NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, April 3, 2025 — District 2 Magistrate Adam Wheatley joined Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins on his weekly WBRT radio show, “Around the County with NCJE Tim Hutchins.” Hutchins and Wheatley discussed the morning’s fiscal court meeting, and answered listener’s questions. Running time: About 54 minutes. -30- Please follow […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, March 20, 2025 — The Nelson County Clerk’s Office is reminding Farm tag owners that the plates are due for renewal before Monday, March 31, 2025. The Farm tags include a voluntary $10 donation that goes to promote Kentucky agriculture’s future. The donation is split evenly between 4-H, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, June 19, 2024 — Nelson County residents will have the chance during the November General Election to decide if they want to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in Nelson County. Nelson Fiscal Court discussed medical marijuana at Tuesday night’s fiscal court meeting, and if the […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Fdriday, April 26, 2024 — Local elected officials and members of the community turned out Friday morning for a ceremony to honor the 20th anniversary of the Farmer’s Market Pavillion and to a former mayor whose vision and dedication made it possible — Dixie Hibbs. Bardstown Mayor […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 — Nelson Fiscal Court met for lesss than 10 minutes Wednesday morning to review a request from Cox’s Creek resident Sharron Blincoe to review the Planning Commission’s approval of a Planned Unit Development overlay on 161 acres of land near her home for […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette Sunday, Feb 4, 2024 — With the county facing a huge lawsuit from the parent company of Lux Co Distillers, I humbly recommend that Nelson Fiscal Court take a long hard look at the evidence against them and county government — and then make the correct decision to reverse their […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 — Representatives of Grissan Engineering Services met with Bardstown residents to discuss concerns they may have about a proposed anaerobic digester facility they wish to bring to Bardstown to convert spent distillery mash into methane and a form of liquid fertilizer. The company’s technology is currently […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 — A crowd of more than 50 people attended a neighborhood meeting at the Nelson County Civic Center Wednesday night to hear details of the plans for an anaerobic digester facility on Spencer Mattingly Lane next to Dean Watts Park. Grissan Engineering Services […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 — Heaven Hill Distilleries’ plans for another barrel preserve in Cox’s Creek received unanimous approval Tuesday night from the Joint City-County Planning Commission. The commission vote was to amend the existing Agriculture zoning on 161 acres owned by Shirley Holt to allow for […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Nov. 27, 2023 — The Joint City-County Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing in regard to Heaven Hill Distilleries’ application to build a new distilled spirits warehouse project in Cox’s Creek near its original Barrel Preserve. Heaven Hill and property owner Shirley Holt have applied for planned […]
