Alana Watson
Reporter/All Things Considered HostFormer student intern Alana Watson rejoined WKU Public Radio in August 2020 as the Ohio Valley ReSource economics reporter. She transitioned to the station's All Things Considered Host in July of 2020. Watson is a 2017 graduate of Western Kentucky University and has a B.A. in Broadcasting Journalism. She also has her M.A in Communications from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. Watson is a Nashville native and has interned at WPLN-FM in Nashville. In 2019, she won a Tennessee AP Broadcaster & Editors Award for her sports feature on Belmont University's smallest point guard. While at WKU Public Radio she won Best College Radio Reporter in 2016 from the Kentucky Ap Broadcasters Association for her work on post-apartheid South Africa. Watson was previously at Wisconsin Public Radio as thier 2nd Century Fellow where she did general assignment and feature reporting in Milwaukee.
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) claims the jail took a booking photo of the woman without her hijab and posted the photo to its website. -
WXorNot BG is a community-supported, hyperlocal digital weather operation that serves residents in Warren, Allen, Barren, Butler, Logan, Edmonson, and Simpson counties, or what WXorNot BG refers to as the “WABBLES” community.
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Under the new law, which has been criticized as one of the worst anti-trans bills in the country, this school year is different for public school students across the state who identify as queer or transgender.
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Aaron Thompson is president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, and the first Black person to hold that position. He said race has been only one factor in deciding student admissions across the state.
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HealthThe new practice, that’s a part of the Graves Gilbert Clinic, offers gender affirming care, HIV prevention including PrEP prescriptions, and LGBTQ mental health treatments. It also offers traditional primary care for LGBTQ patients who’ve experienced discrimination from other healthcare providers.
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University officials announced Friday that a groundbreaking for the new facility will take place this summer. The new 113,000 square foot facility will be located at the former site of Tate Page Hall at the bottom of campus.
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Ryan Dearbone, president of the Bowling Green-Warren County branch of the NAACP, spoke to WKU Public Radio about the controversy surrounding former Louisville Police officer Jonathan Mattingly, Anna's Greek Restaurant, and a Republican Women's Club.
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HealthThe decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, often referred to “reorganization” bankruptcy, came after a jury issued a verdict against Graves-Gilbert in a medical malpractice case in 2022.
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Most of the people resettled in Bowling Green during the last federal fiscal year came from Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Cuba.
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A number of organizations including the Black Lawyers for Justice, the New Black Panthers, the Veterans Association of African American Descendants, and Till family members held demonstrations on Saturday.
