Category - Business Briefs

Buckhorn Inc., an Ohio-based company that produces reusable plastic containers and pallet systems for material handling, has announced that it will close its Shelbyville...

Eastern Kentucky University has been awarded $220,000 by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board to further research on biofuel feedstock forages for livestock and...

Western Kentucky University has announced plans to offer an educational leadership doctoral (EdD) degree at its Owensboro Regional Campus. The program will be available...

The North Nelson Water District Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved a proposal that will allow Louisville Water Co. (LWC) to supply drinking water to the...

GE has announced plans to lay off 43 hourly workers at its Lexington lamp plant, where it produces specialty incandescent lights. GE spokeswoman Janice Fraser told The...

Levi Strauss & Co. has opened a new 151,000-s.f. distribution facility in Hebron, where it will receive Levi’s and Dockers products arriving from manufacturing...

Hazard Community and Technical College has received $1.2 million in state funds to purchase two 3-D Next Generation Virtual Reality Simulation Units. The equipment will...

Roll Coater Inc., a company that specializes in pre-fabrication coil-coating services to steel mills and metal service centers, will be laying off 88 workers at its...

National Office Furniture, a manufacturer of wood casegood products, has announced plans to invest more than $4.5 million at its Fordsville manufacturing plant to...

Ragner Manufacturing plans to hire approximately 125 people to handle production of its patented MicroHose, a hose that increases in size through water pressure...