Longtime Kentucky environmental journalist James Bruggers dies

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: June 18, 2026

Words: 597

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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James Bruggers, a longtime Kentucky environmental and energy journalist whose groundbreaking coverage spanned from the hazards of coal mines to scrutinizing polluters, died Tuesday. He was 68.

Bruggers spent nearly two decades reporting at the Louisville Courier Journal, first arriving in 1999 after reporting stints in Washington and California and after graduating from the University of Montana. The Courier Journal reported he died from complications of a rare case of thyroid cancer and …

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