It took Ret. Brigadier General and Vietnam Veteran Dan Cherry nearly 40 years to travel back to Saigon to meet a Vietnamese pilot he shot down in combat during the…
Growing up around a building materials business, Andrew Pennington of Richmond said he often wondered what happened to surplus or salvage building materials after contractors finished a job. “I realized…
School systems in Pulaski, Monroe, and Clay counties have been awarded grant funding from Forward in the Fifth and The Center for Rural Development to advance educational attainment in the…
The 2011 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards (EIEA) program, celebrating a decade of distinction in honoring those who exemplify America’s spirit of entrepreneurship, is seeking nominations from across Southern and Eastern…
A statewide initiative to gather photos of every Kentuckian whose name is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will kick off at a May 9 breakfast at The Center for Rural…
Local governments in Southern and Eastern Kentucky are eligible to apply for the latest cycle of Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) federally funded mini-grants awarded by The Center for Rural Development…
Several weeks ago, art teacher Darlene Libbey began working with six young students to produce artwork for an upcoming exhibit at The Center for Rural Development. During that time, Libbey—an…
On April 14, the theatre at The Center for Rural Development will transform into Mark Twain’s living room, and the audience his special guests at a one-man theatrical performance of…
The Center for Rural Development is once again partnering with Conley Bottom Resort Marina to offer a “Houseboat Holiday” vacation on Lake Cumberland as the grand prize in a…
The Center for Rural Development has named retired Cheney, Wash. police lieutenant Dave Mather as executive director of National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) Small, Rural, Tribal and…