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Posted on: November 6, 2009
Coal companies are telling stockholders that all is well with coal and that environmental regulations by the Obama Administration may actually help them, according to a story by Ken Ward, Jr. in The Charleston Gazette, a West Virginia newspaper. Some companies may be delayed getting permits which will help their competition.
Posted on: November 5, 2009
Ivan Potter, a futurist, spoke Wednesday evening to the Great Rivers Chapter of the Sierra Club. His topic was the effect of coal fired plants and factory farms on the weather in the region.
After the Sierra Club meeting, WKMS / NPR reporter Jacque Day interviewed Ivan Potter. Read her story or listen to the interview by clicking on the link. WKMS
By: submitted by partofme
So bingo and the lottery are alright but this isn't. The thing is that this had been going on but nobody raised a stink until now that he is trying to get package alcohol sales on the ballot. When will we start acting like it's a free country and let adults run their own lives?
Editor's Note: Big Apple Cafe was cited for allowing a poker tournament to take place at the restaurant. The proprietor was leading the petition drive to get package liquor sales in Murray. It was just announced that the petiton drive is stopping - as is an opposing drive to keep package sales out of Murray.
Posted on: October 28, 2009
A major protest by healthcare activists at the Humana headquarters in downtown Louisville at 10 a.m. Thursday is part of the fourth wave of demonstrations and arrests at 32 cities across the nation. So far, in 11 cities 78 people have been arrested for sitting-in at insurance company offices. On Wednesday and Thursday people who favor Single Payer healthcare programs will be protesting at 21 more cities.
The Louisville group, organized by Rev. David Bos of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare (KSPH), will be requesting a meeting with Humana CEO Michael B. McCallister, who was paid more than $20 million last year. The activists claim that Humana forced many of its customers into bankruptcy because of health care bills that the corporation refuses to cover.
Posted on: October 27, 2009
Four West Kentucky 911 systems were among 12 receiving grants for emergency service communications improvement:
- Daviess County Fiscal Court, $41,334
- Hopkinsville/Christian County , $226,620
- City of Henderson, $55,573
- Muhlenberg County Fiscal Court, $112,896
Posted on: October 20, 2009
Impressions 2009– A Juried Competition
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild has issued a “Call for Entries” for Impressions 2009. The 19th annual juried art exhibition is open to all visual artists in Kentucky and the surrounding states. The non-refundable entry fee is $15 for one or two works and $7 for each additional work. Call the Guild at 270-247-6971 or visit the website at icehousearts.org for an entry form and more information.
Posted on: October 20, 2009
EPA to Join Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to Announce Nearly $1 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Drinking Water Infrastructure in Mayfield
Ceremonial Check Presentation at City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 21 @ 1:00 PM
Posted on: October 19, 2009
Foreclosures in rural America are being seriously underreported according to a story in Daily Yonder. RealtyTrac is the source most use to discover disclosure numbers. The problem? RealtyTrac ignores counties with under 10,000 housing units.
"As a result, the company reports foreclosure numbers for 2,200 counties, excluding more than 900 -- the nation’s most rural counties...."
What difference does it make? The story points out that a lot of law and policy in Washington is being based on incomplete data.
Posted on: October 19, 2009
 Governor Beshear launches new education initiativeTEK task force will be catalyst to reinvigorate public support for K-12 education
Government policymakers, Legislators, Educators and Public names announced
**Sen. Ken Winters, (R-1st District) is one of two senators appointed by Senate President David Williams to serve
Posted on: October 16, 2009
 Rand Paul, GOP candidate for the US Senate, defied conventional wisdom with his latest fundraising report. Pulling in over a million dollars put him in striking distance moneywise with his primary opponent, Trey Grayson. The Secretary of State raised over a half million dollars last quarter. Washington is taking notice. Politico has a story on the race.
Posted on: October 15, 2009
....The Governor wisely filled his Task Force with members from the General Assembly, higher education and private business. A goodly number of those folk are from West Kentucky. Senator Winters from Murray knows well the issues facing his district in these hard economic times. Through the Senator and others from this region, West Kentucky has a seat at the table.
We can only hope that when the final report is issued on November 30th, our schools will have leadership roles. We urge the Senator to push for demonstration projects in West Kentucky. We have the land, the water, the resources, to produce biomass and biofuels to meet the demand that is rushing toward us. West Kentuckians cannot wait forever for crumbs to fall our way.
We’ve got a seat at the table. Let’s not get up empty handed.
Posted on: October 15, 2009
 Sometimes, state government makes one want to do a double take and say something intelligent like “huh?” A huh moment came recently when a press release from the state on its new program to loan money to itself using the “Green Bank of Kentucky”.
Posted on: October 15, 2009
Historic.
That’s the word most used to describe the first time ever meeting of the Fulton and Hickman Fiscal Courts and City Councils of Hickman, Clinton and Fulton. Twenty five elected officials came together on a rainy Tuesday evening to eat, meet and discuss issues of mutual importance.
Posted on: October 14, 2009
Fulton Police Chief Terry Powell wants to get citizens involved in watching out for bad guys in his town. Bad guys may be terrorists that Homeland Security has a "be on the lookout for" or they may be more run of the mill criminals. Whoever they are, criminals will soon find many eyes looking their way.
Posted on: October 14, 2009
Ira Flatow was greeted by a packed house of three hundred students, faculty and fans in the Freed Curd Auditorium on the campus of Murray State University on Monday night. The longtime NPR host of Science Friday was on hand to speak in an event sponsored by the Gary Boggess Distinguished Lecture program.
Posted on: October 13, 2009
On October 14th, the Executive Task Force on Biomass and Biofuels Development in Kentucky (BTF) will meet for the third time in the Capitol Annex from 1-3. This will be the second to last meeting before a report is due to be presented to the Governor on November 30th.
The Task Force will be recommending ways for the state to meet federal mandates to increase renewable fuel production.
Posted on: October 13, 2009
State Forester Leah MacSwords Receives 2009 National Association of State Foresters Sustained Excellence Award
Posted on: October 9, 2009
Sierra Club Urges Division of Air to Deny Permit
Proposed Coal Gasification Plant Would Emit Hazardous,
Unnecessary Air Pollutants
"Cash Creek" project near Owensboro to dump 600 tons of carbon monoxide
into surrounding communities, Sierra Club says.
Posted on: October 7, 2009
Why do some small towns encourage entrepeneurship and others do not? A study of four small Oklahoma towns has some answers that can be applied to small towns in Kentucky.
Brian Whitacre and Lara Brooks have the story in the DailyYonder
Posted on: October 6, 2009
We just had quite a rain here in Clinton. It not only rained cats and dogs (I swear for a while it was even leopards & Great Danes) but we actually had a brief shower of guinea pigs.
Posted on: October 6, 2009
Obama Administration Names John McCauley to Serve as
State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Kentucky
Posted on: October 5, 2009
American citizens being banished to Canada may sound pretty far fetched. But that is what happened to twenty one Hickman Countians during the Civil War...
"Banished to Canada" will be presented at Columbus Belmont Park during Civil War Days this coming weekend. The performance will be Saturday, October 2th at 11:00 on the porch of the Park Museum. No admission is required.
Posted on: October 5, 2009
Governor Beshear and his running mate, Mayor Jerry Abramson raised $460,000 in less than a month, according to a campaign press release. The 2011 election is still well over a year away,
Posted on: September 29, 2009
Ron Crouch is coming out of state retirement to take a job at the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet as director of research and statistics in the Office of Employment and Training.
Posted on: September 29, 2009
Gov. Steve Beshear and Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Larry Hayes today joined company and community officials in Franklin to announce the retention of 460 Kentucky jobs at Berry Plastics...
The company, which manufactures duct tape, automotive tape and other related tape products, will invest approximately $20 million in equipment and building improvements at its Franklin facility to increase efficiency.
In an effort to retain hundreds of existing jobs in the Commonwealth, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority preliminarily approved Berry Plastics’ parent company, Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC, for $10 million in tax incentives under the Kentucky Industrial Revitalization Act (KIRA).
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