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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

Troublesome Creek Stringed instrument

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Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Company

Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Company in Hindman, Kentucky, is producing high-end custom artisanal guitars, mandolins and mountain dulcimers – ... Read This Post


Appalshop solar

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Appalshop – Whitesburg, Kentucky

In June 2019, Whitesburg-based media, arts and cultural center, Appalshop, unveiled the largest net-metered solar energy system in Eastern ... Read This Post

Powell Valley Millworks employees hundreds in Powell and Montgomery County Kentucky.

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Powell Valley Millwork Acquires Second Facility

Driving along the Mountain Parkway near the Red River Gorge, chances are you’ll see several large stacks of lumber towering over the parkway near the ... Read This Post

Garrard County Arts Council in Lancaster, Kentucky, is now in its permanent location.

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Garrard County Arts Council Celebrates Permanent Home

The mission of the Garrard County Arts Council, Inc., is to provide a place for visual, literary and performing arts in the county. So when they found ... Read This Post


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Wet Willie’s Car Wash

Willie Crase, a native of Floyd County, Kentucky, never has a dull day. As the owner of the brand new Wet Willie’s Car Wash in Martin, pastor for a ... Read This Post

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Anglers Bait-N-Tackle

Kaleb Rodebaugh started back up his family’s bait and tackle shop, Anglers Bait-N-Tackle LLC, in 2016 when he was just 21 years old. Though he ... Read This Post

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South Eastern Beauty Academy

Jeanetta Thornbury, a native of Johnson County, founded South Eastern Beauty Academy in 2012. Located in downtown Paintsville, the school graduates ... Read This Post


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Financial Services Advocate of the Year

Every year, the Kentucky Small Business Development Center administers the state's small business awards, awarding the small business of the year, ... Read This Post

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A Mobile Baking School

This is Tara - a baker, teacher, artist and author – and, as of late 2018, a new resident of Whitesburg, Kentucky! Over the past few decades, Tara ... Read This Post

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Investing Half a Million Dollars Toward Solar in Letcher County

Over the past several months, we have been working with four organizations in Letcher County to study and finance installation of solar on their ... Read This Post


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