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Local counties to benefit from internet project
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNov. 15—SOMERSET — Boyd, Carter and Rowan counties are among the counties to benefit from a $30.7 million project to expand broadband access to approximately 33,000 households across 16 counties ...
What can replace coal’s impact in Eastern Kentucky economy? These industries are growing
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoJustin Phillips, of Letcher County, had worked at fast-food restaurants and convenience stores for...
Support The Center for Rural Development's youth leadership programs on Kentucky Gives Day
The Sentinel Echo, London, Ky. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoApr. 28—Why should you support The Center for Rural Development's youth programs on Kentucky Gives Day (May 9)? Just ask Scotty Reams, PharmD, oncology specialty pharmacist at Baptist Health ...
Four Laurel County students graduate The Center's youth programs
The Sentinel Echo, London, Ky. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 25—Four students from Laurel County graduated The Center for Rural Development's youth programs this summer. Rogers Scholars Trey Jackson, a student at South Laurel High School, graduated ...
Eight Knox County students selected for The Center for Rural Development's youth programs
The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJun. 14—The Center for Rural Development has selected eight Knox County students to participate in its summer leadership programs. Rogers Scholars Matthew Garrison, a current sophomore at Lynn ...
Pulaski County Relay for Life is this Friday
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 14—The American Cancer Society's signature fundraiser is back in June. After holding a parade in 2020 and pushing the event until August last year due to Covid concerns, the Relay for Life ...
Grant will provide broadband to rural areas of southeast Kentucky
The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNov. 14—LONDON — A $30.7 million grant will make southeast Kentucky a center of technology — and inevitably economic development — long lacking in the region. U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers announced ...
Banking giant and civic leader Clay Davis dies at 82
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFeb. 23—Longtime Citizens National Bank President and CEO Clay Parker Davis died on Thursday, February 22, 2024, at the age of 82. After leading the local banking institution for 35 years, Davis ...
A Look at the Future
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 24—While 3D printing is considered relatively new technology, it has been around for nearly 40 years. Over the last 15 years, 3D printers and their software have become more affordable, ...
PULASKI'S PAST: Mural honoring George Joplin III, Bill Mardis is Unveiled
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSep. 23—Some weeks, reporters wish something exciting would happen so they can have enough news to fill the newspaper. Ten years ago this week, local reporters were wishing for a little less ...