Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron in the snow 2019-03-03 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. Snow is coming down in Shelbyville today, but the fishing continues for this Great Blue. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Looking across the flooded Cumberland River 2019-03-03 - Burkesville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Cumberland County has been on our minds this week with the flooding that continues due to the record levels of water from Lake Cumberland having to be released from Wolf Creek Dam. Sue Stivers stood on Lower River Road in Burkesville, KY and looked across the greatly widened Cumberland River. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair Co Cattlemen's Association reaches milestone 2019-03-03 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Nick Roy. A huge congratulations to the past and present members of the Adair County Cattlemen's Association for just reaching a record membership of 301 members, per the most recent edition of Cow Country News, which is a publication of the Kentucky Cattlemen's Association. The Adair County Cattlemen's Association was founded 24 years ago by a handful of local cattle producers. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACES Academic Team competes in regionals 2019-03-03 - Jamestown, KY - Photo by Lisa Newell-Hare. The ACES Academic Team brought home several medals and awards from the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, including 4th Overall Region out of eleven schools. Back row, left to right: Bailey Coffey, Nia McNeiley, Jay Whalen, Kinzlee Akin, Abbie Kemp; Front row, left to right: Callie Compton, Hannah Kotter, Natalea Kaylor, Harli Polk. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Sustainable Agriculture at Homeplace 2019-03-02 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Soil Health Cover Crops are much more effective when established in the Fall but the historic amounts and frequency of rainfall during the Fall and Winter delayed the bean harvest. So, we began drilling our Cereal Rye on Thursday, February 28, 2019. Sustainable Agriculture can only be achieved when we create conditions where our soils are biologically healthy and current levels of soil organics are maintained or increased. Soil Health Cover Crops are our one best way to achieve that sustainability. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Observing manners at mealtime 2019-03-02 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. The sheep in front clearly has the best manners, using the lunch tray, as opposed to the one in back diving right into the middle of the food. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

RIDES: trading cars, going from traditional to electric 2019-03-02 - Traveling north past the Ohio River in a pounding rain storm in a car operating only on battery power - Photo by Linda and Matilda Anne Waggener . Renewable energy has long been an interest of this driver, so in the face of having to change used cars yet again, Tom Waggener convinced himself that helping the environment mixed with the cost savings over time would offset the added expense of going electric. This is the scene from the back seat looking at the iPad control panel and out over the "frunk", the "front trunk" where the engine would be in a traditional car. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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