Now to the western part of the state.

Hopkinsville is still dealing with the aftermath of a windstorm late last month.

The storm had wind gusts up to 90 miles per hour.

At least 60 residential and 25 commercial buildings were damaged.

Governor Andy Beshear visited Hopkinsville on Friday.

Our KC Parker Bell spoke to the publisher of the Hop Town Chronicle, Jennifer Brown, about the governor's visit and the town's cleanup efforts.

There has been a significant revival in downtown Hopkinsville that's been happening over the last 5 to 10 years, and this felt like a real blow to the community and to what they want downtown to become governor.

Andy Beshear made a visit to Hopkinsville on Friday.

What did he say the state was going to do to help with cleanup efforts?

So I think they're they're trying to work out what can be done because there are, as you probably know, some complicated formulas that determine whether or not a county or an entire state qualifies for FEMA assistance.

And we may not be at that threshold for that kind of help.

So there are many, especially residents in the community who have trees down in their yard, you know, trees on their house, and they need help that technically some government agencies can't provide.

So the governor and local officials were talking about perhaps cobbling together some different resources that might also involve getting some nonprofits involved.

Just this weekend, I had an email from a woman who lives in the old residential neighborhood that's on the edge of downtown.

And she told me she has something in her backyard in terms of trees down, but she's not capable of dealing with herself and she needs help.

So is there a chance that there could be federal aid, even though we don't know yet?

We don't know yet.

The county emergency manager, Randy Graham, told me that they need to reach a threshold of $328,000 in damages, which doesn't really sound like a lot, but that has to be uninsured damages.

So they're still working on the assessment to find out what's going to be available.

He did also tell me that right before the governor left town, the county judge executive and the mayor agreed that they should declare a local emergency, which would then open up the avenue for the state to send in perhaps some state highway trucks and booms to help with the tree removal.

Jennifer Brown says estimates on the total amount of damage in Hopkinsville could be released as early as this week.