SOAR

The 11th annual Shaping our Appalachian Region summit is under way in Corbin and we sent our new eastern Kentucky regional reporter Jennifer McDaniels to check it out. She spoke with SOAR chief operating officer Joshua Ball.

Community leaders are meeting in a Kentucky region hurt by the collapsing coal industry, seeking strategies to help redevelop the area's economy.Shaping…

Advocates for broadband expansion are converging on Lexington this week for a conference dubbed “Fiber for the New Economy.”From Mayor Jim Gray’s push to…

State and federal officials have kicked off the construction of 3,400 miles of fiber optic cable they hope will transform eastern Kentucky's economy…

Hard hit Kentucky coal communities will be the target of up to $38 million in federal grants aimed at reviving local economies. It's all part of what’s…

The University of Kentucky has formalized an agreement to take on an increasing role in the SOAR, or Shaping Our Appalachian Region Initiative. The 3…

The University of Kentucky has launched an effort to promote and strengthen its ties with the Central Appalachian region. A new series of stories called…

A group of eastern Kentucky leaders has endorsed a plan that would set aside money to help boost the region's struggling economy.The Lexington…

Broadband access can be a key conduit to creating economic opportunity for Eastern Kentucky, officials say.In this small southeast Kentucky town, some 440…

The head of the Pikeville-based Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce will lead an initiative to diversify eastern Kentucky's economy.Jared Arnett will…