We've always thought Kentucky deserved more attention. That's why we started this thing. And whenever anyone else wants to join us in preaching the Gospel of Kentucky, we're always ready with the metaphorical megaphone to help amp up their message. In that spirit, when our friends at the Oxford American magazine let us know that …
It's coming up on 2 a.m. on a Friday. Out behind the bar–a hot wings and beer kind of place in downtown Pikeville, Kentucky–one of the line cooks has had about ten too many. He's "blowed away" as people around here say, blacked out on the floor of a storage shed surrounded by big jugs …
"Bevin told WHAS radio personality Terry Miniers on his radio show Tuesday night that as long as he is Governor, he will not allow recreational marijuana to be legalized. Bevin cited Colorado as an example of what's going wrong, saying there are people overdosing on the drug there." –WKYT
I really wish that Gov. Matt …
Kate Fowler took the road less travelled to the job of her dreams as director of Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute, but she's doing it now and that's all that matters.
Born in King George, Va., a tiny military town even smaller than Whitesburg, Ky., where Appalshop is located, she dropped out of school …
Everybody knows the Fun Mall, our 12,000-square-foot retail warehouse on Lexington's Northside. It's all people talk about. They paint pictures of it. They sing songs about it. They love it. They love our kick-ass Kentucky clothes, they love our kick-ass Kentucky home goods, they love our kick-ass Kentucky prints. They can't get enough of it …