Apr 13 Politics U.S., Allies Hit 3 Syrian Sites Linked To Chemical Weapons Program Trump ordered the strikes in response to the suspected chemical weapons attack on April 7 by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Britain and France also took part. By Mark Katkov, NPR and Greg Myre, NPR Apr 13 Politics U.S., Allies Hit 3 Syrian Sites Linked To Chemical Weapons Program Mark Katkov, NPR and Greg Myre, NPR
Apr 18 Arts and Culture NERVE: Documentary Tells Story Of Kentucky’s Chemical Weapons Problem "NERVE,” the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Environmental Film Festival at Yale, has its Louisville premiere Wednesday. By Ashlie Stevens Apr 18 Arts and Culture NERVE: Documentary Tells Story Of Kentucky's Chemical Weapons Problem Ashlie Stevens
Jul 7 Local News Gas Leak Detected At Munitions Depot By Ron Smith, Kentucky Public Radio Workers at the Bluegrass Army Depot near Richmond are searching for the source of a mustard gas leak. Monitoring personnel Tuesday detected trace amounts of the vapor inside a concrete igloo that houses mustard gas. Once the leaking munition is located, Depot spokesman Dick Sloan says they’ll follow a […] By Rick Howlett Jul 7 Local News Gas Leak Detected At Munitions Depot Rick Howlett
Aug 25 Local News McConnell, Chandler Tour Chemical Weapons Storage Site From Charles Compton, Kentucky Public Radio/WEKU, Richmond The media tagged along as U-S Senator Mitch McConnell and Congressman Ben Chandler toured the Bluegrass Army Depot in Madison County, Kentucky Tuesday. They visited the construction site of a plant which will one day destroy the depot’s chemical munitions. The two lawmakers watched as workers poured a […] By Rick Howlett Aug 25 Local News McConnell, Chandler Tour Chemical Weapons Storage Site Rick Howlett
Nov 11 Local News Army to Dispose of Nerve Gas at Bluegrass Depot It’s been a little more than a year since one of the most serious leaks to date from a chemical weapons storage container at the Bluegrass Army Depot. This Wednesday (today), the U.S. Army will begin destroying the nerve agent in that container and two others like it using a smaller scale disposal system. By Kristin Espeland Nov 11 Local News Army to Dispose of Nerve Gas at Bluegrass Depot Kristin Espeland