Mar 15 Environment Silicon Hollow: More Tech Jobs Coming To Eastern Kentucky Local leaders hope the tech sector will help boost the region’s economy. It’s not Silicon Valley, but they’re optimistically calling it “Silicon Hollow.” By Erica Peterson Mar 15 Environment Silicon Hollow: More Tech Jobs Coming To Eastern Kentucky Erica Peterson
Dec 17 Arts and Culture White ‘Night’: Reading Harry Caudill In Trump’s Kentucky The chatter has been continuous since at least the spring, a pervasive hum warning us of the disaffection of the White Working Class. By Michael Washburn Dec 17 Arts and Culture White 'Night': Reading Harry Caudill In Trump's Kentucky Michael Washburn
Aug 1 Economy UK Digitizes History Of Economic Development In Eastern Kentucky Researchers, reporters and railroad fanatics are among those who may be interested in UK's new digital collection, the Coal, Camps and Railroads project. By Roxanne Scott Aug 1 Economy UK Digitizes History Of Economic Development In Eastern Kentucky Roxanne Scott
May 3 Local News State Responds to Medicaid Operator Ending Contract This is an update to an earlier story. The commissioner of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services says CoventryCares cannot end its contract this Friday with a major Eastern Kentucky healthcare provider. As WFPL reported Wedndesay, a federal judge ordered Appalachian Regional Healthcare and CoventryCares to talk through their issues before appearing in court […] By Devin Katayama May 3 Local News State Responds to Medicaid Operator Ending Contract Devin Katayama
May 2 Local News Appalachian Regional Healthcare Ordered to Discuss Issues With Medicaid Operator A federal judge has ordered Eastern Kentucky’s largest healthcare provider and one of its major Medicaid operators to talk through their issues before appearing in court this week. Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) filed suit last month against CoventryCares, which is one of four private Medicaid managed care operators (MCO) in Kentucky. Last year, the state privatized Medicaid […] By Devin Katayama May 2 Local News Appalachian Regional Healthcare Ordered to Discuss Issues With Medicaid Operator Devin Katayama
Apr 20 Local News Healthcare Provider Sues Medicaid Care Operators The main healthcare provider for eastern Kentucky, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, has filed suit against two of the state’s four Medicaid managed care operators. In complaints filed this week, Appalachian Regional Healthcare alleges Coventry Health and Kentucky Spirit Health Plan owe the provider over $17 million in back payments. Kentucky privatized Medicaid statewide last November to […] By Devin Katayama Apr 20 Local News Healthcare Provider Sues Medicaid Care Operators Devin Katayama
Dec 9 Local News Black Bear Hunting Season To Open In Three Kentucky Counties Kentucky’s third annual black bear hunt begins tomorrow in Harlan, Letcher and Pike counties. Eastern Kentucky’s black bear population was almost non-existent for decades, but Steven Dobey with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources says the numbers have grown sufficiently to allow a limited hunt. “Hunting in an of itself is really the […] By Rick Howlett Dec 9 Local News Black Bear Hunting Season To Open In Three Kentucky Counties Rick Howlett
Oct 5 Local News National Science Foundation Grant Funds UK Economic Development Study The University of Kentucky has received nearly half a million dollars from the National Science Foundation to study economic development in eastern Kentucky. The study involves faculty from UK’s business school and schools of social work, public health, sociology and agriculture. Business professor Walter Ferrier is the study’s principal investigator. He says the researchers will […] By Erica Peterson Oct 5 Local News National Science Foundation Grant Funds UK Economic Development Study Erica Peterson
Aug 22 Here and Now Unrest in Lybia, EPA Tours Eastern Kentucky: Today on Here and Now 1:06pm: Opposition forces are in control of most of Tripoli, but Moammar Gaddafi‘s whereabouts remain unclear. The Pentagon believes he’s still in the country. The rebel National Transitional Council reportedly has a 70-page plan for leading Libya over the next few months, but there are many unanswered questions. Will they turn over Gaddafi and his […] By Laura Ellis Aug 22 Here and Now Unrest in Lybia, EPA Tours Eastern Kentucky: Today on Here and Now Laura Ellis
Aug 19 Environment EPA Officials Hear Concerns About Mining, Water Pollution in Eastern Kentucky Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency are in Kentucky, touring areas in the eastern part of the state and meeting with residents who are concerned about the effect of coal mining on their communities. At a community meeting last night in Whitesburg, the officials listened to residents describe their problems with coal dust, mountaintop removal […] By Erica Peterson Aug 19 Environment EPA Officials Hear Concerns About Mining, Water Pollution in Eastern Kentucky Erica Peterson
Aug 18 Environment Checking in With Erica Peterson in Eastern Kentucky WFPL Environment Reporter Erica Peterson is in eastern Kentucky. She’s following Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator Gwen Keyes Fleming and senior advisor for environmental justice Lisa Garcia as they tour communities affected by coal mining. Today, she called the newsroom with updates on her trip. From Erica: The first stop was in Manchester. There’s a woman […] By Gabe Bullard Aug 18 Environment Checking in With Erica Peterson in Eastern Kentucky Gabe Bullard
Jun 14 Local News BBC Report Covers Federal Spending in “Traditional Dependent Kentucky” Kentucky’s reliance on federal aid was the focus of a story this morning on the BBC News Hour. The reporter visited Republican Congressman Hal Rogers’s eastern district and talked with a food bank visitor who had run out of options for food and was terrified that government services would be cut (about half of the […] By Gabe Bullard Jun 14 Local News BBC Report Covers Federal Spending in “Traditional Dependent Kentucky” Gabe Bullard
Jun 7 Environment Western Kentucky Coal Production Increases, While Eastern Slumps According to a report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, coal production in eastern Kentucky declined in 2010, even though the industry saw a slight boost in western Kentucky. The variance in production is partially due to the different mining conditions found in the two regions. In eastern Kentucky, coal production declined by nearly 10 […] By Erica Peterson Jun 7 Environment Western Kentucky Coal Production Increases, While Eastern Slumps Erica Peterson
Apr 7 Politics Kentucky Officials Praise Teach for America Expansion Praise is pouring in for an initiative to place top-flight college graduates in teaching positions in three Eastern Kentucky counties. Lieutenant Governor Dan Mongiardo, who grew up in Hazard, is excited about Teach for America’s decision to expand into Eastern Kentucky. Mongiardo says the program, which is recruiting top college graduates to teach in schools […] By Tony McVeigh Apr 7 Politics Kentucky Officials Praise Teach for America Expansion Tony McVeigh
Apr 7 Local News Teach for America Coming to Appalachia Three eastern Kentucky school districts have agreed to hire Teach for America instructors next fall. This will be the organization’s first operation in Kentucky and in Appalachia. Teach for America places young teachers in impoverished and struggling schools, and about three fourths of the organization’s operations are in cities, the nearest being Nashville and Indianapolis. […] By Gabe Bullard Apr 7 Local News Teach for America Coming to Appalachia Gabe Bullard