Voter Registration Slowly Recovers from Pandemic

FRANKFORT, Ky. (August 31, 2020) – Secretary of State Michael Adams announced that Kentucky’s number of registered voters increased slightly following the June primary election. From June 24, when the voter rolls reopened after the primary election, through July 31, a net 21,548 voters were added, for a current total of 3,497,941 registered voters.

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Meadows Hired To Build, Teach First JROTC Program At GCHS

(Lancaster, KY - July 30, 2020) - After getting Garrard County Board of Education approval to begin a US Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC), Garrard County High School officially hired retired Army Sergeant First Class Brett E. Meadows on July 20 to develop, build and teach the curriculum and program -- a start-from-scratch endeavor new to the county and its students.

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Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles Challenges Beshear Executive Orders Alongside Small Agritourism Business

FRANKFORT (June 29, 2020) – Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles filed a lawsuit today in the Scott Circuit Court in Georgetown to declare several of Governor Andy Beshear’s executive orders to be violations of the processes outlined by Kentucky’s Administrative Practices Act and the state constitution. Commissioner Quarles filed the case alongside Evans Orchard and Cider Mill, LLC, which joins him as a co-plaintiff in the case.

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Air Quality Warning Issued: A Massive Dust Cloud From The Sahara Desert Will Reach The Southern U.S. Within A Few Days

FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 26, 2020) – On Friday, the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack warned Kentuckians that air quality in the state may be poor this weekend and into next week. An enormous cloud of dry and dusty air that originated over the Sahara Desert will move across the southern United States over the next three to seven days.

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Walk In Love: Planned March For This Friday, June 12 At 6:30PM

Lancaster, KY (June 10, 2020) — In light of the current atmosphere and discussions surrounding race relations in America a demonstration has been organized for Friday, June 12. The event will begin at the old Garrard County Courthouse at 6:30 p.m. and is open to all who wish to attend. Organizers say they hope the peaceful congregation will allow all voices to be heard (be it by signs, shirts, cheers, through an actual microphone or other peaceful ways) and that it will promote unity in Garrard County through raw, yet civil, discourse.

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Garrard County Surpasses Its 2010 Census Response Rate

May 21, 2020 – The latest 2020 Census response rates released show that Garrard County has already surpassed its 2010 Census response rate. 66.4 percent of Garrard County households have now responded to the 2020 Census versus 60.0 percent in 2010, making Garrard County one of 17 Kentucky counties that have surpassed its rate from the 2010 Census. Kentucky’s response rate is 63.5 percent, currently 13th in the nation.

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