2011 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award (EIEA) winner Jonathan Huston, founder and president of the world’s largest online retailer of collectible games, TrollandToad.com, was honored last week as one of the…
sdodsonNovember 9, 2011
Governor Steve Beshear and Congressman Hal Rogers today announced $1 million in ARC grants to support the Appalachian Rural Development Philanthropy Initiative (ARDPI). Governor Beshear joined Appalachian Regional Commission Federal…
Gretchen WheelerNovember 7, 2011
In Eastern Kentucky and throughout the nation, drug and alcohol abuse continue to contribute to serious and sometimes fatal workplace accidents. Entrepreneur Sandra G. Dingus of Paintsville saw this situation…
sdodsonNovember 1, 2011
To get a deeper understanding of issues in Southern and Eastern Kentucky that often lead young people to leave the largely rural region, The Center for Rural Development’s Higher Education…
sdodsonOctober 28, 2011
The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC) has released a new training course in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) response for rural first responders. This eight-hour awareness-level course provides…
sdodsonOctober 25, 2011
Forward in the Fifth—a nonprofit organization created in 1986 by U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) to reverse Southern and Eastern Kentucky’s low educational attainment levels—will celebrate its 25th anniversary…
sdodsonOctober 24, 2011
“Aquascapes and More,” an exhibit of 29 original paintings by Somerset artist Peggy Sherry, is on display at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. The exhibit, inspired by Sherry’s…
sdodsonOctober 21, 2011
Going to college once seemed an unobtainable goal for Barbourville middle school student Brandon Fisher. That opinion—and his life—quickly changed when he became involved in the “Bulldog Buddies” mentoring program.…
sdodsonOctober 19, 2011
Schools in Wayne, Letcher, Breathitt, Bath, Floyd, and Johnson counties are taking a “LEAP” forward to advance education in the region and change the lives of students in their local…
sdodsonOctober 18, 2011
