Governor Andy Beshear announced Monday a Finland-based glass fiber tissue producer plans to build a second facility in Madisonville with a $70 million investment expected to create 51 well-paying jobs.
Governor Beshear thanked Ahlstrom-Munksjö for this significant new commitment to Madisonville, Hopkins County and the commonwealth. He added the company’s current facility has long been an important part of the community, and its new operation is outstanding news for the region’s residents. He said as Kentucky builds a stronger post-pandemic economy, Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s commitment to create more than 50 high-quality jobs couldn’t be better timed. He went on to say this project promises a brighter future for families in the area and positions the company for even more success in the years ahead.
In Tuesdayâs Hopkins County Fiscal Court meeting, Hopkins County Clerk Keenan Cloern said the general election cost an estimated $53,000 more than expected; however, grants paid for most of the added expense.
Cloern said she turned over four grants to help offset the cost totaling $52,861 that left around $1,000 to be taken out of the general fund to cover expenses in the general election.
âThe county actually turned out very well with just right at $1,000 that had to come out of the general fund,â said Cloern.
Cloern said that the extra polling locations cost an additional $7,100, election supplies were $11,500, plexiglass purchases were $10,000, poll workers were $6,800, postage cost $10,000 and Hopkins County deputy overtime was $7,000.
History was made early Wednesday afternoon as 10 Baptist Health Madisonville employees were administered the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Employees in the Joseph Miller Auditorium at the hospital erupted into applause as Duana Camplin, a respiratory therapist with Baptist, was the first to receive the vaccine.
âToday, we are humbled, honored and we are excited to be one of 11 hospitals in the state of Kentucky â the first in western Kentucky â to receive the vaccination to fight COVID-19,â said Dr. Wayne Lipson, chief medical officer of Baptist Health Madisonville. âWe are here to start with our frontline workers, doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists that have been fighting this fight since late February and early March.â