John Oliver gave a shoutout to the previous incarnation of our NPR collaborative last night! And hey, WVPB’s still a part of our current collaborative, along with stations across Kentucky and Tennessee: www.lpm.org/tags/appalac...

I know, I know, media is DYING right? But LOCAL media is still out here doing the work, showing up, donning masks to breathe in fewer petroleum fumes and delivering the information our communities need. Allow me to demonstrate.

For about two hours last night, Sabit Aliyev and his co-workers were trapped by flames from the UPS plane crash in Louisville. “It was like really loud. This explosion and flames all over. It was.. [the] heat was so bad, you can feel it from a distance,” he said.

There are confirmed reports of a plane crash in Louisville. It appears to be large. There’s a shelter in place warning for five males around the Muhammad Ali airport

No Kings in Louisville, Kentucky: I reported extensively on the 2020 Breonna Taylor protests and I don't think I've every seen as many people protesting in downtown Louisville as I did today.

Last week @joesonka.lpm.org reported the state was threatening to send more than 1,400 families to debt collection if they did not pay back EBT cards the state inadvertently sent out. This week those parents got this letter in the mail saying they do not have to pay. www.lpm.org/news/2025-08...

Folks are loving this story about native bees from @sylviaruthg.lpm.org. What are your favorite stories from NPR member stations? www.lpm.org/news/2025-07...

I cannot believe this is real.

Kentucky's latest warming stripes.

Photos from the No Kings protest in Louisville. Easily thousands of people.

Reporter's notebook: Tornado cleanup in London Kentucky www.lpm.org/news/2025-05...

THIS is what America is all about, helping your neighbor while caring for your family. That’s resilience. The more I think about it the more I’m obsessed with this photo from London, Kentucky, by @justinhicks.lpm.org).

Some photos of the Ohio River from this morning in Louisville.

I’m reading Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. Check out this sci-fi passage dated March 4, 2025:

A good snow happening in Louisville.

They’ve updated the story:

Louisville Public Media's Roberto Roldan and Pulitzer-prize winning photographer Jon Cherry spent months working on this project, photographing the people who live at the hotel, and reporting on their lives. Their photos and stories are beautiful, tragic and heartwarming.