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It seems that every time you turn on the news in the last ten years you see the same thing. Another town without clean water. Another boil advisory taped to the refrigerator. Another family standing in a checkout line wi…
Read story →In Magoffin County, when something serious happens, there’s a moment that settles in before help arrives. It’s quiet, but it’s heavy. You’re watching someone struggle to breathe. Or you’re holding pressure on a wound. …
Read story →For years, Eastern Kentucky has been told it is poor, broken, and beyond saving without outside rescue. We have watched the same cycle repeat. New officials, old habits. Grants missed. Roads patched instead of fixed. Wat…
Read story →Most people think government happens somewhere far above them, in rooms they will never enter. But a county rises or falls in the quiet and ordinary systems that shape daily life. The road that survives the winter. The w…
Read story →More than 3,800 people in Magoffin County rely on SNAP benefits every month. That’s nearly a third of our entire population. But here’s the part no one’s talking about: That’s not just a statistic. It’s an opportunity. …
Read story →“Salyersville’s Health Can’t Wait: A Path From Crisis to Recovery Salyersville and Magoffin County are not beyond repair, but public health cannot wait. In a small community, failing utilities are not an abstract polic…
Read story →When the state broke ground on the Chestnut Ridge community in Knott County, most people saw it as another government project. Seventy-four rental homes, fourteen million dollars, a new beginning for families who had los…
Read story →America once knew how to build. Not just factories, but communities. Not just wealth, but the kind of citizens who could sustain it. The measure of a town was what it could make, fix, and grow. The measure of a person wa…
Read story →Nuclear in the Mountains 2—A Safer Future for Magoffin County I recently posted an OpEd about bringing nuclear energy opportunities to Magoffin County, and I’ve read through all the feedback. I appreciate everyone who t…
Read story →Weathering the Storm: Eastern Kentucky’s Strength Amid Disaster The rain started as it always does in the hills—steady, soaking, unremarkable. The kind that settles into the valleys and drips from the porches, the kind …
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