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Eastern Kentucky shines at Grammys: Childers wins first award as Stapleton claims 12th
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LOS ANGELES — Eastern Kentucky represented at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Sunday. Lawrence County songwriter Tyler Childers claimed his first Grammy Award, while Johnson County native Chris Stapleton added a 12th Grammy to his career. Childers led all Kentucky artists with four nominations. He
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Nighttime sweeping to slow traffic on four-lanes
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT Nighttime sweeping will begin this week on major four-lane highways across Eastern Kentucky and continue for the next two months, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s District 12 office announced. Crews will work from roughly 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night, creating moving lane closures and intermittent delays for motorists. The operation will
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UK King’s Daughters invests $533,000 in scholarships
UK King’s Daughters announced Thursday a contribution of $533,000 in matching funds to support students pursuing medical-related degrees at three local colleges and universities. The matching funds add to recent grants from Kentucky’s Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund, established by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2023 as a public–private partnership to help grow and sustain the
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Food drive nets over a ton of food
Kentucky Power’s sixth annual Power Up the Pantry food drive brought in more than a ton of food and tens of thousands of dollars to help families struggling with hunger across eastern Kentucky. The event, held Sept. 25 in Ashland, Hazard and Pikeville, included $25,000 in grants from the Kentucky Power Foundation awarded directly to
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Martin County joins Eastern Kentucky Humanities Commission
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A regional movement to preserve and promote Eastern Kentucky’s rich history added a new voice Thursday. The Eastern Kentucky Humanities Commission welcomed the Martin County Historical and Genealogical Society as its 33rd member organization. The visit to Inez by EKHC co-founders Dustin Doyle and David Clinger marked another
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$1B hydropower project to create 2,300 temporary jobs
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PINEVILLE — A $1 billion energy infrastructure project in Eastern Kentucky is moving forward in Bell County. Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) announced Monday that Rye Development has submitted its final license application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage Project. The submission marks
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Holler to Holler, Hand in Hand
BY JOSHUA BALL There’s a moment when the world, a region, stands still. When the rain won’t stop. When the rivers swell, creeping higher and higher until they are no longer rivers at all… but walls of water, tearing through everything in their path. Homes, memories, lifetimes… gone in an instant. And then comes the
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JAG KY expands to adults aged 18-24: New program launches in E. Kentucky
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Marcie Hanson has dedicated 30 years to Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) in Martin County. As the Kiwanis Club guest speaker Thursday, she introduced a new JAG KY program to help young adults ages 18 to 24. The Kiwanis Club meeting took place at Giovanni’s in Inez. “Our
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The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections
A data-driven disaster tool shows “bias” against rural communities. by Claire Carlson and Elizabeth Miller / Climate Central, The Daily Yonder August 12, 2024 On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and
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Beshear announces contracts for major transportation projects in Eastern Kentucky
FRANKFORT —. Andy Beshear announced Thursday the awarding of contracts for two milestone projects in Eastern Kentucky. One is for the construction of an access road to a high-ground site in Perry County, where many families affected by the devastating flooding of 2022 can safely rebuild their homes and their lives. The other is for
