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Somerset

Only two years after international financier Michael Grunberg purchased Somerset Refinery and invested some $20 million to rebuild it into a viable producer of petroleum...

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Shepherdsville

Chegg, a California-based textbook rental company, has opened a distribution center in the former Linens ‘n Things distribution facility in Shepherdsville. The 611,000-s...

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Paris

Hinkle Contracting Co. has merged with Summit Materials, a Washington, D.C., company that was formed in 2008 to acquire and grow companies in the aggregate and heavy...

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Paducah

United Airlines has launched daily flight service between Paducah’s Barkley Regional Airport and Chicago. The flights are being operated by SkyWest Airlines, using 50...

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Northern Kentucky

The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce will be traveling to China this summer on a tourism and trade mission tour. The tour, which is scheduled for Sept. 11-19, will...

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Morgantown

Blackhawk Composites Inc., a startup manufacturer of advanced aerospace composite parts, held grand opening ceremonies last month for its new operations in Morgantown...

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Morehead

The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education has granted final approval for Morehead State University to offer its first doctoral degree. Starting this fall, MSU will...

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Midway

Midway College has been awarded $500,000 from the James Graham Brown Foundation for the college’s new $5 million Learning Resource Center, which is currently under...

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Louisville

Brown-Forman plans to establish its own sales and marketing operation in Germany, which has long been one of the company’s most significant markets outside the United...

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Lexington

Pacific Pulmonary Services is hiring 40 full-time employees to staff a Lexington customer service center that will open later this year. The company provides home oxygen...

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