By Kenya Stump Renewable Energy In 1834, a Vermont blacksmith, Thomas Davenport built a prototype electric motor, which he used in a model car, paving the way for electric vehicles in America. Thomas Edison jumped in around 1889 with a nickel-alkaline battery powered vehicle and by 1900’s; the […]
By Roberta Burnes The Division for Air Quality Boyd County residents are breathing easier these days, thanks in part to the work of odor-sniffing inspectors from the Division for Air Quality. In 2014, a steady increase in complaints about foul-smelling air around the Big Run Landfill was received […]
By Lanny Brannock and Carrie Searcy The smell is what you notice first. It smells like a crackling fireplace or a bonfire, but then you see the blanket of blue smoke wafting over Pine Mountain. And you understand. It’s early November and wildfires are consuming thousands of acres […]
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