SUMMARY: The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKYPAC) in Bowling Green is hosting a festive lineup this holiday season. Highlights include the new musical “The Best Gift: A Christmas Carol Musical” by Ramsey Theatre Company on November 21-22, and returning favorites like Orchestra Kentucky’s “J.C. Kirby and Son Christmas Spectacular” on December 13. Other events are “A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live On Stage” on November 25, BG OnStage’s “Yes Virginia: The Musical” on December 4, The Gatlin Brothers’ 70th Anniversary Tour on December 6, the “Nutcracker: Magical Christmas Ballet” on December 8, and Natalie Grant & Danny Gokey’s Celebrate Christmas Tour on December 11. Tickets for many shows are available online. Christmas at SKYPAC is sponsored by Wendy’s Bowling Green and Clark Beverage Group.

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SUMMARY: Kentucky faces a significant housing shortage impacting economic growth, job attraction, and costs. The Kentucky Chamber urges lawmakers to prioritize housing, citing a report showing 90% of local leaders say their regions can’t support major job projects due to housing gaps. Experts warn Kentucky may need 360,000 to 500,000 new homes by 2050, hindered by post-recession low construction, rising costs, labor shortages, outdated zoning, and regulatory burdens. The Chamber advocates investing in workforce training and creating a Residential Infrastructure Fund modeled after Indiana’s program, which supports infrastructure and zoning reforms to encourage sustainable housing growth and economic development.

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by McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern
July 31, 2025

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied some assistance for Kentucky counties affected by severe storms and tornadoes earlier this year, but the Beshear administration plans to appeal the decisions. 

The federal agency denied individual assistance for Christian and Todd counties and public assistance for Leslie County. FEMA also denied requests for the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Program, which funds long-term solutions to reduce the impact of future disasters, for both April flooding and the May tornadoes.

FEMA’s individual assistance program helps people affected by disasters who have uninsured or underinsured expenses. Public assistance from FEMA grants local governments money to recover from natural disasters. 

Beshear announced the decisions in a Wednesday afternoon press release. 

“While we appreciate the Individual Assistance and Public Assistance we were granted for most of the affected areas, we are disappointed in the decision,” Beshear said. “We are actively comparing the damage assessments, and we plan to appeal.”

FEMA sent Beshear a letter earlier this week about its decision that said the damage assessments of Christian and Todd counties for individual assistance and Leslie County for public assistance “is not of the severity and magnitude” to warrant those designations. 

Some Kentucky communities were approved for about $56 million in federal funding to repair damage from the May tornadoes and April floods last week. 

President Donald Trump previously approved direct federal aid for individuals in six counties hit by May tornadoes, storms and straight-line winds. Nineteen people died as a result of those storms.

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The content reports on FEMA’s denial of certain disaster assistance requests for Kentucky counties, focusing on the facts of the decision, responses from Governor Beshear, and the federal aid that was approved for other areas. It presents information about federal disaster programs and related political figures in a neutral tone without endorsing a particular political viewpoint. The article balances state and federal perspectives, avoids loaded language, and refrains from framing the issue in a partisan manner, reflecting straightforward news coverage rather than ideological bias.