Avalanche of aid could help Kentuckians reinvent mountain economy

CORBIN — Eastern Kentucky is about to get an avalanche of federal and state money to help it transition from its largely disappeared coal economy, but some of its towns are already lifting themselves up and setting examples for the region. That was the upshot of the 36th annual East Kentucky Leadership Conference in Corbin, […] The post Avalanche of aid could help Kentuckians reinvent mountain economy appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.

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