The 2015 Master Musicians Festival, sponsored by Don Marshall Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, is coming this weekend (July 10-11) to Festival Field on the campus of Somerset Community College. Dwight Yoakam The…
For years, coal mining has been a way of life in Eastern Kentucky. Now, massive layoffs and coal mine closures have left thousands of miners out of work and looking…
More than 40 school employees in Southeastern Kentucky received Microsoft Excel training at The Center for Rural Development. Thanks to The Center for Rural Development and Partners for Education at…
Construction on a high-speed Internet service network is expected to start this August in Eastern Kentucky and then spread throughout the state. Macquarie Capital, an Australian company, is heading a…
Readers of the Kentucky Living magazine have voted The Center for Rural Development as the region’s top local performing arts site in the 2015 Best of Kentucky readership poll.
The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC), led by The Center for Rural Development, is introducing an eight-hour, instructor-led U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-certified course on Planning and Intervention for Gangs,…
Instructor Carol Whitson will be leading two QuickBooks training sessions for beginners and advanced-level students to explore and unlock the full potential of this powerful business accounting software program. Whitson will…
Forward in the Fifth, a nonprofit education organization that helps to raise educational attainment levels in the Fifth Congressional District, is seeking nominations for the Appalachian Leaders in Education (AppLE)…
Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers joins Gov. Steve Beshear in making the announcement at a press conference. The Center for Rural Development will partner with the state on a statewide broadband initiative…
Based on the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, set sail with young Jim Hawkins aboard the Hispaniola for the mysterious Treasure Island, a tiny spot in the ocean believed…