Business & Development Archives

Hopkinsville Downtown Burger Days this week at brewery, restaurants

by Hoptown Chronicle
May 20, 2025

Food trucks will be serving at Hopkinsville Brewing Co. — and three restaurants, The Local, The Crusty Pig and The Mixer, will have special burgers for the week.

Leadership Christian County accepting applications

by Hoptown Chronicle
May 7, 2025

Twenty class members will be selected. The deadline to apply is May 20.

Study in contrasts: Racing, breeding shine in Kentucky as sport dims across America

by Tim Sullivan
April 28, 2025

No fewer than 48 American racetracks have closed since 2000, but Kentucky operators continue to invest hundreds of millions in their facilities and are reaping an outsized return — and not only on the first Saturday in May.

Chamber of Commerce recognizes best of small businesses

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 17, 2025

Fifteen businesses and organizations received Compass Awards during an awards ceremony.

EV battery supplier Ascend Elements pauses construction on Hopkinsville plant

by Lisa Autry
April 4, 2025

The company says it plans to restart construction in the third quarter of this year with operations starting in late 2026.

Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.

by Tik Root
March 31, 2025

Battery recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits.

Electric vehicle industry will persist, experts say, despite Trump funding cuts

by Paige Gross
March 17, 2025

Long planning times and increasing competition internationally mean U.S. carmakers will continue to develop electric cars, despite funding cuts from the Trump administration, experts say.

Workshop for aspiring distillers planned at Casey Jones

by Hoptown Chronicle
March 12, 2025

Distillery University, based in Spokane, Washington, will lead the workshop at the Christian County distillery.

Christian County Chamber of Commerce accepting business award nominations

by Hoptown Chronicle
March 12, 2025

March 23 is the deadline for submitting a Compass Award nomination.

Ascend Elements cancels a portion of planned production line at Hopkinsville plant

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 2, 2025

Ascend and the U.S. Department of Energy have mutually agreed to cancel a $164 million federal grant for part of the manufacturing infrastructure at the company’s Apex 1 facility, the company announced.

Beshear calls it the world’s largest EV battery plant, now they want to unionize

by Lisa Autry
February 9, 2025

The first major union election in the South this year is headed to Glendale, Kentucky, a small farming community off Interstate 65 just south of Louisville.

Leadership Kentucky seeks participants for 2025 class

by Kentucky Lantern
January 27, 2025

Participants will meet with Kentucky leaders and explore the state’s resources and opportunities in a series of seven monthly, three-day sessions at locations around the state.