This is Boyce Tate. Today is December 27th, it’s rain and 58.
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Western Kentucky is getting better connected all the time. The governor says the extensions of I-69 and I-169 will be much appreciated by travelers and businesses. He says the 55 miles of new Western Kentucky interstate will promote safety and job growth. Mr. Beshear also says that once the I-69 Ohio River crossing between Henderson and Evansville is complete, the interstate will run continuously from Fulton to Indiana. Recently completed is the upgrading of 34 miles of the Pennyrile Parkway between the I-69 interchange in Hopkins County and Interstate 24 south of Hopkinsville.
This is now the 4th year since Dawson Springs’ devastating tornado. The storm destroyed the headquarters of the Dawson Springs Housing Authority, but now, ground has been broken for a Administration Office and Community Building. Meanwhile, the Housing Authority says it remains committed to ensuring that all affected families receive the support they need.
The governor loves what he’s reading in Site Selection Magazine. Site Selection Magazine is reporting that for a state with a population of about 4 and a half million, Kentucky is home to a disproportionate number of international employers. It’s estimated that the Bluegrass State hosts nearly 740 international companies. Most of the work is in manufacturing.
The Madisonville Miners’ schedule is out. They open the season on May 31st at Paducah. The first home game at Elmer Kelley Stadium at City Park will be on Sunday, June 1st at 6 against the Hoptown Hoppers.
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The National Weather Service says showers will become more widespread through Sunday morning with temperatures remaining above normal.
The driver who recently passed a Madisonville cop doing 46 in a 35 mile an hour zone is now in the detention center. Susan Hudson was arrested Wednesday morning on Summit Street. During the traffic stop, she was found to be in possession of an EpiPen containing meth. She admitted that the drug was hers. Hudson is charged with possession of a controlled substance.
In about 6 months, construction on a power plant begins in Madisonville. The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency says it will be a natural gas electric generating facility that initally will add 15 full time positions, not to mention 100 jobs at the beginning of the project. It is expected to go into service in the summer of 2027. The plant will employ Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine technology that’s described as more efficient than traditional units.
Amid ongoing mergers, the U-S Department of Labor has issued a new rule designed to close a loophole that allowed coal companies to dump their black lung payments to miners onto the taxpayer-funded Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. Brendan Muckian-Bates of the Appalachian Citizens Law Center says the recent merger of coal giants Arch Resources and Consol Energy has advocates concerned about how future black lung liabilities will be covered.
The Labor Department rule now requires companies to put down 100-percent of their liabilities as collateral.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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