Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities wvpublic.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wvpublic.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Earning Roads Scholar and Road Masters certifications from the UK College of Engineering and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is a challenge that takes commitment, time, classes, homework, study, and exams. Fifty-two men from Highway District 12 recently earned one or both of these elite credentials. They were recognized during a virtual ceremony hosted by the University of Kentucky Technology Transfer Program.
Required courses for Road Scholar certification include Basic Work Zone and Flagger Qualifications; Drainage: The Key to Roads that Last; Low-Cost Roadways Safety Improvements; Risk Management/Tort Liability; Traffic Management through Signals, Signs, and Markings; and Understanding Differences in People. In addition, each graduate must successfully complete at least three of the following: Asphalt Paving Best Practices, Communications I, Construction of Concrete, Customer Service, Handling Harassment and Violence in the Workplace, Handling Leadership Responsibilities, Tim
Eastern Kentucky Communities Barraged By Second Round of Flooding wkms.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wkms.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Flash Flooding in Letcher County q95fm.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from q95fm.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Daily Yonder Corrections on the Curriculum: Rural Vocational Ed Programs Train the Next Generation of Prison Staff High schools in Eastern Kentucky have responded to the proliferation of rural prisons by incorporating corrections-job training into school programs.
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Jenkins Independent High School, in Letcher County, Kentucky, is the single school in Kentucky to offer a program specifically in corrections. (Source: Jenkins Independent High School Facebook)
There are three prisons within 35 miles of Jenkins Independent High School, in Letcher County, Kentucky. In a region where the decline of the coal industry has left jobs scarce, the archipelago of state and federal prisons scattered throughout the area have become significant employers.