FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 24, 2021) – On Wednesday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the state’s positivity rate has declined to 5.9%, the lowest since Oct. 27. “We are getting these vaccines out faster than the federal government can provide them, so there’s a lot of hope moving into the future,” said Gov. Beshear. “We are going…

Protecting Our Waterways & Saving Our Streambanks by Lindsie Nicholas and David McGrade, Bluegrass Greensource lindsie@bggreensource.org   At this point in winter, a longing for spring and the outdoors is usually knocking. Greener pastures, trees blossoming, and streams flowing as winter melts away ushering in those spring rains. With the changing seasons comes changes to…

COVID 19 Update (February 19) Today The Bourbon County Healthy Department received 1 positive COVID 19 case. This person if following isolation orders and recovering at home. Six of the current cases have fully recovered and have been released off isolation. The Healthy Department has provided 90 2nd “boost” vaccinations to Paris Independent and St.…

Additional COVID-19 testing sites available in County and moving to 1b vaccination phase Paris, KY – Health officials from the Bourbon County Health Department (BCHD) have announced plans to transition their public health priority from providing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing, to COVID-19 vaccination, effective Monday, February 8th. The logistics involved with scheduling and administering future…