Ryan Van Velzer
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Louisville, KY, United States
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Louisville installs syringe disposal boxes in three public parks – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Louisville officials have installed safe syringe disposal boxes as a harm reduction strategy in three city parks. → Read More
The world’s largest Red Hickory tree may be in Eastern Kentucky – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
A Kentucky ecologist says he’s found the largest tree of its kind in the world in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Eastern Kentucky. → Read More
2 LMPD officer-involved shootings in 24 hours – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
One took place Thursday in a neighborhood near Churchill Downs. The other happened in the Highlands Friday morning. → Read More
Ky. under flood watch on Tuesday – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
The National Weather Service of Louisville has issued a flood watch for Tuesday. → Read More
Dawson Springs: Hope and destruction in the tornado’s wake – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
A tornado system destroyed the small hometown of former Gov. Steve Beshear, Gov. Andy Beshear’s father. → Read More
Ky. has 14,000 ‘orphan wells’ and money to clean them up – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
A new study of abandoned oil and gas wells found Kentucky has among the highest number of documented so-called orphan wells in the country. → Read More
Utility-scale solar booming in Kentucky – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Over the last two years, utility regulators have approved 13 utility-scale solar projects across Kentucky. The latest is a planned 200-megawatt solar facility on a reclaimed coal mine in Martin County. → Read More
Report finds forever chemicals in 90% of Ky. waterways – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Kentucky’s Department for Environmental Protection sampled every major watershed in Kentucky and found PFAS in 90 percent of the surface waters. → Read More
Exponential COVID Case Growth Slows In Kentucky – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says there are signs the exponential growth of COVID-19 cases has begun to slow. → Read More
Climate Change Offers More Ideal Days For Mosquitoes In Louisville – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Standing in a thicket of wetland woods beside a church in Newburg, entomologist Matt Vanderpool attaches the finishing touches on a mosquito trap. A purple glow lures the mosquitoes in, a bit like a bug zapper. “Mosquitoes drink nectar from flowers and the black light mimics the light that’s reflected off of flowers that the […] → Read More
KY Has One Of The Highest Excess Death Rates In US Amid Pandemic – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Officially, Kentucky has reported around 7,300 COVID-19 deaths, but the latest data from University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates more than 17,000 Kentuckians have died as a result of of the pandemic. → Read More
Kentucky Releases First Look At COVID ‘Breakthrough’ Cases – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
The state reported 2,795 COVID-19 cases among its vaccinated population from March through July 21, which is less than 5% of total cases. → Read More
Kentucky Hemp Association Sues State Over Delta-8 – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
The Kentucky Hemp Association is suing the state following a series of police raids, arguing a THC product derived from hemp known as Delta-8 is legal. Kentucky State Police and other law enforcement agencies have raided at least five shops carrying Delta-8 products since April. → Read More
Kentucky Announces First Vaccine Sweepstakes Winners – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Six lucky Kentuckians have won the state’s first vaccine sweepstakes. Particia Short of Lexington was the first person in Kentucky to win a million dollars in the state’s vaccine lottery. “We are firm believers that we have to do it – please get vaccinated. Our kids have got to be vaccinated, too, or it’s not […] → Read More
Shawnee Park Gets Another Improvement As City Continues to Invest – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
City officials and Shawnee neighborhood residents unveiled a series of improvements in Shawnee Park on Friday. The new amenities include chess tables and floating islands in the park’s pond. The park is one of Louisville’s three flagship parks designed by the country’s most famous landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. The Metropolitan Sewer Department invested $2.3 […] → Read More
AG Daniel Cameron Asks Supreme Court To Curtail EPA – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a lower court ruling that allows a federal agency to set emission standards. Cameron filed a brief Friday asking the court to review a D.C. Circuit ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency concerning the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The […] → Read More
Louisville Residents Hold Social Justice Fair To Mark Year of Mass Demonstrations – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
A few dozen people gathered in the park Friday afternoon to commemorate the anniversary with expressions of joy, hope and art. → Read More
Ky. Utility Regulators Set Rooftop Solar Rate – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
The new rate is a lot higher than utilities want to pay net-metering customers. → Read More
Louisville Residents Rally For Solidarity With Palestinians – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
More than a hundred people gathered at Waterfront Park to rally in solidarity with Palestinians facing escalating conflict with Israel. → Read More
LG&E Agrees To Reduce Emissions To Limit Ozone Formation – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
The utility has reached an agreement with air pollution regulators to reduce emissions that contribute to harmful ground level ozone. → Read More