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LTADD seeking public input on housing study

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The Lincoln Trail Area Development District is seeking community input on their comprehensive study of affordable housing and homelessness in the region.

“As we’ve heard throughout the community now for several years, we have a lot of market-based housing, but we don’t really know where we stand as far as affordable, workforce, and transitional housing, aka homelessness,” said LTADD Executive Director Daniel London.

The study is designed to give LTADD quantifiable data to show if the district is over-built in market-based housing and under-built in affordable housing.

London says community input is critical to the study.

“It gives us feedback on what the cost of housing is, and how that is impacting you, because all of this nests together in terms of what varieties and buckets of housing we need within the community to make sure that everyone has appropriate housing, because that ensures that we prevent a cracked socio-economic situation here in the community that we have to guard against,” London said.

Participation in the survey, which should take 10 to 15 minutes to complete, is voluntary. Responses are confidential and no personal identifying information will be collected.

The deadline to submit responses is February 16. A link to the survey can be found on the LTADD website and Facebook page.

Frost quakes are harmless, but startling, products of winter weather

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As the area continues to see freezing temperatures, you might occasionally hear a loud boom outside.

“We’ve had reports from across south-central Kentucky, especially, of these loud booms that folks have heard, and those are frost quakes, or cryoseism,” said Meteorologist Evan Webb with the National Weather Service in Louisville. 

The weekend winter storm brought high amounts of precipitation that saturated the ground quickly.

“That freezing rain saturated the ground with soils somewhat above freezing still, but then all that moisture in the soil was able to freeze and expand,” Webb said. “Of course, water expands when it freezes into ice, and it expands and cracks, and so that’s that sound that you’re hearing is the freezing of all that moisture in the soil.”

While startling, frost quakes are no cause for alarm,

“They’re generally harmless,” Webb said. “Really, the bigger safety concern is just from the cold itself.”

While the NWS has lifted advisories related to the temperature, very cold temperatures are expected for the rest of the week.

Vine Grove receives funding for water line improvements

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The City of Vine Grove is receiving support for infrastructure improvements by way of funding through the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Vine Grove Mayor Pam Ogden said the funding was requested by Second District Congressman Brett Guthrie.

“It is for $817,491,” Ogden said. “It is to improve and replace old, galvanized water lines that are a constant source of leaks and main breaks in our water system. This is also to replace undersized lines, so I’m pretty excited about it. These are projects that we wouldn’t have had money to probably do for a while.”

The work covered by the funding is part of improvement projects the city has been working on for some time.

“We have water and sewer in the City of Vine Grove,” Ogden said. “We own our own, and this is something we’ve been going through and replacing on our own. It is very expensive, very costly, so we applied for this grant with Brett Guthrie’s office and we’ve communicated several times back and forth. This is a grant that he’s sponsored for us. I’m very appreciative, and it actually got approved.”

Ogden said she is grateful for the work Guthrie, his office, and the staff at Vine Grove City Hall put into getting the funding approved

“It’s going to make a huge difference as far as how many jobs we can tackle, how many jobs we can take care of in the city, and the improvements that we can make with this amount of money is amazing,” Ogden said.

Guthrie said in his funding request: “This project is a good use of taxpayer funding because it works to provide increased access to strong water pressure for fire protection in the Vine Grove community and will help to ensure increased water system reliability for those serviced by the city’s water.”

Nolin RECC offers energy-saving tips amid cold temperatures

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As the frigid temperatures continue, Nolin RECC is reminding members and area residents of actions they can take to conserve electricity during high-demand periods.

“Extreme temperatures like we are experiencing right now put added demand not only on our home systems but on the larger energy grid, because heating equipment is trying to make up a significant difference between the outside temperature and the temperature inside our homes,” said Nolin RECC Communications Manager Sarah Fellows. “Each of us can incorporate small changes into our daily habits that end up helping everyone by reducing our own bills but also by helping to reduce the stress on the energy grid.”

The co-op says:

-Lower thermostats slightly, even by just a few degrees, and wear layers. 
-Delay using large appliances such as washers, dryers, and dishwashers until later in the evening or overnight.
-Seal drafts around doors and windows to keep warm air inside.
-Open curtains during the day and close them at night.
-Use space heaters sparingly due to the significant amount of electricity they use.

As an additional reminder, do not approach downed power lines. Report them to your service provider. Visit Nolin RECC’s website for more tips and information.

Kentucky sees strong deer season, but KFW wants to increase doe harvest

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Deer hunters across the commonwealth contributed to another strong season despite the doe harvest coming in short of Kentucky Fish and Wildlife’s goals.

Hunters harvested 145,433 deer in Kentucky during the 2025-2026 hunting season, marking the fifth-highest reported total in the state’s history. 72 percent of harvested deer were taken using modern guns. KFW says the season included a newly-expanded October youth-only season, impressive numbers for hunters on public lands, and a high percentage of harvested bucks estimated to be 2.5 years old or older.

The state did not, however, meet its doe harvest goals, which KFW says plays a part in maintaining a healthy and quality deer herd in the commonwealth. Only 43.5 percent of harvested deer were does, and only one county in the state-designated hunting zones where the state was looking to reduce population numbers met its goal for the season. KFW is looking into ways to encourage a higher doe harvest, as an overabundance of deer can result in increased vehicle collisions and damage to crops and landscaping.

KFW continues to monitor for chronic wasting disease and is enforcing restrictions in counties located within the state’s CWD Surveillance Zone. Learn more about CWD and find additional statistics on deer hunting season at fw.ky.gov.