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EDITORâS NOTE: This story is part of a publishing partnership between the Richmond Register and Eastern Progress It was deja vu for Governor Andy Beshear when he arrived at the Central Kentucky Regional Airport on Friday afternoon for another special announcement. In April, Beshear sat in a hangar alongside Madison County, Berea, Richmond, and EKU officials as he signed new legislation which would allow EKU to become a fourth and equal partner on the airport board. On Friday, he was there to announce his recommendation that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) approve an infrastructure project for the city of Berea and present a check for more than $1 million to help with upgrades and improvements to the area s wastewater and sewage infrastructure. ....
Taylor Six tsix@richmondregister.com Dec 31, 2020 Fifty-five cases of coronavirus have been reported at the Madison County Detention Center as of Thursday afternoon. Out of 380 inmates being housed at the facility in downtown Richmond, 55 tested positive, and one staff member. According to Deputy Judge Executive Colleen Chaney, all individuals are asymptomatic and quarantined in the jail for 14 days or the event that they are released. She stated, effective immediately, the jail and their partnering law enforcement agencies (Madison County Sheriff s Office, Richmond and Berea Police Departments, and Kentucky State Police) will transport arrested individuals to the Clark County Detention Center in Winchester. ....
Dec 22, 2020 Despite a year of closures and cancellations, Madison County, and the cities of Richmond and Berea, have continued to make great strides to their infrastructure and business development in their respective areas. This is the top five story of 2020. City of Richmond For the city of Richmond, Mayor Robert Blythe and City Manager Rob Minerich said they have a lot to be proud of in 2020. The first, was the completion of Water Street, which is one project Minerich said he is happy to have completed, as it was a priority identified on the commission s to-do list after their election in 2018. ....