WUHU 107 | radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: June 12, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 06/12/26          THE APPARENT UNIVERSAL OPPOSITION TO DATA CENTERS IS SETTLING INTO BOWLING GREEN......... AS THE LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUP SOKY INDIVISIBLE HOSTED A PUBLIC DISCUSSION WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING BOWLING GREEN'S RECENT REJECTION OF A DATA CENTER MORATORIUM.           WHILE ORGANIZERS WARNED OF POTENTIAL UTILITY RATE HIKES AND GRID CAPACITY ISSUES SEEN IN NEIGHBORING REGIONS, LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY MOVED TO APPROVE REGULATIONS LIMITING HOW CLOSE THE CENTERS CAN BE BUILT TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.          KENTUCKY TOURISM HAS BROKEN ECONOMIC IMPACT RECORDS FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, WITH A MAJOR POST-PANDEMIC TRAVEL SURGE FUELING THE BOOM. IN BOWLING GREEN AND WARREN COUNTY, OFFICIALS REPORT RECORD-SHATTERING CROWDS AT REGIONAL LANDMARKS, INCLUDING LOST RIVER CAVE AND THE AVIATION HERITAGE PARK, WHICH FEATURES INSPIRING EXHIBITS ON LOCAL AVIATORS LIKE WILLA BROWN