Help the Green River Band get to Battle of the Bands 2024-07-17 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Craig Dean. The GRB is hoping to perform at River Festivus next month but needs your help. The top 5 bands with the most likes on Facebook will get to perform on Friday, Aug 16, 2024, in Burkesville, at the Battle of the Bands. The winner of the Battle will then get to open up for the Marshall Tucker Band on Saturday night, August 17, 2024. To help The Green River Band, all you have to do is click the link facebook.com and hit the Like or the Love button on the picture of the Green River Band! Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: American Goldfinches 2024-07-17 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold. Veronica writes, "I was trying to find the name of this bird and I googled yellow golden finch. Come to find out it is called a Goldfinch. Ok, that makes sense. He alighted on this wilting sunflower and soon a female joined him on a sunflower nearby. Lovely little birds. The female hung out under the leaves of the sunflowers for a while even after the male flew off." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Russell County, KY - in Creelsboro 2024-07-17 - Russell County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The old brick chimney and wagon wheel provided the perfect backdrops to make these bright summer lilies stand out in Creelsboro. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Doodlers, dabblers and dreamers met here 2024-07-17 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Highland Station Gallery - formerly Jeff and Henrietta Scott's Highland Raku, formerly Mrs. Gladys Wheeler's store - was the location of the July Adair County Arts Council. Anne and Alan Bird live and work their businesses there. Open studio hours right now are 10am-2pmCT each third Thursday of the month for textile artists. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Canada Goose 2024-07-17 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. The ducks always make it looks easy, but this Canada Goose had a harder time trying to balance on a partially submerged log. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Gov. Beshear meets with South Korean Commissioner 2024-07-16 - Seoul, South Korea - Photo courtesy Governor's Office. Gov. Andy Beshear, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Jim Gray and South Korea's National Police Agency Commissioner General Hee-keun Yoon met for a signing ceremony on July 15 in Seoul, South Korea, to formalize a driver's license reciprocity agreement between the two governments that aims to support job growth Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Butterfly: Cabbage White 2024-07-16 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A cabbage white butterfly feasting on a bounty of poke blossoms. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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