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Book review: Lawyer Roger Braden’s homage to the coal miner; is it lights out for King Coal?
King Coal, it was called, and never has there been a more powerful force in the economic, social, and political life of Kentucky. Mining coal has always been a job fraught with peril. The shadow of danger stalks the coal-miner, coal families, coal communities. The miner’s life is the subject of the memoir of Roger N. Braden, Always at the Edge of Death: the Life of a Coal Miner. Braden, now semi-retired and living in Taylor Mill, was born in Providence in Webster County, Kentucky. He represented families of two miners among ten killed in the 1989 explosion at Pyro Mining’s William Station Mine near Wheatcroft, Kentucky.
KSP to conduct traffic safety checkpoints
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- Kentucky State Police will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints throughout the Post 2 District today. Nearly thirty checkpoints are scheduled throughout the area, including in Hopkins, Muhlenberg and Webster Counties. The safety checkpoints are meant to provide a high visibility, public safety service and allow Kentucky State Police to concentrate efforts in […]
Kentucky among the least expensive states to start a business
(The Center Square) – Kentucky is one of the least expensive places in the United States to start a business, a recent study found. It's a designation that has both advantages and drawbacks. Zibtek, a software development consultancy business, scored the states on factors such as taxes, utility costs, filing fees, the local economy, online crime and personal expenses. After compiling the scores, Kentucky finished 45th overall, or the sixth least-expensive state in the study. ...
Enzweiler Building Institute receives grant for scholarships, materials for trades training
The Enzweiler Building Institute has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the RC Durr Foundation, distributed over two years, to provide crucial support to the institute’s mission of delivering vocational education and training to individuals pursuing careers in the building trades.
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