The price tag for a new downtown convention center in Owensboro now stands at nearly $40 million. The city-county organization overseeing the construction effort has approved the use of $3.5 million in contingency funds for the project.
Federal officials now say coal accounts for slightly more than one-third of the electricity generated in the United States. Coal's percentage of the market hasn't been that low in decades.
A Japanese-owned radiator company is announcing plans to invest more than ten million dollars in its facility in Hopkinsville. State officials say the expenditure will help to retain hundreds of jobs.
New York Blower Company is planning to locate a new manufacturing facility in Grayson County.The investment is expected to create 125 jobs. The company plans to make an investment of $4.8 million in the project.
