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WYMT - Kentucky Coal Association has Annual Meeting
Oct 15, 2010
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By Marcus Conroy, Reporter
State leaders come together to talk about the coal mining industry.
Coal officials met in Lexington to talk about the future of coal mining in Kentucky.
Congressman Hal Rogers says the cap and trade proposal was an attack on the coal industry. Now, Rogers says s...
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Union College News - Union Wins Grant to Renovate Former Hospital Building
Oct 12, 2010
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By Staff Report
U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers’s office announced that Union College will receive $495,000 in federal funds to help with the renovation of the former Knox County Hospital building.
The funds will be made available by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The ...
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Williamson Daily News - Construction of New Med School Facility Underway
Oct 9, 2010
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By Terry May, Associate Editor
State, federal and local dignitaries proclaimed Friday as a historic day for the region as Pikeville College held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new medical school tower.
Pikeville College President Paul E. Patton laid out plans to construct a new n...
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Times Tribune - Barbourville and KCEOC Win PRIDE Trophies
Oct 8, 2010
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By Staff Report
The City of Barbourville and the KCEOC Community Action Partnership earned special recognition for volunteerism during the 2010 PRIDE Spring Cleanup, which was held in April in 38 counties of southern and eastern Kentucky.
Barbourville won the 3rd place trophy for greatest vo...
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Floyd County Times - Local join rally to defend coal in DC
Sep 17, 2010
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By Sheldon Compton, Reporter
As some 2,000 supporters of the coal industry walked from Union Station to Capitol Hill Thursday, many drivers waved them by, stopping as coal miners made their way across the street in mining caps and clutching signs.
Coal miners were in town and that could only...
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Williamson Daily News - Coal Miners March on Washington in Support of Coal
Sep 16, 2010
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By Julia Roberts Goad, Staff Writer
Over 1,000 people converged on the nation’s capital this week to show support for the coal industry at a time insiders feel the business is coming under increasingly hostile scrutiny.
The theme for the even was Stand Up for Coal Jobs, and was organized by ...
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WYMT - Lawmakers say the coal rally's message came across Capitol Hill loud and clear
Sep 16, 2010
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By Angela Sparkman, Reporter
Hundreds of Kentuckians are back after rallying for coal in Washington.
Kentucky politicians are now left wondering whether Wednesday’s demonstration will make a difference.
WYMT's Angela Sparkman met up Senator Mitch McConnell and Congressman Hal Rogers to se...
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AP - Coal Miners Rally Against Obama Administration
Sep 15, 2010
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By Frederic Frommer, Reporter
Hundreds of coal miners rallied on Capitol Hill Wednesday against the Obama administration's attempts to rein in mountaintop removal mining, accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of trying to wipe out the coal industry.
"This administration is trying to s...
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Hazard Herald - Rogers Introduces Bill to Postpone New EPA Regulation
Sep 15, 2010
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By Staff Report
Congressman Hal Rogers introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives today that he says will save jobs for miners in Appalachia.
Co-sponsored by 11 of his fellow House members, including Reps. Geoff Davis and Brett Guthrie, both Republicans from Kentucky, Rogers’ bil...
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WYMT - Entrepreneurship Awards
Sep 14, 2010
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By Sean Evans, Reporter
Businesses are split into four categories; for-profit business, for-profit small business, start-up business, and not-for-profit business.
"We've got more and more small businesses represented here, as you can see, and they're creating jobs and that's what I'm all abo...
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