Eastern Kentucky Report: Shaping Our Appalachian Region Blog

October 23, 2023

The Case for Large-Scale Energy Storage in Southeastern Kentucky

Recent data highlights the urgent need to diversify Southeastern Kentucky’s approach to energy generation and storage. For example, PJM retired 6 gigawatts of electricity generation in 2022, with a staggering 89%…

October 23, 2023

2023 SOAR Summit Recap: Piecing together for Appalachia

The 2023 SOAR Summit, presented by Appalachian Wireless and the Appalachian Regional Commission, is complete and helped gather all of the Appalachian pieces together to unite for Appalachia. It was…

October 19, 2023

Meet the winners of the Speed Pitch Competition

Three minutes, a microphone, and an idea. That was the idea behind the Speed Pitch Competition, presented by Community Trust Bank. It was held on October 3 during the first day…

October 14, 2023

East Kentucky Diabetes Symposium: Featured Speakers Added!

SOAR is excited to announce the addition of two featured speakers for the first-ever Diabetes Symposium happening November 3 in Hazard, Ky! Meet the Speakers Kristen R. Stakelin, MD, MLDE,…

October 14, 2023

2023 SOAR Summit: Cong. Hal Rogers & Gov. Andy Beshear announce AMLER Awards

On the second day of the 2023 SOAR Summit, Governor Andy Beshear and U.S. Representative Harold “Hal” Rogers, who was represented by his district director, Carlos Cameron, presented more than…

October 13, 2023

Happy Friday the 13th!

EEE eee eee – It’s Friday, October the 13th, and the Fall or Spooky Season, whichever you prefer to call the month of October is truly feeling the part. We’ve…

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