At the River's Bend The politics and government blog of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/opinion/03friedman.html?src=me&ref=general  Just how remote is Owensboro anyway? The Himalayas are getting 3G service before we do. The New York Times reported this week: “The Hindustan Times carried a small news item the other day that, depending on your perspectiv

Here is the list of Owensboro neighborhood alliance meetings in September: Apollo Area Alliance – 6 p.m., Sept. 28 at Century Christian Church. Audubon Bon Harbor Area Alliance – 6:30 p.m., Sept. 13 at Audubon Church of the Nazarene. Dogwood Azalea Neighborhood Alliance – 5:30 p.m., Sept. 16 at the

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, a Bowling Green Republican, will host an “America Speaking Out” town hall meeting at Western Kentucky University’s Owensboro campus on Aug.30. The meeting, which is open to the public, is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. at 4821 New Hartford Road. America Speaking Out is an

State Rep. Brent Yonts has been elected chairman of the commission that will commemorate the 150th anniversary of Kentucky’s role in the Civil War. Gov. Steve Beshear named the Greenville Democrat to a four-year term on the 25-member Kentucky Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission last winter at the

Kentucky plans to furlough state workers for a total of six days in the current fiscal year, which runs through June 30, 2011. Here’s the announcement from Frankfort. FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 9, 2010) – Kentucky Personnel Cabinet Secretary Nikki Jackson today presented a regulation to the State Personne

Raccoons having babies in your attic? Snakes in your walls? Check out this news release from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources: FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky is blessed with a diversity of wildlife – some 74 species of mammals, 380 species of birds, and 112 species of reptiles and a

Still thinking about buying fireworks? You might be interested in this news release from the Kentucky State Fire Marshal’s office.  ”The Kentucky State Fire Marshal’s office has uncovered attempts by those selling fireworks to skirt state laws in order to sell otherwise illegal fireworks. “William S

Last week’s extended heat wave drove up electricity usage in Owensboro. Last Wednesday, when the temperature hit 95 degrees with high humidity keeping conditioners humming, OMU’s native load demand reached 192.4 megawatts, the peak so far for this year. OMU’s all-time peak for local demand was set o

When Daviess Fiscal Court paid the bills last week, there was a $154.71 item for the road department marked “crossbow.” So why does the road department need a crossbow? Planning to shoot some groundhogs? No, it seems Crossbow is a brand of herbicide weed and brush killer. Bummer. Filed under: county

Ben Hawes Golf Course and Park operates a fleet of 60 Yamaha gasoline-powered golf carts, built in 2005. As early as July, they will be gone, probably replaced by 72 new electric carts, course manager Chris Cary said Tuesday. “We’ll start the bidding process this week, and we’ll probably go with ele