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USPS the Scorched Earth Strategy: Post Office under New Corporate Ownership - Possible Realities

Apr 14, 2020 at 03:05 pm by admin

(Clinton KY) Below are some of my fears for what may happen if President Trump is successful in "auctioning off" the assets and operations of the Postal System into very priva.... Read More

Postmaster General statement on U.S. Postal Service stimulus needs

Apr 14, 2020 at 03:05 pm by admin

April 10, 2020 "The men and women of the United States Postal Service provide an essential public service and bind the nation together as a part of the country's critical infr.... Read More

US Ag Secretary gets out of DC and into hemp in KY

Jul 03, 2019 at 12:06 pm by admin

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue toured the UK hemp research facility this week. Perdue was accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Kentucky Secretary of A.... Read More

On the Strength and Resilience of Rural America

Oct 06, 2016 at 11:06 am by admin

I've spent most of my life living in big cities. But the truth is, a lot of what's shaped me came from my grandparents who grew up on the prairie in Kansas. They taught me the.... Read More

Ted Cruz - his 12 step plan

Jan 24, 2016 at 06:36 pm by admin

From his website: Ted Cruz's Growth and Jobs Agenda is a 12-step plan to get America working again: 1) Repeal ObamaCare.2) Kill Cap and Trade.3) Stop the National Labor Relati.... Read More

Hickman County Fiscal Court votes to close Hickman County Detention Center

Aug 12, 2015 at 01:05 pm by admin

Prisoners moved after Fiscal Court meeting (Clinton, KY August 12, 2015) - In an early morning meeting, the Hickman County Fiscal Court voted to close the troubled Hickman Cou.... Read More

Ma Bell hates rural residents with Senate Bill 88

Feb 11, 2013 at 10:22 am by admin

  Editor's Note: CN|2 reported that the measure "sailed" through the Committee despite concerns. Senate Economic Development Committee to Hear SB 88 - AT&Ts Effort.... Read More

Changing rules for federal programs impact rural areas

Jan 09, 2013 at 02:04 pm by admin

  New Federal Rules Will Define West Kentucky's   Jackson Purchase as Frontier (West Kentucky Journal, January 9, 2013, Clinton, KY) - The urban Washington D.... Read More

Reprise 2010 Taking out a post office is a community affair

Jan 02, 2013 at 10:56 am by admin

Clinton, KY. Dec. 18, 2012 Zip Code 42031 The post office, like an aging battleship, is seeking a safe port in the storm. Of course the era of great battleships is long go.... Read More

A crazy idea?

May 19, 2009 at 04:46 pm by admin

It was a crazy idea, but a crazy idea born out of desperation to do something about our aging, crumbling, eyesore of a former hotel, former hardware store building.  .... Read More

Rural Renaissance Art

May 19, 2009 at 04:03 pm by admin

Rural Renaissance Art   On the rural frontier When buildings fail                  .... Read More

Funding Formula Disadvantages Rural School Districts

Apr 21, 2009 at 09:41 am by admin

Daily Yonder hits the nail on the head once again with a report by Caitlin Howley on how rural school districts may not get the same advantage from President Obama’s sti.... Read More

Nothing ever happens in Clinton, Kentucky.

Apr 15, 2009 at 11:56 am by admin

            At least, that’s what I thought before I moved to this tiny town almost as far as one can get from Fra.... Read More