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The Kentucky River Authority is an agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Its major purpose is to operate and maintain a set of locks and dams along the course of the Kentucky River, which were originally built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As of May 2018, Locks 5 through 14 are operated by the Authority, while Locks 1 through 4 are in ...
A bridge across the North Fork of the Kentucky River near Lost Creek, Ky., is flooded on Thursday, July 28, 2022. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)
The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States. The 260-mile (420 km) river and its tributaries drain much of eastern and central Kentucky, passing through the Eastern Coalfield, the Cumberland Mountains, and the Bluegrass region. [2] Its watershed encompasses about 7,000 square miles (18,000 km 2), and it ...
2022 Appalachian floods. Radar estimated rainfall in Eastern Kentucky and surrounding areas from July 25 to 30, highlighting the counties that received the most rain. Between July 26 and August 1, 2022, widespread and catastrophic flooding swept through portions of eastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, and southern West Virginia. 45 people ...
The National Weather Service said flooding on the North Fork of the Kentucky River at Whitesburg surged to a new record early Thursday, rising about 12 feet in 12 hours from 9 p.m. Wednesday to 9 ...
Water levels at the North Fork Kentucky River in Hazard didn’t quite reach record levels but still topped out at 25.74 feet at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, which is the highest it’s been since March ...
Two houses down from the Lost Creek post office along Troublesome, Fugate knew a couple that had worked hard over the years to improve their home on KY-476. Now all that’s left of the structure ...
Valley View Ferry. The Valley View Ferry provides passage over the Kentucky River in rural central Kentucky. Located on Kentucky Route 169, this ferry service connects auto traffic between the county seats of Richmond in Madison County, Nicholasville in Jessamine County and Lexington Kentucky. The route leads you directly to downtown Richmond ...