Lexington Herald Leader political reporter, and Kentucky Open Government Coalition co-director, Austin Horn, is on the ground in Eastern Kentucky to provide coverage of the devastating floods of last week. 

Here he appears on BBC News.

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This July 30 Herald Leader story by Austin — who was born in hard hit Martin County — and Herald-Leader Eastern and Southern Kentucky regional reporter, Bill Estep, focuses on the destruction to the local historical and cultural record. 

https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article263958601.html

The Coalition honors the work of national, state, and local heroes who have come to the rescue of the people of Eastern Kentucky, and those — like Bill and Austin — who remind us that a long road to recovery lies ahead.