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Hear featured reports on events and issues affecting the Four Rivers Region. Produced by the WKMS News Team.
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The Great Generational Divide: Religion
A new Pew Research Center study on aging has revealed ...
A new Pew Research Center study on aging has revealed the largest generation gap since conflicting opinions on Vietnam, civil rights, and women's liberation divided the nation 40 years ago. Almost eight in ten people now believe there is a
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Constance Alexander, Kentucky Speaker
Award-winning poet, playwright, fiction and nonfiction writer Constance Alexander has ...
Award-winning poet, playwright, fiction and nonfiction writer Constance Alexander has added another feather to her cap. The Kentucky Humanities Council selected her for the Speakers Bureau, placing her in the company of a multifaceted group of
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Interview with Briggs & Stratton President on sustainability
Briggs and Stratton Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin operates two plants ...
Briggs and Stratton Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin operates two plants in our region, one in Murray and the other in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The Murray Calloway County Economic Development Corporation featured Briggs and Stratton President and
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"No Future" for Some Teens
State and national surveys have measured teen risk behavior, but ...
State and national surveys have measured teen risk behavior, but few look at the attitudes behind those behaviors. Conventional wisdom says teenagers are impulsive and take risks because they're not mature enough to realize the consequences. But
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No Helmet + Motorcycle = Death?
Eleven years ago, Kentucky lawmakers repealed the state's mandatory motorcycle ...
Eleven years ago, Kentucky lawmakers repealed the state's mandatory motorcycle helmet law. Since then, the commonwealth has witnessed a dramatic rise in motorcycle deaths. Is there a link? Possibly. Kentucky Public Radio's Tony McVeigh has
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What E-Verify means for Kentucky business
When businesses hire an employee, they can use an online ...
When businesses hire an employee, they can use an online database to determine if the person is legally authorized to work in the US. The E-Verify database, run by the federal Department of Homeland Security, may play a major role in immigration law
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MSU Invests in New Electric Vehicles
Dickie Turner is the Assistant Director of Transportation at Murray ...
Dickie Turner is the Assistant Director of Transportation at Murray State University. He and I are getting into a GEM E L low speed electric vehicle. It resembles a golf cart in some ways, in other ways a small pick up truck. There is a Murray State
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Enabling economic growth in Western Kentucky
Situated at the confluence of four rivers and several major ...
Situated at the confluence of four rivers and several major rail lines, western Kentucky has long been positioned for economic growth. Now, a new group that brings the various chambers of commerce together to lobby for the region is looking to change
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Single-Payer Support in Western Kentucky
News of health reform seems unavoidable. But for western Kentuckians ...
News of health reform seems unavoidable. But for western Kentuckians battling illness, working at local hospitals, or trying to sell insurance to floundering families, the issue has been inescapable for some time. As Carrie Pond reports, one solution
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Tips for aspiring baseball's Olympus
On Sunday, July 26, Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson will ...
On Sunday, July 26, Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, thereby increasing the value of their autographs by no little and quite some. On the occasion of the annual induction,
