Hannah Toole

Hannah Toole eager to tell Winchester’s tourism story

Hannah Toole is bring­ing her back­ground in sales, hos­pi­tal­i­ty and city gov­ern­ment to her new role as Winchester and Clark County’s tourism direc­tor. She hopes to build on downtown’s progress while draw­ing more atten­tion to out­door attrac­tions, agri­cul­tur­al des­ti­na­tions and local his­to­ry. Regional part­ner­ships, expand­ed access to nature and a revived Beer Cheese Trail are among the oppor­tu­ni­ties she sees.... 
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Who’s on Clark County’s ballot this Election Day?

Clark County vot­ers face deci­sions across con­gres­sion­al, state and local races on Election Day. This guide explains who is run­ning for the U.S. Senate and House, the Kentucky leg­is­la­ture, coun­ty offices and Winchester city gov­ern­ment. It also cov­ers judi­cial con­tests, school board can­di­dates, write-in choic­es and a pro­posed con­sti­tu­tion­al amend­ment con­cern­ing guber­na­to­r­i­al par­dons and sen­tence com­mu­ta­tions. Learn which races are... 

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  • Hannah Toole eager to tell Winchester’s tourism story

    Hannah Toole eager to tell Winchester’s tourism story

    Hannah Toole is bring­ing her back­ground in sales, hos­pi­tal­i­ty and city gov­ern­ment to her new role as Winchester and Clark County’s tourism direc­tor. She hopes to build on downtown’s progress while draw­ing more atten­tion to out­door attrac­tions, agri­cul­tur­al des­ti­na­tions and local his­to­ry. Regional part­ner­ships, expand­ed access to nature and a revived Beer Cheese Trail are among the oppor­tu­ni­ties she sees. Toole also wants more fund­ing and venues for larg­er events. With… 

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  • Mountain Workshops captures everyday life in Clark County

    Mountain Workshops captures everyday life in Clark County

    College stu­dents from around the world came to Clark County to doc­u­ment every­day lives through Mountain Workshops, a sto­ry­telling project root­ed in Western Kentucky University. Working from The Hannah McClure Cardinal Community Center, par­tic­i­pants cre­at­ed 70 sto­ries that read­ers can explore online, with a print­ed book planned for next year. Project direc­tor James Kenney describes an effort that has grown from a class­room assign­ment into an annu­al gath­er­ing of stu­dents and… 

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  • Frances Figart’s Clark Co. roots shape Smokies writing

    Frances Figart’s Clark Co. roots shape Smokies writing

    Clark County native Frances Figart’s new book, Word from the Smokies: A Nature Reader, gath­ers 24 pieces from her week­ly col­umn explor­ing the nat­ur­al world of the Great Smoky Mountains. Steve Flairty traces Figart’s path from a child­hood in Trapp, Kentucky, through work in Lexington, life in the Daniel Boone National Forest and even­tu­al immer­sion in Southern Appalachia. Along the way, Figart’s love of wildlife, con­ser­va­tion and place deep­ened into a… 

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  • Change Collective KY gives parents a place

    Change Collective KY gives parents a place

    Change Collective KY, a Winchester-based par­ent-led orga­ni­za­tion found­ed by Valerie Frost, is build­ing an inde­pen­dent space for Kentucky par­ents to find prac­ti­cal help and doc­u­ment their expe­ri­ences with schools, health­care sys­tems, CPS, courts and oth­er pub­lic ser­vices. Through its Parent Real Talk Resource Library, com­mu­ni­ty events and fam­i­ly expe­ri­ence intake tool, the orga­ni­za­tion aims to turn indi­vid­ual sto­ries into mean­ing­ful pat­terns while remain­ing account­able to the fam­i­lies who share them. Frost… 

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