work, and enjoy for families and businesses,” he said. “With the grant funds awarded to us by the Appalachian Regional Commission and USDA, we will be able to improve broadband access, and in some cases deliver it for the first time, to nearly a third of our Eastern Kentucky counties....
Eastern Kentucky University is in Madison, and Madison County School District contributes to the strong education system and economy. Otherbig employers in Madisoninclude manufacturing, distribution, and warehouse businesses. As the county seat, Richmond operates with a city manager. There is also an ...
"The findings of this study are very encouraging as eight counties in Eastern Kentucky were among the 10 counties nationally with the greatest decline in drug overdose mortality," said Dr. Fran Feltner, UK CERH director. "Of the Top 20 counties nationally, 14 were in Eastern Kentucky." Throu...
This study investigated the Taylor coal bed in Johnson and Martin counties, eastern Kentucky, using field and petrographic techniques to develop a depositional model of the coal bed. Petrography and chemistry of the coal bed were examined. Multiple benches of the Taylor coal bed were correlated ...
Kentucky's most populated city is a bourbon lover's dream. The delectable spirit is ubiquitous in these parts, permeating virtually every aspect of the local culture. Louisville is also home to the world-famous Kentucky Derby horse race. #40. Minneapolis, Minnesota Checubus // Shutterstock #40...
The relatively young Country Music Highway of eastern Kentucky wasn’t recognized as a National Scenic Byway until June 2002. The 144-mile highway is a tribute to all the county music stars born in the region, including Loretta Lynn, Wynonna and Naomi Judd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Dwight Yoakam,...
Kentucky: Country Music Highway, U.S. 23 The relatively young Country Music Highway of eastern Kentucky wasn’t recognized as a National Scenic Byway until June 2002. The 144-mile highway is a tribute to all the county music stars born in the region, including Loretta Lynn, Wynonna and ...
Kansas has 105 counties, the fifth-highest total of any state. Many counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early to mid-19th centuries, while those in the central and western parts of the state are named after figures in the ...
Three years earlier, along the border region between West Virginia and Kentucky, there had begun the now famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, which was to encompass many killings and embroil the governors of the two states in lengthy and heated controversy. The blood of West Virginia Hatfields and ...
Washington County, Kentucky PO Box 446Springfield, KY 40069Phone: (859) 336-5425Fax: (859) 336-5408In west-central KY, southwest of Lexington; organized Jun 22, 1792 from Nelson County; the first county formed after KY became a state. Name Origin: For George Washington (1732-99), ...