Green heron
Color among the cattails
July 20, 2025Newsletter
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Eminent domain case prompts question: Who decides where development happens?
Madison County cattle farmer says he doesn't know who he's fighting as state sues to build road through his farm
July 18, 2025
Ruby-throated hummingbirds can put up a fight
While the buzz of ruby-throated hummingbirds is a summer delight, these birds are often aggressive and territorial around nectar sources. Here an incoming female is met by a defensive male. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are the only hummingbirds that breed in the eastern United States and by early fall they’ll be
July 13, 2025
Madison County regional airport has Frankfort's attention
In partnership with EKU, the facility is seen as key to local--and statewide--economic development
July 11, 2025
Bald eagle pair visits in town
Last year on the 4th of July I was filling my back yard bird feeders in the center of town in Berea and, behold, a pair of bald eagles in the side yard! A neighbor spotted them in town again just the other day. Preferring habitats near large bodies of
July 06, 2025
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Hope to see you at Community Park tonight
July 04, 2025
Bumpy roll out of new 911 tax prompts call for 'patience' as appeals process is underway
Official: 'We know there's bad data'
July 02, 2025
Indigo bunting
The indigo buntings have been offering bright flashes of blue from dawn to dusk as they breed in the Brushy Fork field area. They seem to enjoy serenading passersby with their lively, high-pitched, bouncy songs that have earned them the nickname “blue canaries.” Subscribe now
June 29, 2025
Berea Pollinator Gardens offer beauty, butterflies and community
BEREA — Judith Weckman was concerned. “We’ve lost habitat for our native plants and that negatively affects our pollinators,” Weckman told The Edge. So, in early 2023, freshly retired from her role directing institutional research and assessment at Berea College, Weckman went to Mayor Bruce Fraley and asked if she
June 27, 2025