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With at least 300 horses stabled at Keeneland at any time, and as many as 1,900 during peak horse sales, disposing of tons of straw and manure shoveled every day from barn stalls becomes a major environmental challenge for the race track.
Lexington might consider layoffs, pay reductions, furloughs, eliminating city programs and other steps to make up for an estimated $12 million to $13 million revenue shortfall, Mayor Jim Newberry announced Friday.
The nation's new top mine-safety regulator plans to move quickly on a plan to lower miners' exposure to unhealthy dust that can cause crippling black-lung disease.
John Randolph Batt, who taught 40 years at the University of Kentucky College of Law, died Tuesday in the hospice unit of St. Joseph Hospital. He was 75.
Tom Eblen's column on Page B1 in Business Monday incorrectly reported the hosts of last year's Lexington Startup Weekend. It was organized by Kentucky Startup Blog, the Young Entrepreneurs of Lexington and the University of Kentucky's Entrepreneur Club.