Communities

Leadership East Kentucky is a year-long program intended to build leadership skills and learning around the critical issues facing eastern Kentucky. ... Read This Post

New projections from the federal Energy Information Agency show an even larger decline for Central Appalachian coal. By 2035, coal is expected to ... Read This Post

Our friends at Appalshop's Making Connections News followed How$mart team members on a recent home energy audit in eastern Kentucky.  Take a ... Read This Post

McDowell County, North Carolina is getting a first-of-its-kind animal processing facility that will help area producers get their poultry and rabbits ... Read This Post

The Lexington Herald-Leader offers some advice on supporting higher education in the mountains. Fund education with coal severance, U-Pikeville ... Read This Post

Allegheny Mountain School (AMS) is assembling a group of highly curious, hardworking young adults to create a cohesive and cooperative team for ... Read This Post

Great reporting from our friends at the Rural Blog. As Kentucky legislators and university officials consider whether to make the University of ... Read This Post

For several months now, a group of farmers, health professionals, extension agents, community leaders, academics and advocates have been meeting to ... Read This Post

The County Agricultural Investment Program (CAIP) allocates money from the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy to counties across Kentucky to ... Read This Post

We have featured content from our friend Nick Mullins several times in the past year -- he is the insightful mind behind Out of the Coal Mines and ... Read This Post

WEKU featured a story on the Berea Municipal solar farm yesterday, quoting Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance members from Solar Energy Solutions, ... Read This Post

Business Lexington has a story today on Rockcastle Regional Hospital's new solar array.  It is a great example of a community institution ... Read This Post