Interested in starting a food hub or another enterprise to help your community? This edition of WMMT’s Mountain Talk features a presentation by Carl Chadband of KISRA (Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action) on how he got Paradise Farms near Charleston, WV, off the ground, and what he’s learned about using social enterprise and agriculture to create […]
Hindman, KY Building on Strengths of History, Place
In Part II of the this WMMT series on efforts in Hindman, Kentucky, to use the community’s cultural assets to rebuild the economy, reporter Kelli Haywood joins staff of the century old Hindman Settlement School to discuss their place within the community and how they use their historical perspective to envision the future. Jessica Evans, […]
FCC Chair Tom Wheeler: Model Partnership Brings Gigabit Internet to Rural KY
FCC Chair Tom Wheeler speaking in tiny McKee, KY, on working together to ensure that all Americans have access to the potential of broadband.
FCC Chair Tom Wheeler: “This Is A Really Big Deal!”
Amidst talk that new Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin would shelve or seriously reduce the scope of Kentucky Wired, the state-wide high speed Internet network currently in development, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler visited tiny McKee, KY, at the invitation of Rep. Hal Rogers. It is there that Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative, PRTC, has built […]
