Apr 16 Infrastructure Thousands Without Power Amid Freezing Temperatures and Social Distancing Thousands of people in eastern Kentucky and parts of West Virginia remain without power Thursday after strong winds downed power lines across multiple counties. The outages began Sunday and impacted 65,000 Kentuckians and 45,000 West Virginians. Most have had their power restored, but in Kentucky, American Electric Power reports some 15,000 are still in the […] By Sydney Boles Apr 16 Infrastructure Thousands Without Power Amid Freezing Temperatures and Social Distancing Sydney Boles
May 24 Economy ARC POWER Grant Recipients Meet To Discuss Economic Development Recipients of grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization, or POWER Initiative, gathered in Athens, Ohio, Wednesday and Thursday to share their experiences. Representatives from many of the 185 ongoing POWER projects shared how they’re using their funds to diversify the economies in communities hit by the decline […] By Aaron Payne May 24 Economy ARC POWER Grant Recipients Meet To Discuss Economic Development Aaron Payne
Jun 19 Energy & Environment Coal Ash Uncovered: Polluted Groundwater Found At 14 Kentucky Sites For decades, Kentucky’s own coal stoked the fires that generated most of its electricity. And while some of those power plants have shut down or switched to natural gas, their legacy remains today in the leftover coal ash that’s stored all over the commonwealth. Now, new data show the coal ash buried in landfills and […] By Ryan VanVelzer Jun 19 Energy & Environment Coal Ash Uncovered: Polluted Groundwater Found At 14 Kentucky Sites Ryan VanVelzer