Aluminum Company Wants to Put a New Smelter in Kentucky Area Hit Hard By Job Losses
Gov. Andy Beshear says it will bring 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region hard hit by the loss of coal and steel production.
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Gov. Andy Beshear says it will bring 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region hard hit by the loss of coal and steel production.
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday announced the construction of an aluminum smelter in the state's Appalachian northeast.
All five judges-executive from FIVCO — Boyd, Greenup, Carter, Elliott and Lawrence counties — gladly journeyed to the commonwealth’s capital for a much-anticipated announcement by Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday
Kentucky’s state population has grown 40% since 1970, according to the U.S Census.
An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would bring about 1,000 permanent jobs.