Business & Development

News about business and development in downtown Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Kentucky author and environmental advocate Wendell Berry is among those raising concerns about the long-term impact of bourbon operations.
Ascend Elements Inc., a privately held Massachusetts company, uses recycled lithium-ion batteries to manufacture materials for electric vehicle batteries.
Funding will be distributed to eligible tourism and destination marketing organizations that can show the impact COVID has had on their group.
Efforts to boost tourism and the acceptance of alcohol among more churchgoers has helped reduce the number of dry counties to just 10.
The $49,733 grant will help pay for construction of a new apron at the airport.
More than 5,500 homes and businesses could receive high-speed internet in Christian, Caldwell, Lyon, Todd and Trigg counties.
Southern Belle Deli at Fifth and Main streets will close at the end of June.
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Nominees, between ages 21 and 40, should be involved in Hopkinsville Young Professionals Engage.
Daniel Brechwald led the campaign to get city council approval for Sunday sales.
The Canadian company will invest $2.25 million to create electricity distribution components in the former Briggs & Stratton plant.
They want lawmakers to allocate $20 billion through the proposed Build Back Better, a Biden administration package that appears to face declining odds of passage.