HENDERSON, Ky. What used to be the offices of Dotiki Mine will house a new training center for dislocated coal miners looking to become skilled in a new career.
Gov. Andy Beshear announced that $472,000 in grant money will transform the offices that were vacated when the Dotiki Mine closed in 2019 into the Western Kentucky Regional Training Center. Webster and Union counties applied for the funds together, a news release said.
Webster and Union counties were also awarded more than $350,000 from the Delta Regional Authority, making the total funding for this project more than $800,000.
The center will use old mine land to train coal miners in new careers following mine closures and job loss in the industry.
Training more students more quickly will be one goal of the new Webster County-based West Kentucky Regional Training Center â a project created in a partnership between Madisonville and Henderson Community and Technical Colleges and the county governments of Union and Webster counties.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear was in Webster County on Wednesday to award a $472,000 Community Development Block Grant for the project, which will be used to convert a former Dotiki Coal location in Lisman into classrooms and laboratories which bill used to train students looking to attain a Commercial Drivers License, to become an electrical lineman or to work as a diesel mechanic.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - More people now than in the past are living under bridges or in the woods, often in filthy conditions. Homeless prevention groups say the number of rogue camps in the Savannah area has grown to 39. The most they have seen in years.
Under the President Street overpass, there is a community of about 40 people living in tents.
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On a chilly February day – the morning low was 36 degrees - Heather Pontzius gave a tour around her campsite.
âI think itâs going to get worseâ: More people living in homeless camps in Savannah
âI think itâs going to get worseâ: Number of people living in homeless camps rising in Savannah By Jessica Savage | March 11, 2021 at 6:23 PM EST - Updated March 12 at 11:35 AM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - More people now than in the past are living under bridges or in the woods, often in filthy conditions. Homeless prevention groups say the number of rogue camps in the Savannah area has grown to 39. The most they have seen in years.
Under the President Street overpass, there is a community of about 40 people living in tents.