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On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Senate Majority Leader Max Wise and Democratic state Representative Chad Aull.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Community and Technical College System President Ryan Quarles.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with state Senator Damon Thayer and the Director of Communications of the Better Business Bureau of Central and Eastern Kentucky, Heather Clary.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr and Mission of Hope Executive Director David Heatherly.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack and WKYT Chief Meteorologist Chris Bailey.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Somerset Mayor Alan Keck and Kentucky Supreme Court Justice-elect Pamela Goodwine.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with two new faces joining the Kentucky House District 88 Representative-elect Vanessa Grossl and District 45 Representative-elect Adam Moore.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky's Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman and state Senator Donald Douglas.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Eastern Kentucky University Professor Dr. Anne Cizmar.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with VisitLex President Mary Quinn Ramer and Fayette County Clerk Susan Lamb.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Lexington Fire Department Chief Jason Wells and the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District, Randy Cravens.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with UK Political Science Professor Dr. Stephen Voss and Appalachian Regional Healthcare President and CEO Hollie Harris.

Kentucky Newsmakers 9/8: Versailles Mayor Brian Traugott; Lexington Housing Advocacy & Community Development Commissioner Charlie Lanter

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Fayette County Public Schools Superintendant Dr. Demetrus Liggins and Council on Postsecondary Education President Dr. Aaron Thompson.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Lexington Fayette County Health Department Communications Officer Kevin Hall.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky's new education commission, Dr. Robbie Fletcher, and Terry Brooks with Kentucky Youth Advocates.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and University of Kentucky Political Science Professor Dr. Steven Voss.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Eastern Kentucky University President David McFaddin and Kentucky Distillers Association President Eric Gregory.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky State Auditor Allison Ball and Lexington Herald-Leader Executive Editor Rick Green

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with University of Kentucky President Dr. Eli Capilouto.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Governor Andy Beshear.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Fayette County Clerk Susan Lamb and incoming Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers and Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator David O'Neill.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Lexington Emergency Management Director Trent Larkin and ONE Lexington Director Devine Carama.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Minority Caucus Chair Reggie Thomas and SOAR Executive Director Colby Hall.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer and former NBA player and author of “It's Hard for Me to Live With Me” Rex Chapman.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Eastern Kentucky University President David McFaddin and author Nick Rowe.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy Executive Director Van Ingram.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Association of Counties Executive Director & CEO Jim Henderson.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Transylvania University President Brien Lewis and Darryl Neher, the CEO of Lexington Habitat for Humanity.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky League of Cities Executive Director and CEO James D. Chaney and WKYT Sports Director talks about UK great Tim Couch finally being named to the College Football Hall of Fame.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Republican candidate for governor Daniel Cameron and candidate for lieutenant governor Robbie Mills.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with the Republican nominee for Jonathan Shell and WKYT Chief Meteorologist Chris Bailey.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Republican candidate for attorney general Russell Coleman and Fayette County Public Schools Board Chair Tyler Murphy.

On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with political consultant Adam Feldman.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with One Lexington Director Devine Carama.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and Republican candidate for Governor Kelly Craft.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles.

The month of February is one we often think about love because of Valentine's Day, but it's also a month where we put the heart front and center. We put the heart first, not just because of love this month, but rather for health reasons. February is American Heart Month, it's a time when we should all focus a little more on our cardiovascular health. For this latest episode, WKYT's Amber Philpott is sitting down with University of Kentucky Offensive lineman Kenneth Horsey. Horsey is passionate about heart health, he knows all too well the reality of a heart condition and how it can change your life. In 2018, just a few months before he graduated high school he was diagnosed with Endocarditis, an infection that was attacking his heart valve. Horsey would need open heart surgery, but he had already signed to play football at the University of Kentucky and had no idea what was next. Skip ahead, Horsey is healthy and is returning this year for his sixth season as a Wildcat. Horsey is now a proud Heart Health advocate, but also focused on football and making up for a season that ended last year not the way he says he would like it.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Bluegrass Realtors CEO Justin Landon and 2023 president Kelly Nisbet.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray.

As I was thinking about a guest list for this upcoming year on Uniquely Kentucky, I knew it had to include a number of musical artists. It seems in the last year my ears have been delighted by so many new and upcoming Kentucky artists who are making their mark in the industry. I am also amazed by the wealth of talent in this state, namely the amount of folks from eastern Kentucky who are really putting out some incredibly meaningful music and not within the confines of mainstream music. So many of these up and coming artists are gaining fans not necessarily on the radio, but rather on streaming sites and on social media. To kick off another season of Uniquely Kentucky, I am sitting down with Brit Taylor. Taylor is an eastern Kentucky native who is releasing her sophomore album Kentucky Blue on February 3, 2023. She is another shining example of the musical talent born and bred along the famed Country Music Highway or Route 23 that cuts a path through the mountains of eastern Kentucky. Taylor's new album is being produced by fellow Kentuckian Sturgill Simpson. Taylor calls Kentucky Blue a celebration of her own healing and rebirth. In this episode we talk all things music, how this record takes her back to her Appalachian roots and why in 2017 she turned off the radio and stopped listening to music in order to find her own sound.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Keeneland President Shannon Arvin and Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn and Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Fayette County coroner candidate Larry Owens and Lexington mayoral candidate David Kloiber.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Lexington activist and hip hop artist Devine Carama.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with incoming county attorney Angela Evans and Eric Tipton with Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with Governor Andy Beshear.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT's Bill Bryant talks with the Kentucky Center for School Safety Executive Director Jon Akers, State School Security Marshal Ben Wilcox, and SOAR‘s Chief Operating Officer Joshua Ball.

If you have been wondering where the July episode of Uniquely Kentucky has been, do not worry you did not miss a thing. We decided to hit the pause button out of respect to several major tragedies making the headlines in eastern Kentucky in June and July. First the funerals for the deadly ambush on three Floyd Co county officers and a K9 in early July and then the historic and catastrophic flooding that swept across parts of eastern Kentucky in late July. WKYT''s Amber Philpott is someone who holds eastern Kentucky very close to her heart. It's a place that gave Amber her start in television news, it's the place she got her college education and to her the mountains and its people will always have a place in her heart. This past month has been so incredibly hard on so many of our neighbors in eastern Kentucky, they have endured trauma, lost loved ones and watched as everything they worked so very hard for was washed away by the power of mother nature. The flooding turned creeks like Troublesome Creek, normally mild and meandering into raging torrents of water. Over the last month Amber and the WKYT team has spent time on the ground in places like Perry and Breathitt Counties, the devastation and destruction they have witnessed up close is immense, but they have also seen the kindness of strangers, been able to personally hug those who just needed to know someone cared and watched as a resilient region started to pick itself up and lean on others to get by. In this episode we found it only fitting to introduce you to someone that uses his creative passion and soul to bring to life stories through video documenting eastern Kentucky and its people. Justin Skeens is an award-winning digital storyteller, in fact he is the Director of Digital Storytelling at Berea College. Skeens is an eastern Kentucky native, a former WYMT and WKYT videographer and in the last month he has picked up his camera not to document, but help preserve the history and struggles that have unfolded during this chaotic time. His love for Appalachia and everything it stands for is quite evident when you talk with him or watch one of his beautifully crafted pieces. He is a boy from the mountains living out a dream behind the lens using his talents to share with the world a place so many of us hold dear, Appalachia.