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Dozens of dams in Kentucky are in poor shape or worse. They won’t be cheap to fix.
FRANKFORT — Whenever a heavy rain falls, Jenkins Mayor Todd DePriest can’t help but think back to a deadly disaster as he drives around his small, mountain town checking on its aging dam and bridges. The dam that created Elkhorn Lake, known locally as Jenkins Lake, was built 112 years ago to provide hydropower to […]
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