BOWLING GREEN, Ky., July 7 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news release:
London, Ky. - Kentucky Mesonet - the Commonwealth's official weather and climate monitoring network whose offices are based at Western Kentucky University, is now two-thirds of the way to its goal of having at least one station in all 120 counties in the state. Officials gathered Monday to cut the ribbon at Mesonet's 86th site in its 80th county (Laurel) in London, Ky.
The site, which first appeared online in November, came about through a partnership with Laurel County Public Schools and Kentucky Mesonet. The Laurel County Center for Innovation, which operates within the county's public school system, serves as site host, with its principal, Kate...