frankfort. This
one is new. The disaster
prevention and resiliency Task
force as our in Lee SISK
reports today, the group
discussed several natural
disasters. Kentucky's been
through and how the state can
prepare for the future.
>> You can't really prevent an
active lighter but you can be
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ready for it.
>> That was the theme of
Friday's disaster Prevention
and Resiliency Task Force
meeting led by co-chair Robin
Webb of Carter County, Kentucky
has experienced nearly 20
national disasters in the last
5 years, including flooding and
tornadoes earlier this year.
>> All disasters begin local
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and in local. We know that all
but one, it outweighs that
local Reese resourced in the
state steps in when it
outweighs that state resource.
The federal government weighs
in.
>> But the federal government
hasn't stepped in to help with
all of the state's natural
disasters. So far, President
Donald Trump has only signed
off on providing federal relief
to victims of flooding in
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February. Mostly those in
eastern Kentucky, Aaron Gibson
with Kentucky Emergency
Management is still holding out
to see a FEMA will provide more
assistance.
>> The tornado and the April
flooding event still do not
have public assistance. Author
Aspire president. And so, you
know, we've asked are, you
know, congressional delegation
and everybody to kind of help
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us move that forward.
>> Because of that, Gibson said
it's hard to know if the relief
money provided by the Kentucky
General Assembly will be
enough. The possibility of a
special legislative session
to allocate more money has been
a hot topic the last couple
weeks. Gibson explained how
much money it might take if
the federal government doesn't
pitch in.
>> But I can tell you that
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hundreds of millions of dollars
that it's going to be need
needed in our state to recover
across that. 85 county air 83
County area that suffered
damages that meant that federal
threshold. So hundreds of
millions of dollars on the
flooding event. Without public
assistance.
>> That, quote, didn't include
damage from the May tornadoes
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in South Central Kentucky.
>> Which could add on another
100 million dollars of relief.
Currently nearly 300 households
are still displaced from storm
damage living in hotels, state
parks or travel trailers.
>> But the emergency management
crews have secured permanent
residences for around the same
number of families.
>> So that's really good news.
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That's the number I really care
about the most is how we're
moving people to a permanent
solution and out of the the
temporary, you know, lifestyle
of a motel or a state park.
>> The task force also heard
from the American Flood
Coalition. They discussed forms
of disaster prevention like
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removing or preventing
development in flood-prone
areas along with investing in
more weather alert, networks.
These are all things the task
force said they'll KET in mind
before the 2026 legislative
session for Kentucky edition.
I'm Emily Sisk.
>> Thank you, Emily. Elsewhere
in Frankfort, the Kentucky
statewide Human Trafficking
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Task force met today to
celebrate Senate Bill 73, which
was passed this year targeting
sexual extortion and to honor
the bill sponsor Republican
State Sen Julie, Rocky Adams,
social media and technology
have created new ways for kids
to connect.
>> But they've also created
new pathways for exploitation.
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Sextortion is one of the
fastest growing and most
devastating crimes targeting
children and families. It's
manipulative. Its predatory
anthrax in silence. Senate
Bill, 73 was written to break
that silence and give our kids
and their families the tools
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they need to recognize report
and resist these threats.
Senate Bill, 73 criminalizes
sextortion with tougher
penalties when minors are
targeted. It empowers survivors
to seek civil justice against
those who harm them. And it
requires schools and colleges
to educate students and
families post and to pose
critical warning signs and
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resources and to make help more
visible and accessible
statewide.
>> We know that their
perpetrators who use social
media platforms, gaming sites,
messaging apps to target young
kids, posing as both peers and
romantic interest. We know that
their perpetrators who often
use threats of exposure to
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coerce the victims into sharing
explicit content or money.
I'm leaving many kids feeling
very ashamed and too scared to
seek help. A lot of times.
>> Advocates say Kentucky has
one of the strongest sextortion
bills in the country. Senate
bill, 73 is one of more than
100 new laws that went into
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effect today in Kentucky.
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To harmful algal blooms at
hearing to lake remain at
unsafe level. State officials
are warning people to stay out
of the lake near Paradise Camp
and tenured branch also called
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Red Gate. I spoke with a state
expert about harmful algal
blooms. What they look like
and what to do if you come in
contact with one.
>> You may have heard more
about harmful algal blooms in
Kentucky's news lately. And
if you're not really sure what
that is, you're not alone.
Here to answer some questions
about it is environmental
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scientist Melaney Arnold with
the Kentucky Division of Water.
That's part of the energy and
environment Cabinet. So
Melanie, tell us what is a
harmful algal bloom.
>> So a sign of bacteria are
naturally occurring in our
waterways. However, when we get
certain conditions like sunny
and warmer weather, maybe some
higher nutrient levels in the
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waters and lower flows to send
a bacteria to grow rapidly at
times and can produce these
blooms that were seen. And
sometimes these blooms produce
toxins as well. And that's what
we're particularly concerned
about with
public health.
>> Okay. Well, how at what
exactly do they look like?
How would we recognize them?
>> Often the blooms that we see
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in our area are right. Cream
bright green color. They can
look like maybe spill painter.
Some people say piece too.
You may see green streaks in
the water. And if you look more
closely, you may see a Grenier
Saugus like extra to them.
They can also be other colors
like blue green or red or brown
in our areas. And we do have
some pictures up on our
website. If people want to
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check out her. Our have one
page to see some examples.
>> Okay. So how are they
harmful to ask then what sort
of symptoms might we
experience?
>> Sure. Yeah. It's the same
toxins that we're particularly
concerned about such as
microcystin and when people are
exposed, they can experience a
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variety of symptoms potentially
coming up on their level of
exposure and the concentrations
that they experience and the
length of time that they're
exposed any underlying health
conditions of all. But some
of the symptoms could be skin
eye or throat irritation.
Some people may have some
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difficulty breathing. There can
also be symptoms such as
stomach pain, nausea, vomiting,
or diarrhea, and in some of the
most severe cases, there's
potential for liver damage as
well. Okay. So.
>> These 2 harmful bloom.
We've got to have buildings
that have been detected in
Harrington Lake. So I and our
people not allowed in that area
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or are they advise not to what
sort of restrictions? What
should people we've been doing
or not doing in that area?
>> So as the division of water,
we don't prevent people from
recreating in that part of the
waterway. We just want to
provide appropriate information
for people to be able to make
the decisions that's best for
them. So are recommendations
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currently for areas above are
recommended recreational
advisory level. We would
suggest that people avoid
activities such as swimming
waiting paddling, you know,
activities that create a spray
like jet skiing and waterskiing
in those affected areas.
And also, you know, if people
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see areas where there are
indicators of the bloom that
we discussed earlier, those
would be areas we'd recommend
that people try to stay out
of it if possible. And if
people think they've been
exposed, we recommend that they
you rinse off with clean water
if they had symptoms, contact
their doctor or the local
health department for
additional information.
>> What about fishing in that
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area is
an OK to eat the fish and and
and then also drinking water
that may come from some of
these waterways.
>> Sure it. So our
recommendation is currently
for fishing would be that, you
know, you fillet the fish
rinse, the fish with clean
water and don't consume any of
the organs. And you know, if
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you're fishing in an area, just
be conscious of the, you know,
the bloom. But thank you may be
around. So if there are other
areas outside the bloom, that
would be potential. You're
better option in terms of
drinking water. We work closely
with the the Danville Water
treatment plant and we had
staff on site this week.
They're not seen any issues
with treating the drinking
water. The the water company or
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the water plant is familiar
with these sorts of conditions
and has the treatment to
address the sort of seasonal
conditions that we're seeing.
So as of right now, they're not
reporting having any issues.
And we haven't seen the bloom
in that area from what's been
reported so far.
>> What kind of waterways would
we be most likely to find these
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harmful algal blooms?
>> Well, Santa bacteria are
present in our waterways.
We can do tend to see blooms on
smaller bodies of water areas
where there's a lot of
nutrients that can easily get
into that water. And the to
bloom. But it is possible to
see them in other areas.
You know, any area that's also
may be slow-moving doesn't have
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a lot of movement to the water.
It can tend to form of the more
easily.
>> Okay. What other bodies of
water in the past have these
been spotted on the sides.
Parenting parents unlike what
is currently happening.
>> You know, we've had a few
different advisories throughout
the years. We've been
monitoring since approximately
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2013, I believe, you know, I
know the the blooms on the Ohio
River tend to make the news
on occasion. So we've seen them
there. There's been a few years
where we have had a bloom
reported on Harrington Lake.
We haven't issued any advisory
in the past, but some of our
smaller lakes, fish and
wildlife sites across the
state, we tend to see them.
>> Is this something that we
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expect to see more
of with temperatures really
warming up the summer.
>> You know, we are early in
the season. So there is the
potential to see additional
blooms this year. You know, any
time we get like a long, dry
periods or these hotter sunny
year weather, then, you know,
we do have the potential to
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form blooms, unfortunately
predicting the blooms is still
challenging and a lot of people
are are doing research on how
to better dial in the tools to
be able to predict when and
where blooms may occur.
>> If you think you've spotted
a harmful algal bloom, you can
reported to the division of
Water by calling 502, 6, I'm
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sorry, 564-3410. Again. That's
502-564-3410, or e-mailing
water at K why dot gap after
hours and on weekends. Contact
the 24 hour hotline at 1, 8,
100, 9 to 8, 2, 3, 8, 0,
In other health news today is
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national HIV testing Day and
nationwide initiative to raise
awareness, encourage testing
and promote early diagnosis
and treatment across the
country, health departments and
organizations like a ball,
Kentucky have partnered with
Walgreens pharmacies to offer
free confidential, rapid HIV
testing. Advocates say getting
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an early diagnosis means people
benefit fully from life-saving
treatment and can help prevent
further transmission. They say
offering the test. Walgreens
is a way to fight the stigma
often associated with the
disease.
You know, there's so many years
I think people would like I
would get HIV tested. It's
going to be a back office.
Have the doctors because of the
stigma associated with HIV.
(20:03):
>> And while that can help,
we want to be on the streets.
People need to get tested every
where people are tested.
We can get them treated.
We can help them live. Happy,
healthy lives and to stop them
from passing that on to their
partners. But then another
status we can help them.
So we want to be it was a
greens where people are coming
and going all day long. We want
to be on the street will be
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public out and also show people
this is not a scary thing.
This is not something to be
shameful. This is something
that impact anybody and it has
his 40 million people about
worldwide that are living with
HIV. And this is something
everybody should we talk about.
We're long past the days of all
that, sir, dirty dark thing.
We don't talk about that.
Everybody's got to grow up.
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This is a real thing. It's
impacted. Millions and millions
of people. And it's time we
face it to fix it.
>> National HIV Testing Day is
in its 14th year and has
provided more than 82,000 free
HIV tests.
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>> Ewers of KET and PBS will
recognize the name. Bill
Moyers, the respected
journalist, commentator and
former presidential press
secretary died yesterday at the
age of 91 Moyers paid KET a
visit in 1996. We have pictures
from that visit, Mr. Moyers
was here for a fundraiser.
He also talked about his book,
Genesis, a living conversation.
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The Jefferson Memorial for us
isn't just the largest natural
preserve in Jefferson County.
It's the largest municipally
owned urban forest in the
entire country Wilderness.
Louisville is a nonprofit that
supports the Jefferson Memorial
Forest and other natural areas
in Jefferson County this Sunday
on inside Louisville. Find out
about a new master plan for
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this nature. Jim. Just 15
minutes from downtown
Louisville.
>> Right now, we've had a
uptick in the interest in
natural areas and Jefferson
Memorial far. So we're just
thrilled to be a fuel riding
that wave right now, the mayor
has said it's a top priority
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of has we've had so much
support. It's been it's been a
team effort for shiny out to
learning center. We've had the
support of council member Donna
Purvis. We've had the champions
and the state legislature who
have the state legislature who
have really helped us and, you
know, has been we were trying
to raise the money and they
awarded a 7 million dollars for
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the shiny center and then
Councilman Dan Simon in
Fairdale has been a huge
advocate. I think that sign
that says welcome to fairdale
so that people know that the
far as is back there. Yeah,
this is gateway to Russian oil
far us. And that was that was
his initiative. So we're very
grateful to all the all the
team players who have been
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helping us make this move, move
this forward. So I think it is
a big party to answer your
question of the council member,
Dan Simon of the mayor, Mayor
Craig Greenberg, that they are
really wanting
to invest. And Jefferson
Memorial farce in South Florida
on Fairdale. So we felt to be
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part of. But yeah, I think it's
a it's a
very partisan
>> atmosphere everywhere we all
used to be. All politics is
local. I think all politics is
national now. But at the same
time, parks tend to be
nonpartisan or bipartisan.
Everybody wants to go walk
around the park. Everybody
wants to have a clean green
space, you know, out right
outside their door that they
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can get to whether that's to to
go hiking or fishing or just,
you know, go play with their
kids in the park or go take
their kids to the playground
or do you do have a picnic
lunch? So I think we found that
that is especially post-covid
when people were forced to go
back out outdoors, that that's
an area that people have
identified, that the community
wants, you know, to be engaged
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and they want more spaces like
that. So, you know, you asked
how we compare to other cities
that can be difficult to sort
of track that because of
different metrics for what
counts as investment are.
What counts is access. But I
think the important thing right
now is that it is a priority
and work trying out both at the
city and state level and with
non-partisan groups to put as
much investment into those
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parks as we possibly can.
Yet. I think it from the the
actual parks perspective, it's
it's cliche, but we
we have a world-class park's
infrastructure. We want those
parks to be world class.
Now, right? We want to maintain
that investment. We want to
continue that because if it
if they're world class in 1995,
and you don't invest in them,
they quickly become obsolete
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because it's a park. But, you
know, they fall behind and what
the needs of the community are.
So I think the Shawnee are
Learning Center is a great
first step towards that.
That would be a world-class
facility that would not just be
used for the echo program but
would be a community center
that could be used for
community events. And just to,
you know, that your caps on on
the the initial phase of this,
but we'd like to see more
projects like that throughout
the natural areas across parts.
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>> This Sunday on inside
Louisville, explore nature with
wilderness Louisville. Hear
more about the plans for
Jefferson Memorial Forest and
how they're going to make
nature more accessible to youth
in areas like the West and in
the south end of Louisville.
That's on inside Louisville
Sunday at noon 11 Central on
K T.
Well from the yard sales to
fireflies are Toby Gibbs has a
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wealth of op jens for this
weekend as he takes a look at
what's happening around the
Commonwealth.
♪
>> It up some s'mores and catch
some fireflies with your family
this Friday and Saturday at
Middle Spring Farms and
parents. You can watch the sun
go down and get a close-up look
at these bioluminescent wonders
flying around the night sky.
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Pride paint and sip in Paducah
is kicking off a dry ground
brewing company on Saturday.
The event is for all ages with
staff making face painting and
a custom T-shirt bar. You can
die that the creativity and
spend time with loved ones.
A summer reading market in
Bowling Green is on Saturday
with a carnival theme. There is
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something for everyone. It will
be a dunking booth, a petting
zoo and live music. It's a
great event to spend outdoors
this weekend.
This is the last weekend to
attend the floral frenzy
festival at Kentucky Kingdom.
Take some pictures in front of
a live flour walls. Watch a
floral flipping show and make
sure to catch the floral
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frenzy. 5 K on Saturday whether
you walk run or cheer someone
on make sure to stay hydrated.
Are you a big fan of antiques
and yard sales highway? 41 yard
sale in the West, Kentucky
antique and vintage market
combined this Friday and
Saturday in Madisonville Entry
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is free and you can treasure
hunt for some good fights and
air conditioning. And that's
what's happening around the
commonwealth. I'm telling you
>> Thank Youto bait. We hope
you'll join us again Monday
night at 6.30, Eastern 5.30,
central for Kentucky Edition
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Org. You can also find it a
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Well, that's going to do it
for us. Have a great evening.
♪
the name Bill.
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>> Decided to run for the
United States Senate to replace
Mitch McConnell here in
Kentucky.
>> Another candidate joins the
Republican race for the U.S.
Senate.
>> Some of the symptoms, the
skin eye or throat irritation.
Some people may have some
(00:25):
difficulty breathing.
>> Beware of the green bloom
and some Kentucky water.
We have world-class park's
infrastructure. We want those
parks to be world class.
>> And what Louisville has in
mind for a city owned Forest.
Production of Kentucky Edition
(00:45):
is made possible in part by
the KET Millennium Fund.
♪
>> Good Evening and welcome to
Kentucky EDITION for this
Friday, June 27th. I'm Kristine
done in our Louisville studio
filling in for Renee Shaw.
(01:06):
>> Thank you so much for
joining us. Another Republican
wants to replace Senator Mitch
McConnell. Nate Morris, a
Lexington businessman, says he
will run in next year's U.S.
Senate primary. He joins
Congressman Andy Barr and
former Kentucky Attorney
General Daniel Cameron. Morris
made his announcement during
Donald Trump Junior's podcast
(01:27):
triggered.
>> After careful, reflection
and prayer. I talked to my wife
Jane. I decided to run for the
United States Senate to replace
Mitch McConnell here in
Kentucky.
And finally bring this seat
back to the people. You know,
as I started having these
conversations about the United
(01:47):
States Senate seat here in
Kentucky, everybody said, Don,
that this is McConnell see that
it belongs to him and that sea
belongs to the people of
Kentucky. And I'm proud that on
the night generation,
Kentuckyian I was raised by a
single mother when I came into
the world, my mother was on
food stamps and we've been
fighting and scrapping for
(02:08):
everything we have like most
Kentucky INS, 19 of my family
members were to an auto plants.
And I've been able to live the
American dream because of how
great this country is. And as
you know, Don, I made money in
garbage. There's nothing more
American than making money with
trash. And I think we've had a
(02:28):
lot of a buildup in Washington,
D.C., and I think it's time to
take out the trash and
Washington, D.C., and bring
something new. Somebody from
the outside. Somebody that's
not a career politician.
>> Now we're hearing from more
says Republican opponents,
Congressman Barr says, quote,
when a more says it's time to
take out the trash, you must be
(02:48):
talking about his own past.
Nate is the only candidate who
didn't support Donald Trump in
the 2024 primary. He gave
$5,000 to Nikki Haley, unquote.
Daniel Cameron said this.
President Trump's America First
movement is making our country
greater than ever before.
The biggest threat here in
Kentuckyian to our movement
(03:10):
is a global list who dons a
MAGA hat and pretends to be
America first. Now that we're
on the rise. Cameron also cited
more support for Nikki Haley.
Kentucky's artificial
intelligence task force is back
for a second year. The group
held its first meeting of the
interim session this week to
discuss the role of AI in the
state at the federal level.
(03:31):
The so-called big beautiful
bill has language that may
restrict how the state can
regulate AI Kentucky's chamber
of Commerce testified at this
week's meeting to help break
down how the bill could affect
the task force's agenda going
forward.
♪
Representing the interests of
(03:53):
Kentucky's business community.
>> KET Shanks of the Kentucky
Chamber of Commerce spoke on
how changes at the federal
level could affect Kentucky's
relationship with artificial
intelligence. Among the
differences between the Trump
and Biden administrations is
attitude towards the
technology. President Donald
Trump rescinded President
(04:14):
Biden's 2023 executive order
regarding AI and publish his
own. And the tone is very
different. And you ended up
with a lot of terminology and
Biden's order around
regulations, concerns wrists
and then you get to the Trump
border and it's a lot of the
use of the word. Innovation
Shank says that the current
administration is more focused
on the U.S. becoming the leader
(04:34):
in artificial intelligence.
The budget reconciliation bill,
known as the one big beautiful
bill addresses states role in
regards to AI potentially
restricting them from creating
regulations on the technology.
The original language in the
House bill created a a a I
policy pause or a moratorium
(04:56):
on states as it relates to
limiting restricting or
otherwise regulating artificial
intelligence models, systems
and automated decisions.
Systems.
>> The bill does not limit
states from removing legal
impediments promoting growth,
regulatory streamlining.
I think if you're working on
issues that are tech new trial
that are not I do I don't do
this better. Tech new troll.
(05:17):
I think that's notable. I know
there's legislation to put
computer generated content into
an existing statute in the
state protecting children.
I don't think that would
trigger this because you're
just simply saying this
criminal law applies to that
computer generated content as
well.
>> Regulating artificial
intelligence has been a much
discussed topic in Kentucky's
(05:38):
General Assembly, especially
regarding ai-generated images
of a person without their
consent. The U.S. Congress
addresses this issue and it's
take it down. Act. Barron
County family who have been
affected by this issue was
present at signing.
>> Congress also passed to take
it down. Act following that.
Okay, which is dealing with
(05:59):
the non-consensual publication
of intimate images, including
those created as deep fakes.
So I think that's notable.
They decriminalize that
activity and they do create a
48 hour. Take it down
provision. Once it's
identified. You'll have a lot
of discussion on that last
year. So Congress has taken
action on that.
>> Republican representative
(06:19):
Suzanne Miles expressed
confidence in the federal
government's movement regarding
a I. Referencing one of
Kentucky's representatives,
Congressman Brett Guthrie, who
is the chairman of the House
Committee on Energy and
Commerce. And earlier this
month announced a subcommittee
on the applications of AI.
I have a lot of confidence
right now in the aggressiveness
(06:40):
at the federal level.
>> On this category and do you
have a strong bias that
congressman get areas is very
aggressive in this category
on and everything in the in
this space of something
happening at the federal level
that we can only compliment
from the state level. So
hopefully we'll get on a better
(07:00):
path than we did on the data
privacy.
>> While it's still up in the
air, it's a big beautiful bill
will affect the General
Assembly's ability to regulate
AI the task force says it will
focus on exploring how this
technology could improve our
state in areas like energy,
cyber security and education
for Kentucky edition. I'm
McKenzie Spank.
(07:22):
Another legislative task force
met today in Frankfort. This
one is new. The disaster
prevention and resiliency Task
force as our in Lee SISK
reports today, the group
discussed several natural
disasters. Kentucky's been
through and how the state can
prepare for the future.
>> You can't really prevent an
active lighter but you can be
(07:43):
ready for it.
>> That was the theme of
Friday's disaster Prevention
and Resiliency Task Force
meeting led by co-chair Robin
Webb of Carter County, Kentucky
has experienced nearly 20
national disasters in the last
5 years, including flooding and
tornadoes earlier this year.
>> All disasters begin local
(08:04):
and in local. We know that all
but one, it outweighs that
local Reese resourced in the
state steps in when it
outweighs that state resource.
The federal government weighs
in.
>> But the federal government
hasn't stepped in to help with
all of the state's natural
disasters. So far, President
Donald Trump has only signed
off on providing federal relief
to victims of flooding in
(08:25):
February. Mostly those in
eastern Kentucky, Aaron Gibson
with Kentucky Emergency
Management is still holding out
to see a FEMA will provide more
assistance.
>> The tornado and the April
flooding event still do not
have public assistance. Author
Aspire president. And so, you
know, we've asked are, you
know, congressional delegation
and everybody to kind of help
(08:45):
us move that forward.
>> Because of that, Gibson said
it's hard to know if the relief
money provided by the Kentucky
General Assembly will be
enough. The possibility of a
special legislative session
to allocate more money has been
a hot topic the last couple
weeks. Gibson explained how
much money it might take if
the federal government doesn't
pitch in.
>> But I can tell you that
(09:06):
hundreds of millions of dollars
that it's going to be need
needed in our state to recover
across that. 85 county air 83
County area that suffered
damages that meant that federal
threshold. So hundreds of
millions of dollars on the
flooding event. Without public
assistance.
>> That, quote, didn't include
damage from the May tornadoes
(09:28):
in South Central Kentucky.
>> Which could add on another
100 million dollars of relief.
Currently nearly 300 households
are still displaced from storm
damage living in hotels, state
parks or travel trailers.
>> But the emergency management
crews have secured permanent
residences for around the same
number of families.
>> So that's really good news.
(09:48):
That's the number I really care
about the most is how we're
moving people to a permanent
solution and out of the the
temporary, you know, lifestyle
of a motel or a state park.
>> The task force also heard
from the American Flood
Coalition. They discussed forms
of disaster prevention like
(10:09):
removing or preventing
development in flood-prone
areas along with investing in
more weather alert, networks.
These are all things the task
force said they'll KET in mind
before the 2026 legislative
session for Kentucky edition.
I'm Emily Sisk.
>> Thank you, Emily. Elsewhere
in Frankfort, the Kentucky
statewide Human Trafficking
(10:31):
Task force met today to
celebrate Senate Bill 73, which
was passed this year targeting
sexual extortion and to honor
the bill sponsor Republican
State Sen Julie, Rocky Adams,
social media and technology
have created new ways for kids
to connect.
>> But they've also created
new pathways for exploitation.
(10:52):
Sextortion is one of the
fastest growing and most
devastating crimes targeting
children and families. It's
manipulative. Its predatory
anthrax in silence. Senate
Bill, 73 was written to break
that silence and give our kids
and their families the tools
(11:12):
they need to recognize report
and resist these threats.
Senate Bill, 73 criminalizes
sextortion with tougher
penalties when minors are
targeted. It empowers survivors
to seek civil justice against
those who harm them. And it
requires schools and colleges
to educate students and
families post and to pose
critical warning signs and
(11:34):
resources and to make help more
visible and accessible
statewide.
>> We know that their
perpetrators who use social
media platforms, gaming sites,
messaging apps to target young
kids, posing as both peers and
romantic interest. We know that
their perpetrators who often
use threats of exposure to
(11:55):
coerce the victims into sharing
explicit content or money.
I'm leaving many kids feeling
very ashamed and too scared to
seek help. A lot of times.
>> Advocates say Kentucky has
one of the strongest sextortion
bills in the country. Senate
bill, 73 is one of more than
100 new laws that went into
(12:17):
effect today in Kentucky.
♪
To harmful algal blooms at
hearing to lake remain at
unsafe level. State officials
are warning people to stay out
of the lake near Paradise Camp
and tenured branch also called
(12:37):
Red Gate. I spoke with a state
expert about harmful algal
blooms. What they look like
and what to do if you come in
contact with one.
>> You may have heard more
about harmful algal blooms in
Kentucky's news lately. And
if you're not really sure what
that is, you're not alone.
Here to answer some questions
about it is environmental
(12:57):
scientist Melaney Arnold with
the Kentucky Division of Water.
That's part of the energy and
environment Cabinet. So
Melanie, tell us what is a
harmful algal bloom.
>> So a sign of bacteria are
naturally occurring in our
waterways. However, when we get
certain conditions like sunny
and warmer weather, maybe some
higher nutrient levels in the
(13:20):
waters and lower flows to send
a bacteria to grow rapidly at
times and can produce these
blooms that were seen. And
sometimes these blooms produce
toxins as well. And that's what
we're particularly concerned
about with
public health.
>> Okay. Well, how at what
exactly do they look like?
How would we recognize them?
>> Often the blooms that we see
(13:41):
in our area are right. Cream
bright green color. They can
look like maybe spill painter.
Some people say piece too.
You may see green streaks in
the water. And if you look more
closely, you may see a Grenier
Saugus like extra to them.
They can also be other colors
like blue green or red or brown
in our areas. And we do have
some pictures up on our
website. If people want to
(14:03):
check out her. Our have one
page to see some examples.
>> Okay. So how are they
harmful to ask then what sort
of symptoms might we
experience?
>> Sure. Yeah. It's the same
toxins that we're particularly
concerned about such as
microcystin and when people are
exposed, they can experience a
(14:23):
variety of symptoms potentially
coming up on their level of
exposure and the concentrations
that they experience and the
length of time that they're
exposed any underlying health
conditions of all. But some
of the symptoms could be skin
eye or throat irritation.
Some people may have some
(14:44):
difficulty breathing. There can
also be symptoms such as
stomach pain, nausea, vomiting,
or diarrhea, and in some of the
most severe cases, there's
potential for liver damage as
well. Okay. So.
>> These 2 harmful bloom.
We've got to have buildings
that have been detected in
Harrington Lake. So I and our
people not allowed in that area
(15:06):
or are they advise not to what
sort of restrictions? What
should people we've been doing
or not doing in that area?
>> So as the division of water,
we don't prevent people from
recreating in that part of the
waterway. We just want to
provide appropriate information
for people to be able to make
the decisions that's best for
them. So are recommendations
(15:27):
currently for areas above are
recommended recreational
advisory level. We would
suggest that people avoid
activities such as swimming
waiting paddling, you know,
activities that create a spray
like jet skiing and waterskiing
in those affected areas.
And also, you know, if people
(15:47):
see areas where there are
indicators of the bloom that
we discussed earlier, those
would be areas we'd recommend
that people try to stay out
of it if possible. And if
people think they've been
exposed, we recommend that they
you rinse off with clean water
if they had symptoms, contact
their doctor or the local
health department for
additional information.
>> What about fishing in that
(16:08):
area is
an OK to eat the fish and and
and then also drinking water
that may come from some of
these waterways.
>> Sure it. So our
recommendation is currently
for fishing would be that, you
know, you fillet the fish
rinse, the fish with clean
water and don't consume any of
the organs. And you know, if
(16:28):
you're fishing in an area, just
be conscious of the, you know,
the bloom. But thank you may be
around. So if there are other
areas outside the bloom, that
would be potential. You're
better option in terms of
drinking water. We work closely
with the the Danville Water
treatment plant and we had
staff on site this week.
They're not seen any issues
with treating the drinking
water. The the water company or
(16:49):
the water plant is familiar
with these sorts of conditions
and has the treatment to
address the sort of seasonal
conditions that we're seeing.
So as of right now, they're not
reporting having any issues.
And we haven't seen the bloom
in that area from what's been
reported so far.
>> What kind of waterways would
we be most likely to find these
(17:12):
harmful algal blooms?
>> Well, Santa bacteria are
present in our waterways.
We can do tend to see blooms on
smaller bodies of water areas
where there's a lot of
nutrients that can easily get
into that water. And the to
bloom. But it is possible to
see them in other areas.
You know, any area that's also
may be slow-moving doesn't have
(17:35):
a lot of movement to the water.
It can tend to form of the more
easily.
>> Okay. What other bodies of
water in the past have these
been spotted on the sides.
Parenting parents unlike what
is currently happening.
>> You know, we've had a few
different advisories throughout
the years. We've been
monitoring since approximately
(17:56):
2013, I believe, you know, I
know the the blooms on the Ohio
River tend to make the news
on occasion. So we've seen them
there. There's been a few years
where we have had a bloom
reported on Harrington Lake.
We haven't issued any advisory
in the past, but some of our
smaller lakes, fish and
wildlife sites across the
state, we tend to see them.
>> Is this something that we
(18:20):
expect to see more
of with temperatures really
warming up the summer.
>> You know, we are early in
the season. So there is the
potential to see additional
blooms this year. You know, any
time we get like a long, dry
periods or these hotter sunny
year weather, then, you know,
we do have the potential to
(18:41):
form blooms, unfortunately
predicting the blooms is still
challenging and a lot of people
are are doing research on how
to better dial in the tools to
be able to predict when and
where blooms may occur.
>> If you think you've spotted
a harmful algal bloom, you can
reported to the division of
Water by calling 502, 6, I'm
(19:02):
sorry, 564-3410. Again. That's
502-564-3410, or e-mailing
water at K why dot gap after
hours and on weekends. Contact
the 24 hour hotline at 1, 8,
100, 9 to 8, 2, 3, 8, 0,
In other health news today is
(19:22):
national HIV testing Day and
nationwide initiative to raise
awareness, encourage testing
and promote early diagnosis
and treatment across the
country, health departments and
organizations like a ball,
Kentucky have partnered with
Walgreens pharmacies to offer
free confidential, rapid HIV
testing. Advocates say getting
(19:42):
an early diagnosis means people
benefit fully from life-saving
treatment and can help prevent
further transmission. They say
offering the test. Walgreens
is a way to fight the stigma
often associated with the
disease.
You know, there's so many years
I think people would like I
would get HIV tested. It's
going to be a back office.
Have the doctors because of the
stigma associated with HIV.
(20:03):
>> And while that can help,
we want to be on the streets.
People need to get tested every
where people are tested.
We can get them treated.
We can help them live. Happy,
healthy lives and to stop them
from passing that on to their
partners. But then another
status we can help them.
So we want to be it was a
greens where people are coming
and going all day long. We want
to be on the street will be
(20:24):
public out and also show people
this is not a scary thing.
This is not something to be
shameful. This is something
that impact anybody and it has
his 40 million people about
worldwide that are living with
HIV. And this is something
everybody should we talk about.
We're long past the days of all
that, sir, dirty dark thing.
We don't talk about that.
Everybody's got to grow up.
(20:45):
This is a real thing. It's
impacted. Millions and millions
of people. And it's time we
face it to fix it.
>> National HIV Testing Day is
in its 14th year and has
provided more than 82,000 free
HIV tests.
♪
(21:06):
>> Ewers of KET and PBS will
recognize the name. Bill
Moyers, the respected
journalist, commentator and
former presidential press
secretary died yesterday at the
age of 91 Moyers paid KET a
visit in 1996. We have pictures
from that visit, Mr. Moyers
was here for a fundraiser.
He also talked about his book,
Genesis, a living conversation.
(21:30):
The Jefferson Memorial for us
isn't just the largest natural
preserve in Jefferson County.
It's the largest municipally
owned urban forest in the
entire country Wilderness.
Louisville is a nonprofit that
supports the Jefferson Memorial
Forest and other natural areas
in Jefferson County this Sunday
on inside Louisville. Find out
about a new master plan for
(21:51):
this nature. Jim. Just 15
minutes from downtown
Louisville.
>> Right now, we've had a
uptick in the interest in
natural areas and Jefferson
Memorial far. So we're just
thrilled to be a fuel riding
that wave right now, the mayor
has said it's a top priority
(22:12):
of has we've had so much
support. It's been it's been a
team effort for shiny out to
learning center. We've had the
support of council member Donna
Purvis. We've had the champions
and the state legislature who
have the state legislature who
have really helped us and, you
know, has been we were trying
to raise the money and they
awarded a 7 million dollars for
(22:35):
the shiny center and then
Councilman Dan Simon in
Fairdale has been a huge
advocate. I think that sign
that says welcome to fairdale
so that people know that the
far as is back there. Yeah,
this is gateway to Russian oil
far us. And that was that was
his initiative. So we're very
grateful to all the all the
team players who have been
(22:55):
helping us make this move, move
this forward. So I think it is
a big party to answer your
question of the council member,
Dan Simon of the mayor, Mayor
Craig Greenberg, that they are
really wanting
to invest. And Jefferson
Memorial farce in South Florida
on Fairdale. So we felt to be
(23:16):
part of. But yeah, I think it's
a it's a
very partisan
>> atmosphere everywhere we all
used to be. All politics is
local. I think all politics is
national now. But at the same
time, parks tend to be
nonpartisan or bipartisan.
Everybody wants to go walk
around the park. Everybody
wants to have a clean green
space, you know, out right
outside their door that they
(23:37):
can get to whether that's to to
go hiking or fishing or just,
you know, go play with their
kids in the park or go take
their kids to the playground
or do you do have a picnic
lunch? So I think we found that
that is especially post-covid
when people were forced to go
back out outdoors, that that's
an area that people have
identified, that the community
wants, you know, to be engaged
(23:59):
and they want more spaces like
that. So, you know, you asked
how we compare to other cities
that can be difficult to sort
of track that because of
different metrics for what
counts as investment are.
What counts is access. But I
think the important thing right
now is that it is a priority
and work trying out both at the
city and state level and with
non-partisan groups to put as
much investment into those
(24:20):
parks as we possibly can.
Yet. I think it from the the
actual parks perspective, it's
it's cliche, but we
we have a world-class park's
infrastructure. We want those
parks to be world class.
Now, right? We want to maintain
that investment. We want to
continue that because if it
if they're world class in 1995,
and you don't invest in them,
they quickly become obsolete
(24:44):
because it's a park. But, you
know, they fall behind and what
the needs of the community are.
So I think the Shawnee are
Learning Center is a great
first step towards that.
That would be a world-class
facility that would not just be
used for the echo program but
would be a community center
that could be used for
community events. And just to,
you know, that your caps on on
the the initial phase of this,
but we'd like to see more
projects like that throughout
the natural areas across parts.
(25:08):
>> This Sunday on inside
Louisville, explore nature with
wilderness Louisville. Hear
more about the plans for
Jefferson Memorial Forest and
how they're going to make
nature more accessible to youth
in areas like the West and in
the south end of Louisville.
That's on inside Louisville
Sunday at noon 11 Central on
K T.
Well from the yard sales to
fireflies are Toby Gibbs has a
(25:29):
wealth of op jens for this
weekend as he takes a look at
what's happening around the
Commonwealth.
♪
>> It up some s'mores and catch
some fireflies with your family
this Friday and Saturday at
Middle Spring Farms and
parents. You can watch the sun
go down and get a close-up look
at these bioluminescent wonders
flying around the night sky.
(25:55):
Pride paint and sip in Paducah
is kicking off a dry ground
brewing company on Saturday.
The event is for all ages with
staff making face painting and
a custom T-shirt bar. You can
die that the creativity and
spend time with loved ones.
A summer reading market in
Bowling Green is on Saturday
with a carnival theme. There is
(26:16):
something for everyone. It will
be a dunking booth, a petting
zoo and live music. It's a
great event to spend outdoors
this weekend.
This is the last weekend to
attend the floral frenzy
festival at Kentucky Kingdom.
Take some pictures in front of
a live flour walls. Watch a
floral flipping show and make
sure to catch the floral
(26:38):
frenzy. 5 K on Saturday whether
you walk run or cheer someone
on make sure to stay hydrated.
Are you a big fan of antiques
and yard sales highway? 41 yard
sale in the West, Kentucky
antique and vintage market
combined this Friday and
Saturday in Madisonville Entry
(26:58):
is free and you can treasure
hunt for some good fights and
air conditioning. And that's
what's happening around the
commonwealth. I'm telling you
>> Thank Youto bait. We hope
you'll join us again Monday
night at 6.30, Eastern 5.30,
central for Kentucky Edition
where we inform connect and
inspire subscribe to our
Kentucky Edition email
newsletter and watch full
(27:19):
episodes and clips to K T Dot
Org. You can also find it a
condition on the PBS video app.
Well, that's going to do it
for us. Have a great evening.
♪
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