May 3 Environment Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley As area policy makers take varied approaches to solar, advocates argue that a decentralized grid could make electricity more democratic. By Katie Myers and Curtis Tate May 3 Environment Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley Katie Myers and Curtis Tate
Apr 14 Environment New Research: Thousands Of Jobs Possible In Reclamation Of Mine Lands And Gas Wells A regional think tank says damaged mine lands and leaking gas wells that threaten public health and safety could become job generators. By Katie Myers Apr 14 Environment New Research: Thousands Of Jobs Possible In Reclamation Of Mine Lands And Gas Wells Katie Myers
Apr 12 Environment Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities After intense flooding this March, some worry that more slides are inevitable — and that part of the problem might be man-made. By Katie Myers Apr 12 Environment Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities Katie Myers
Mar 29 Environment Eastern Kentucky Communities Barraged By Second Round of Flooding "We're tired." The second severe flooding in a month struck eastern Kentucky. Some communities were soaked in 2020 as well. By Katie Myers Mar 29 Environment Eastern Kentucky Communities Barraged By Second Round of Flooding Katie Myers
Mar 23 Environment Blackjewel Bankruptcy Leaves Damaged Lands, Miners’ Compensation In Limbo Blackjewel's bankruptcy leaves unresolved the fate of some 200 permitted mine sites and payment for miners who won a class action settlement. By Katie Myers Mar 23 Environment Blackjewel Bankruptcy Leaves Key Issues In Limbo Katie Myers
Mar 18 Environment Slow Recovery: Repeated Floods And Storms Strain East Kentucky’s Aging Infrastructure Two floods in less than two years, plus a crippling ice storm laid bare the weaknesses in rural east Kentucky's aging infrastructure system. By Corinne Boyer, Ohio Valley ReSource and Katie Myers Mar 18 Environment Repeated Floods And Storms Strain East Ky.’s Aging Infrastructure Corinne Boyer, Ohio Valley ReSource and Katie Myers
Mar 1 Environment Heavy Rains Bring Flooding To Parts Of Kentucky, West Virginia Dozens of counties in Kentucky and West Virginia are cleaning up flood damage from heavy rains over the weekend. In Kentucky, a total of 34 counties and cities have declared states of emergency, including Breathitt, Calloway, Casey, Elliott, Estill, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry and Pike counties and the cities of Paintsville and Salyersville. Of […] By Katie Myers Mar 1 Environment Heavy Rains Bring Flooding To Parts Of Kentucky, West Virginia Katie Myers