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Letcher County and the city of Fleming-Neon are getting nearly $10 million to help improve their water lines.

Kentucky’s branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sending $3.3 million dollars to rural communities for clean energy projects.

A round of funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is going to support clean energy in rural Kentucky communities.

Four hydroelectric projects in rural, eastern Kentucky are being constructed after receiving financial support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

That includes $$800,999 going towards Bandana Ag Incorporated in Ballard County through the USDA’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program. The money will help expand its dry fertilizer facility, which would be distributed to more than 150 local producers.

Another round of federal grant money from the United States Department of Agriculture is going towards energy efficiency and public safety across eastern Kentucky.

United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Administrator Andrew Berke visited communities in eastern Kentucky last week. It was a chance for locals involved in the flood recovery process to talk about their continued needs.

Tyson Foods sought and received federal permission to increase the operating speed at poultry processing plants in Kentucky and southern Indiana even as…

Kentucky and West Virginia have recently been added to a federal pilot program to allow food stamp recipients to purchase groceries online, and Ohio…

Kentucky state agriculture officials are working to get the word out about new tagging requirements for cattle. The official change is a few years off,…