The Kentucky Secretary of State is ordering a recanvass of all votes cast last week in a state House race in Owensboro.

The Democratic challenger defeated the Republican incumbent by a single vote.

The Daviess County Clerks Office has been told to conduct a recanvass of all precincts in Kentucky House District 13, which covers most of Owensboro.

The recanvas was requested by first-term Republican Representative D.J. Johnson.

He lost his re-election bid last week to Democrat Jim Glenn by one vote.

Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins is convinced Lexington area voters need new machines to cast ballots in future elections.  He says some current machines are more than a decade old and failing.  

Kentucky’s climatologist says the Commonwealth’s forests and grasslands are likely to be at an increased risk of wildfires in the years ahead.  But, it’s not expected to be a yearly threat.

 Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson is scheduled for a job interview  Wednesday at the College of Charleston. 

 The 12th president of the Richmond school is one of three finalists for the position. The College of Charleston on the coast of South Carolina was founded in 1770.  It’s one of the oldest universities in the country. The public school’s undergraduate enrollment exceeds 10,000.

Central Kentucky could see its first real dose of snow later this week.  Lexington’s streets and roads crews could be called on to spread salt. 

This year, the process of snow removal comes at a higher price.  Quite a bit higher, according to Lexington Public Works Commissioner Charlie Martin. “If a commodity that you use, at the level we use salt in a winter event, has increased by 33 percent, that’s a pretty big hit,” said Martin.

The Kentucky Small Business Development Center's new executive director, Kristina Joyce, reassures budding entrepreneurs that there is no such thing as a dumb question - and theirs are kept in confidence.

Kentucky failed to properly investigate nearly every workplace fatality for a two-year period. Kentucky's workers count on the state to force companies to fix dangerous work conditions. But when workers die, the state agency responsible for investigating falls short. 

Excerpt from the federal audit.

A Fayette County health official says national rankings placing Kentucky high in obesity and low in fitness categories are not surprising.  Kentucky carries a top ten ranking in many areas.