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Kentucky ‘A tremendous win.’ Kentucky dam removal will help an ecological treasure. By Bill Estep Updated September 20, 2021 4:56 PM ...
Kentucky Reservoir has a surface area of 160,300 acres and about 2,000 miles of shoreline, but I picked the accommodations that seemed closest to the dam, on paper, anyway. When I arrived I was ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved $110 million for the Kentucky Lock and Dam project in its annual budget, per the request of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, his office said.
The Kentucky Lake should be at or near its summer pool level by the end of the week. If there are any boaters out, do not approach the dam as the water turbulence is very dangerous.
A set of locks for an Ohio River dam in Kentucky is closed due to a "navigational incident" after 10 barges were released from a tugboat, including one barge carrying 1,400 tons of a toxic alcohol ...
Budget hawks are screeching about a measure tucked into the government funding deal that raises the spending cap for a dam in Kentucky to $2.9 billion, calling the project an example of federal ...
FRANKFORT — Kentucky dam safety officials faced a potentially dire situation last year: A sinkhole was rapidly growing in the slope of a dam in Crittenden County. A failure could ...
KENTUCKY (KFVS) - The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to open Kentucky Dam to help raise the low river level. According to TVA’s Facebook page, they are “scheduling special water releases ...
Guest Phillip Bailey, political editor for WFPL in Louisville, Kentucky. This segment aired on October 17, 2013.
The new dam was built by C.J. Mahan, a company from near Columbus, Ohio. The final cost, according to the Kentucky River Authority: $14,933,136.98. Dam 9 originally was to be completed last year.