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Local Governments Prepare for Tax Revenue Declines With Energy Savings

Local governments across Eastern Kentucky are beginning to prepare for big impacts to their budgets with the decline of various tax revenues as a ... Read This Post

Fruits of Labor provides culinary training for those in addiction recovery in Rainelle, West Virginia.

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Fruits of Labor – Rainelle, West Virginia

A Town Built to Carry On: That’s the motto of Rainelle, a small town of around 1,500 people in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. One social ... Read This Post

Silver run ceramics

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Silver Run Ceramics – Catlettsburg, Kentucky

Frederick Bartolovic and Michelle Strader own Silver Run Ceramics in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, in Boyd County. Out of their home ceramics studio on ... Read This Post


Mountain Truck Parts Solar in Letcher County

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Mountain Truck Parts – Isom, Kentucky

While just over 1,000 people call the small town of Isom, Kentucky, home, the town is located at a key crossroads in Letcher County, making it a hub ... Read This Post

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Taco Holler – Harlan, Kentucky

Ashley Bledsoe is the mastermind behind Harlan County’s Taco Holler, a food truck and catering business established in 2017. After coming up ... Read This Post

Four Sisters in Richmond, Kentucky

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Four Sisters in Richmond

Melodie Lincavage owns Four Sisters, a shop, restaurant and farm in Richmond, Kentucky. Melodie and her four daughters moved to Kentucky from ... Read This Post


COAP Inc Harlan Kentucky

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COAP, Inc. – Harlan, Kentucky

Since 1977, COAP, Inc. based in Harlan, Kentucky, has been working to provide affordable, safe and energy efficient housing to moderate, low, and ... Read This Post

Daniel Boone Coffee Shop Scenic Cabin Rentals

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Unique Business Offers Cabins & Coffee in the Red River Gorge

In 1998, the Hamanns, originally from the Cincinatti area, purchased a property in the Cliffview area of Red River Gorge as a way to get their kids ... Read This Post

A-1 Implements makes Hemp Hawk in Winchester Kentucky

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A-1 Implements: The Makers of the Hemp Hawk – Winchester, Kentucky

Taylor and Travis Cooper have grown up farming on their family land in Clark County, Kentucky. In more recent years, their family farm diversified and ... Read This Post


Nora Swanson Arts Kinetic Soul Food Berea Kentucky artist

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Nora Swanson Arts – Berea, Kentucky

Having found her own path and her own “soul food” in creating jewelry, Berea, Kentucky-based artist, Nora Swanson is now working to create ... Read This Post

Grow Appalachia Berea College helping families grow food

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Grow Appalachia

Grow Appalachia, established in 2009, works with Appalachian families interested in growing their own food. Since then, they have worked with over ... Read This Post

Appalachia's New Day

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Appalachia’s New Day Campaign During COVID-19

Dear Readers, We began the Appalachia’s New Day campaign a little less than a year ago as a way to highlight some of the amazing stories of every ... Read This Post


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Berea, KY 40403

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420 Main St
Hazard, KY 41701

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(606) 264-5910
268 E Friend St, Ste 101
Prestonsburg, KY 41653

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