LAKE EGYPT, Ill. -- UPDATE: The boil water order has been lifted. ORIGINAL: Dec. 11 - A boil water order has been issued for water customers with the Lake Egypt Water District on Monday.

A decades-long effort to protect a pristine Kentucky lake from potential commercial development has finally succeeded. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and The Conservation Fund announced this week ...

Fern Lake is visible from Cumberland Gap National Historical Park near Middlesboro, Ky. Mike Wilkinson Provided by The Nature Conservancy A decades-long effort to protect a pristine Kentucky lake ...