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Tech Jobs Offer Higher Paychecks

A new report indicates the answer for higher personal income could be a career change. Technology careers are paying big dividends, compared with other...

Reducing Sexual Violence in Kentucky High Schools

Kentucky's first lady calls it a game changer – using a program based on bystander intervention to reduce sexual violence among high school-age children...

Kentucky Works to Trim Childhood Obesity

There is both good news and bad when the topic is obesity among Kentucky's children. While childhood obesity rates have leveled off and even dropped...

Report Shows Declining Wages and Few Jobs in Kentucky

Five years after the recession officially ended, Kentucky workers still are grappling with a scarcity of jobs and continued declines in wages, according...

Protecting Wildlife From Polluted Water

A coalition of conservation groups claims recently weakened federal water quality standards pose a threat to wildlife in Kentucky - both from coal...

Celebrity Suicide Shines Light On Depression

Family members and friends of Robin Williams, who died by suicide last week, acknowledge he was suffering from a long battle with depression. Many...

Protect Animals From Summer Heat

Dogs left in hot cars are an all too common summertime sight. Animal experts say it's extremely dangerous for animals, and could land their owners in...

Kentucky Below Average For Family Care

Kentucky got a grade of 'D-' in a new report analyzing how each state supports, or doesn't support, new parents in terms of leave time and job...

CDC Reports Shift In Teen Behaviors

Less cigarette smoking, soda drinking and physical fighting, but more time at computers and other tech devices, that's the snapshot from the Centers for...

Transition Plan Needed In Appalachian Coalfields

Government programs could help communities adapt to a future with less mining, say regional economic groups. In the past, the federal government has...