Shepherd Snyder

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council passed the city’s next yearly budget during a Tuesday meeting.

Lexington’s Planning Commission passed a development plan for the city’s Blue Sky industrial park Thursday. As part of the plan, consultants are suggesting ways the city can modernize its zoning regulations for industrial areas — including how it defines data centers.

Solarize Lexington, a city program that helps homeowners install discounted solar panels on their roof is expanding to five other counties.

Local officials in Casey County and the town of Liberty are requiring residents to conserve water in response to an extreme drought. They say the south-central Kentucky town has a few months of water left in its dwindling supply.

Lexington residents are concerned over plans for a proposed data center development near New Circle Road despite a recent moratorium enacted by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council.

The urban county government has been searching for a permanent government headquarters for decades after moving into a converted Main Street hotel in the 1980s.

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council has passed three ordinances this week that could amend the city’s charter if voters approve them this November, including one that could raise council member pay.

Last Friday, historic Lexington theatre The Lyric held an evening-long celebration in honor of Juneteenth.

Last Friday, residents and families of Fayette County’s Fort Spring welcomed visitors for a Juneteenth event spotlighting the historic Black hamlet. For many, it was an occasion to celebrate the community they have called home for generations.

One Kentucky county is looking to ban data center construction and development in unincorporated areas.