By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021 — Kentucky has remained in a perpetual state of emergency since March 6, 2020. From the onset of the global pandemic, the voice of the representative branch of state government, the Kentucky General Assembly, has not always been heard concerning the state response to COVID-19. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 — Bardstown businessman Tim Hutchins was the guest with WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show to discuss his possible candidacy as a Republican candidate for Nelson County judge executive. Running time: About 47 minutes, -30- Please follow and like us:
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 — Bardstown business owner and former magistrate Tim Hutchins will be the studio guest Wednesday morning from 11 to noon on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. Hutchins is believed to be leaning toward filing as a Republican candidate in the race for Nelson County […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Monday, Aug. 9, 2021 — Two months of the 2021 Interim are now in the books following the conclusion of July Interim meetings. The Kentucky General Assembly remains focused on pressing issues preparing for our return for the 2022 Regular Session next January. Recent focus has turned back to […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 — U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie presided over a broadband roundtable discussion Friday morning at the Nelson County Public Library. The discussion brought together representatives from the U.S. Department of agriculture, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and FCC Commissioner Brenda Carr to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 — State Auditor Mike Harmon will be the keynote speaker at the next meeting of the Republican Party of Nelson County, 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, at the Nelson County Public Library in Bardstown. Harmon is completing his second term as state auditor, and […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 — Nelson Fiscal Court plans to leave the county’s property tax rate the same for 2022 as it was for 2021. The 2021 rate was 13.9 per $100 value for real estate. Judge Executive Dean Watts noted that leaving the rate the same […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette Wednesday, July 28, 2021 — Former Republican Party chairman Don Thrasher’s recent letter to the editor offering an apology and call for unity within the Nelson County Republic Party seems to have been a very short-lived sentiment. This week, local Republicans began receiving a mailer that blasted the newly reorganized […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 20, 2021 — With the new fiscal year now underway, Nelson Fiscal Court magistrates have been preparing their road repair wish lists while awaiting state road repair funds. Magistrate Jeff Lear, who represents the county’s 4th District, submitted his paving list at Nelson Fiscal Court’s […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 20, 2021 — NAACP President Jeff Stone called on Nelson Fiscal Court Tuesday to insure sufficient funding for the proper and safe operation of the Nelson County Jail. Stone told the court he toured the jail on Monday, and said that in the jail’s current […]
