Multi-million dollar grant moves Letcher Co. prison project forward

Monday, October 22, 2018

300 jobs are expected to be created from the new federal prison coming to Letcher County. It is a project county and state officials say they have been working on for more than 10 years. One of the major hurdles facing the new facility is building water and sewer infrastructure. County officials say without that in place, construction cannot begin on the prison. In an announcement made last week at the SOAR Summit, US Rep. Hal Rogers and Governor Matt Bevin announced million of dollars in grant money for the prison's water infrastructure project. The $4.5 million grant comes from the Abandoned Mine Lands Pilot...
CRAFT ACADEMY GRADUATES SPEND SUMMER AS KY POWER INTERNS

Monday, October 15, 2018

Kentucky Power summer internships give recent high school graduates work experience and allows Kentucky Power to show newcomers what goes into effectively operating an electric utility. For the second year in a row, two recent graduates of Morehead State University’s Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics joined Kentucky Power as summer interns. Brooke Hall of Paintsville was assigned to work at the Pikeville service center and Brandon Stanton of Flatwoods worked at the Ashland service center. Continue to full article
Data Brings Hope to Kentucky Coal Mining Country

Monday, October 08, 2018

“We used to pray for a Saturday off. Now we just pray that we will get to work at all.” This was the story in East Kentucky’s coal mining country. Over the last 10 years, the region has lost more than 8,500 mining jobs. Fewer than 6,000 mining jobs remain now, and that’s projected to be less than 4,000 by 2021. The industry decline devastated the miners of East Kentucky, most of whom have a high school diploma or less and have worked in the mines all their lives. They’ve never had to interview for another job or think about what else...
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