Flooding on the Kentucky River is ongoing, and some communities have evacuated. Ten spill gates were opened at Dix Dam on Friday as part of a planned release by LG&E and KU, the utilities said ...

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When it was built in the 1920s, Dix Dam was the world's largest ... said in a statement that the dam "has been routinely inspected and Kentucky Utilities, the dam owner, continues to perform ...

This confusion for northern Kentucky residents started on Sunday afternoon after Carrollton Mayor Robb Adams said that the Dix Dam in the central part of the state opened 10 of its gates ...

The Kentucky River in Frankfort appeared to have ... Eyes in the region were also watching the Dix Dam closely. Ten of the spill gates on the dam between Mercer and Garrard counties were opened ...

Owned by Kentucky’s two largest utilities, the facility occupies 50 acres of property at E.W. Brown, 815 Dix Dam Road in Harrodsburg. The plant also includes coal, natural gas and hydroelectric ...