With numerous reports of bear sightings in Hardin and surrounding counties over the past several days, wildlife officials say residents should be cautious with the animals.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Bear program coordinator John Hast says those who spot bears should report them to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife’s Info Center for tracking data.
Sunday’s 5.1 magnitude earthquake in North Carolina is providing emergency officials the chance to remind residents that a similar earthquake could happen just as suddenly here in the Commonwealth.
“We’ve been definitely overdue for a many, many years,” Meade County Emergency Director Ron Dodson explained.
Dodson says Kentucky, which lies in the middle of 5 different fault systems, could receive an earthquake from any one of them at any given time. The state’s last major earthquake was a 5.2 back in 1980 near Maysville.
“We haven’t really had anything major since then,” Dodson said.
Still, it doesn’t hurt to prepare, and Dodson says there are some simple steps residents can take to be prepared.
On Friday, it was announced that Elizabethtown Community and Technical College would be awarded with yet another grant, this time for their TRIO program. According to Interim Chief Academic Officer Darren Powell, the grant, over $300,000, will be used by the college for their student support services under the program.
The program has been around for the last twenty years.
