Global warming means change for coal, Kentucky
MOREHEAD – If you want to start a fight about global warming, go to coal country. That was clear Friday at the East Kentucky Leadership Conference. It wasn’t a fight, really, but a spirited debate...
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Will SOAR be a new beginning, or just more talk about Appalachia?
You have to wonder: Will the Shaping Our Appalachian Region summit Monday in Pikeville be the start of something big, or just another feel-good effort that doesn’t amount to much? More than 1,500...
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If SOAR wants to get off the ground, it needs diverse leadership
When Gov. Steve Beshear and Rep. Hal Rogers launched their Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) project last year, they promised it would be different. They said SOAR would succeed in bringing...
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New MACED president says timing right for new ideas in E. Ky.
Peter Hille first came to Eastern Kentucky the day after he graduated from high school. He and other members of his Missouri church youth group piled into vans and drove to Breathitt County to run a...
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