Economic Development

McKee, Kentucky, was the seemingly unlikely focus of a lengthy New Yorker piece on the economic development value of high-speed broadband.

A new Work Ready Training Center is coming to Barbourville, Kentucky. The new center will offer trade, certificate and postsecondary education opportunities to the region for high-demand career sectors like health care, technology, advanced manufacturing and logistics.

An international company that manufactures commercial and military aircraft carbon braking components is expanding in Danville.

Does UPS conjure images of presents and consumer goods? You should also think about health care – including medical tests and specimens.

Have you heard of indoor farming? It may be coming to Appalachia.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources launched an experimental project “shocking” dozens of Asian carp right out of the water in Western Kentucky’s Lake Barkley.

Calling all entrepreneurs and creators – forget Silicon Valley and New York City. Louisville is the place to be.

Barn doors will open this August to reveal a farmer’s plaza, four restaurants and what founders hope will be a new cultural hub for Louisville.

Kentucky is a world leader in logistics – the delivering of goods to customers. It’s a field employing 64,000 people in the state and processing 2.1 million packages a day.

Bowling Green’s Corvette Plant is shifting into a higher gear. General Motors, maker of the classic car, recently announced plans to hire 400 more workers and add a second shift to meet consumer demand.