NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Sept. 30, 2019 (UPDATED Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019) — Judge Executive Dean Watts’ office lifted the burn ban that was issued on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Judge Executive Dean Watts’ office announced that its burn ban was lifted Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Watts’ order also reminds Nelson County […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, July 20, 2019 — One man was injured Saturday morning in an ATV rollover accident in the area of 1400 block of Pappy Cecil Lane. The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Nelson County Fire Department and Nelson County EMS were dispatched at 9:38 a.m. to the area for a […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, July 17, 2019 — Eighteen recent high school graduates from Nelson County are recipients of $1,000 scholarships from Nelson County Farm Bureau. In partnership with the County Farm Bureaus, the Kentucky Farm Bureau Education Foundation awarded more than $460,000 this year to deserving students from across the Commonwealth. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, July 12, 2019 — Due to bridge work by the Kentucky Department of Transportation in the eastbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway, the eastbound lanes of the parkway between Exit 25, US 150 / Springfield Road and Exit 21, US31E / New Haven Road will be closed. Eastbound […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, July 3, 2019 — Nelson County High School junior Scarlett Collins recently returned home from Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders (IFAL). Collins and 40 other high school students from around the state attended the five-day summer leadership conference that was held June 23-27 at the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 24, 2019 — Dr. Tammy Potter, the state’s apiarist, will be the guest speaker at the Monday, July 1, 2019, monthly meeting of the Washington County Beekeepers Association. Potter will explain varroa mite treatments, and review online tools available to beekeepers from the Honey Bee Health Coalitions. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOAgricultural News Friday, May 24, 2019 — A presentation covering bee product labeling requirements will be presented at the Monday, June 3, 2019, meeting of the Washington County Beekeepers Association. Leslie Y. Cobb, R.S., the food labeling compliance specialist at the Kentucky Department of Public Health will be explaining the bee […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Friday, Aug. 26, 2019 — Now that the 2019 Legislative Session is over, I am not in Frankfort on a daily basis. However, I still return quite a bit for meetings. I like the drive to Frankfort because it gives me the opportunity to see so much of Kentucky. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, March 27, 2019 — A heavy grayish smoke covered northern Nelson County Wednesday morning at about 8:30 a.m. from Deatsville Road all the way to Fairfield. The smoke smelled like the result of a possible forest or woods fire in the area. There were numerous reports of […]
By MARK HEINZ Guest Columnist Tuesday, March 12, 2019 — Like many Kentuckians, I learned to fish with a cane pole in farm ponds as soon as I learned how to walk. For me, that was 60-odd years ago. There were three farm ponds on my grandparents’ farm in Oldham County. They all held […]
