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Ben Tatum New Energy Internship Red River Gorge

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Ben Tatum – Pine Ridge, Kentucky

Ben Tatum grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia. His town of Richlands, Virginia was only about three hours away from Eastern ... Read This Post

East KEntucky Childcare Network helps counter child care deserts in Eastern KEntucky

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Appalachian Early Childhood Network

Kentucky is one of many states with a child care assistance program, which reimburses child care providers who accept children from low-income ... Read This Post

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Zac Ebersole – Oil Springs, Kentucky

Oil Springs, Kentucky, has been home for Zac Ebersole since he was four years old. Today, Zac is passionate about creating positive change in the ... Read This Post


New Energy internship Eastern Kentucky

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John Craft – Hazard, Kentucky

John Craft worked in the coal mines of Eastern Kentucky for roughly sixteen years. Earning his underground and surface electrical cards, he worked on ... Read This Post

Scott Shoupe New Energy Internship at MACED Eastern Kentucky

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Scott Shoupe – Cumberland, Kentucky

Over 20 years of working in the coal industry, Scott Shoupe watched as jobs vanished from his hometown of Cumberland, Kentucky. With the economic ... Read This Post

Letcher County Farmers Market Eastern Kentucky

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Letcher County Farmers Market

The Letcher County Farmers Market is an exemplary market, offering several programs to serve its community and make the market more accessible to all. ... Read This Post


WSKV Pick up Country Eastern KEntucky

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WSKV 104.9 Supports A Growing Music Community

Eastern Kentucky has long been known as an originator of world-class musicians. Classics, Loretta Lynn and Tom T. Hall, and newer household names like ... Read This Post

Bittersweet Photos Mount Vernon Kentucky Rockcastle County

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Rockcastle Arts Association

The Rockcastle Arts Association was established in January 2018 in a space on Main Street donated by Amburgey Law. The all-volunteer organization ... Read This Post

Creative Framing is a business in Perry County, Kentucky.

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Coal, Scuba Diving & Airplanes led Perry County Entrepreneur to a New Business

Larry Ison, a native of Perry County, Kentucky, began developing a love for photography in high school when his father bought him a Kodak Brownie ... Read This Post


Glenna Combs owns Sycamore Hollow airbnb in Manchester kentucky in Clay County. She also makes hats.

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Sycamore Hollow Guest House & Airbnb

Take the Hal Rogers Parkway east out of London, Kentucky and between there and Hazard—an hour and twenty minute drive away—there’s only one hotel, ... Read This Post

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Visit Eastern Kentucky – A Five-County Virtual Visitor Center

Tourism is a fast growing industry in Kentucky. In the state as a whole, 195,503 of our jobs in 2017 were a result of the industry — up 2,806 jobs ... Read This Post

Homes in eastern kentucky on a hillside.

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Revamping Small Business’ Websites

From derby hats to duck calls, over the past few months, several small businesses have worked through our technical assistance program to make ... Read This Post


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