RICHMOND, Kentucky, April 12 (TNSres) -- Eastern Kentucky University issued the following story: In Eastern Kentucky University's (EKU) nursing program, students get hands-on learning with state-of-the-art equipment in the Nursing Clinical Skills Laboratory and Simulation Center (CSLSC). Thanks to a donation from Baptist Health Richmond in July 2022, the lab now includes seven new Stryker hospital beds, allowing students to have access to beds currently found in modern hospitals. Also announc  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 11 -- The Kentucky Board of Education issued the following news release: The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) presented the 2024 Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education to Emily Lehman, a 5th-grade educator for W.R. McNeill Elementary (Bowling Green Independent), at its April 10 meeting. Lehman said she is "grateful and humbled" to receive the 2024 Robinson Award. Each year, the KBE gives the Robinson Award to a Kentuckian or a Kentucky organiza  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 11 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following notice (Case No. 2023-00299) on April 10, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Magoffin County Water District For A Rate Adjustment Pursuant To 807 KAR 5:076 NOTICE OF FILING OF COMMISSION STAFF'S REPORT Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with the Commission's Order of December 4, 2023, as amended by the Order entered March 6, 2024, the attached report containing the recomm  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 11 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00112) on April 10, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of East Kentucky Midstream, LLC For Approval Of A Proposed Tariff Under 807 KAR 5:026, Section 9 COMMISSION STAFF'S THIRD REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO EAST KENTUCKY MIDSTREAM, LLC East Kentucky Midstream, LLC (East Kentucky Midstream), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, shall file with the Commission an electronic ver  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 11 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00185) on April 10, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of North Mercer Water District For A Rate Adjustment Pursuant To 807 KAR 5:076 ORDER On December 27, 2023,/1 North Mercer Water District (North Mercer District) filed its application with the Commission requesting an adjustment to its water rates pursuant to 807 KAR 5:076./2 The Commission established a proc  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, April 12 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Katrina Fjeld, a graduating senior in International Affairs and Arabic, is WKU's first Fulbright US Student Program grantee of the 2024-25 award year. Katrina has been awarded an English Teaching Assistantship for Jordan. The Fulbright US Student Program offers full funding for graduating seniors and recent graduates to spend an academic year abroad in English Teaching Assistantships (ETAs) or conductin  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, April 12 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: President Timothy C. Caboni was the keynote speaker at the April Hardin County Chamber lunch Wednesday, sponsored by WKU in Elizabethtown-Fort Knox. WKU Provost Bud Fisher, deans, and numerous WKU faculty and staff were in attendance, along with guests representing WKU partners like Hardin County Schools, Elizabethtown Independent Schools, Ft. Knox Schools, and Elizabethtown Community & Technical College  more