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Russian Company Bankrolling Troubled Kentucky Aluminum Plant …
WEBMar 18, 2021 · The long-delayed aluminum plant project near Ashland, Kentucky is facing another setback. According to a Bloomberg report, Rusal, the formerly blacklisted Russian company with a major stake in the 10-figure project, is suspending its investments while it awaits word that its U.S. partners have raised the necessary funds.So far the company has sunk at least $65 million in the proposed mill, to ...
What Ky. did right to land $5.8 billion Ford/SK battery deal - WUKY
WEBOct 11, 2021 · The company and SK Innovation will build two electric battery plants in the BlueOvalSK Battery Park in Hardin County, investing a record $5.8 billion. With this announcement, Kentucky shatters every annual economic development record in the books for yearly investment totals and is on pace for its best job-creating year in history.
When will your power be back on in Lexington? The answer is
WEBMar 5, 2023 · Lowry noted the windstorm was KU's third most significant weather event in the last 20 years. With the damage sustained – which is estimated in the millions – utility providers are first working down the list of priorities, starting with critical infrastructure, police and fire stations, hospitals, and street lights.
Historian Says Breathitt Was Bloody, Just Don't Call It A 'Feud'
WEBOct 19, 2019 · The notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often remembered as America’s most famous feud, but it was relatively brief and subdued compared to the longer and more numerous instances of individual and mass violence in Breathitt County, Kentucky. In his book Bloody Breathitt - …
COVID is on the decline in Kentucky, as officials urge reupping
WEBSep 30, 2022 · Fayette County is now one of an increasing number of Kentucky counties where community COVID levels are no longer considered “high.”. Just ten counties, clustered in eastern Kentucky remain, in that category. Officials had been cautiously labeling the state as being in a plateau, but now say it’s …
Former councilmember Susan Lamb appointed new Fayette …
WEBJan 3, 2023 · Lamb was elected as 4th District representative in 2014 and completed her fourth term last week. Previously, she spent 21 years in the Council Clerk’s Office, serving first as the Deputy Council Clerk, and then as the Council Clerk, a position under the purview of the Fayette County Clerk. Lamb said, “I have worked in local government for ...
LexArts Programs To Get Boost From Keeneland Themed Maker's …
WEBMar 29, 2021 · Maker's Mark is releasing not one but three commemorative bottles with Keeneland for 2021. In a release, the bourbon distillery says sales from the bottles will benefit the LexArts organization and its work on behalf of the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden in Lexington. It's the first park in the U.S. to honor Black jockeys.
Health Officials: Whooping cough now an 'outbreak' in Lexington
WEBMay 20, 2024 · The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department has declared pertussis, or whooping cough, in outbreak status after nine total cases have been confirmed since late April. Cases of whooping cough in Lexington have been upgraded, following three additional confirmed infections on Monday. The latest are a case …
Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr backing Trump in 2024 - WUKY
WEBDec 18, 2023 · Despite mounting federal indictments and civil lawsuits, and increasingly extreme rhetoric from Trump, Barr is backing the former president in his bid to retake the White House — writing on X that he’s “proud” to announce the endorsement. Barr went on to tell Fox News, “As Kentuckians and Americans, we must rally behind a leader who ...
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