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Citizens rights again upheld

April 1, 2011 at 08:00pm

Trying a new judge, Frasure Creek Mining was back in court this week trying to keep citizens from learning the truth about its Clean Water Act violations and related deal with state officials.

Central Kentucky pie bake off!

March 27, 2011 at 08:00pm
Central Kentucky

 

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Nally & Hamilton latest coal company put on notice

March 8, 2011 at 07:00pm

Nally & Hamilton, the 4th largest coal producer of surface mined coal in Kentucky, was put on notice this afternoon that citizens plan to sue the company for 12,000 violations of the Clean Water Act.

The violations occurred from May 2008 through June 2010 and happened at more than a dozen of the company's mines in Bell, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Perry, Letcher and Leslie counties.

Music for the Mountains Wrap Up!

March 2, 2011 at 07:00pm
Northern Kentucky

Kentucky Appeals Court Issues Ruling on Request for Emergency Relief

March 1, 2011 at 07:00pm

The Cabinet and coal companies want to block citizens' intervention in a consent agreement they reached that addresses the thousands of water pollution violations that were brought to light by the citizens groups in a notice of intent to sue last fall. 

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