Week of February 8th, 2016

By Greg Jenkins

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Mountain Edition

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February 9, 2016

MSU

Monday, February 8, 2016 — Kentucky State Police are investigating an armed robbery in Sharpsburg. Gas prices in Kentucky are more than 30-cents lower than they were a month ago…and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission discusses the importance of broadband during a tour of eastern Kentucky today.Tuesday, February 9, 2016 — A House Committee passes an anti-bullying bill. Actress Jennifer Garner is in eastern Kentucky to support Save the Children…and State Senator Robin Webb is concerned about the impact of continued budget cuts on state government’s ability to enforce regulations. Wednesday, February 10, 2016 — A Senate Committee has recommended changes to Kentucky’s marriage licenses. The CEO of the Bluegrass Stockyards says it will be rebuilt after last month’s tragic fire but no decisions have been made on where or when that will take place…and officials with Kentucky’s housing industry say they’re experiencing a critical shortage of labor. Thursday, February 11, 2016 Friday, February 12, 2016

Author

Operations Director

Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.