Kentucky Heartwood kicks off its 15th Annual Music Festival at the Millville Community Center on Saturday, July 31 from 3-10 p.m.
The event features a youth music contest, art exhibitors, childrenâs activities, a chalk-drawing competition, hands-on workshops, dancing, and entertainment by local bands Nate Orshan and Native Invaders. Entry fee is $8 per person; kids are free.
According to organizer Chris Schimmoeller, the festival was conceived 16 years ago as a fundraiser for Kentucky Heartwood, whose mission is to protect and restore the integrity, stability and beauty of Kentucky s native forests. While the festival is the organization s biggest fundraiser of the year, she said it has also become a wonderful family event that is becoming a tradition in our community. My daughters have grown up with the festival, and it has been fun to see the festival grow up with them. Â Â
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release:
A coalition of public interest, environmental and economic justice organizations will convene the first-ever hearing to examine Duke Energy s policies and practices, which have polluted and financially punished its low-income ratepayers and communities of color throughout its vast six-state service area.
The Duke Energy Accountability Coalition, launched last year, includes the People s Commission - an independent watchdog group acting solely in the public interest, free from the political and economic influence Duke wields with regulators, lawmakers and other elected officials throughout its territory.
On Jan. 29, the commission will hold its first virtual hearing to hear testimony from an array of experts and advocates who have worked for years to hold the nation s largest investor-owned utility accountable.