Bigfoot has traded in his legendary footprints for a carbon footprint of exactly zero. Earlier this month, on a sunny September day, the Powell ... Read This Post
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Martin County Health Department Uses Energy Savings to Expand Programming
This story was produced by Resource Rural in partnership with Mountain Association. After Eric Mills became the director of public health for ... Read This Post
Estate and Disaster Planning for Small Businesses
Running a small business comes with daily challenges, but few owners stop to think about what would happen if they were no longer able to run their ... Read This Post
Saving Grace and Energy in Neon, Kentucky
In the heart of Eastern Kentucky’s coalfields, a small church in Fleming-Neon has a long history of finding a way, even in hard ... Read This Post
Brightening the Dojo: Energy Savings at the Richmond School of Karate
For nearly five decades, Sensei Dan McCaslin has been teaching martial arts to students of all ages—some just four years old and others well into ... Read This Post
Kentucky Power Energy Savings Incentive Program
Kentucky Power recently announced new incentives to help customers make energy savings upgrades. The incentives differ based on residential or ... Read This Post
Eastern Kentucky communities enact vacancy ordinances
Across Eastern Kentucky an impactful movement is gaining momentum: the fight against downtown vacancy and blight. Towns are enacting vacancy ... Read This Post
Community Action Agency in Southeastern Kentucky Shines with New Solar Support
For six decades, the KCEOC Community Action Partnership has been at the forefront of fighting poverty in Eastern Kentucky. Originally founded in 1964 ... Read This Post
LGE-KU Proposes to Spend $3.7 Billion in New Infrastructure and Files for Separate Rate Increase
The Public Service Commission in Frankfort is currently accepting public comments for a case filed by Kentucky Utilities and Louisville Gas & ... Read This Post
Holistic Spiritual Small Business comes to Ashland, Kentucky
In Ashland, Kentucky, a small business is offering something rare in rural Appalachia: a space for holistic spiritual healing. Spiritual So Simple, ... Read This Post
Rewilding 7,000 Acres of Eastern Kentucky’s Mined Land
In the coalfields of Martin County in Eastern Kentucky, where mining once shaped both the land and the economy, a new initiative is getting off the ... Read This Post
Energy Savings Guide for Churches
We recently worked with several churches on finding ways to save on their bills. We developed this guide to walk them through making decisions around ... Read This Post
