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A new grassroots environmental group is looking to help transform overlooked spaces in Paducah with native grasses and cover crops.

A Weather Authority Alert issued by meteorologists at WPSD Local 6 has been extended into Wednesday of next week. The National Weather Service of Paducah has issued a Heat Advisory from noon Saturday until 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Wildfire smoke from Canada and a Saharan dust plume are drifting across the U.S., potentially converging over the South this week and worsening air quality with hazy skies and health risks.

The Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided an update ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Èí¼þ evening on the ongoing dam safety modification study at Little Grassy Lake in southern Illinois. 

The National Weather Service is seeking to fill 155 positions at offices throughout the country by offering reassignment opportunities for qualified National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees, who are currently working elsewhere.

An increasingly warming climate intensified the deluge of rain that fell on Kentucky and other states in early April, according to a new report from a multinational academic group that studies climate change’s connections to extreme weather events.

Nearly 160 million people in the U.S. live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution, including some areas in the western Kentucky region.

The new data, collected by the agency’s Global Monitoring Laboratory, showed that carbon dioxide, which is the longest-lived planet-warming gas, grew by 3.75 parts per million in 2024 — 25% larger than the previous record jump of 2.96 ppm, set in 2015.

Paducah property owners who own uninhabited or condemned properties that could have previously been contaminated by hazardous material have until the end of 2025 to potentially qualify to receive an environmental assessment on their property.