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Spring Paper Clover Campaign will help send thousands of KY 4-H students to camps, conferences and youth development programs.

Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retail store chain in the United States, will partner with National 4-H Council for a nationwide in-store fundraiser to send thousands of students to 4-H youth development programs, camps and leadership conferences across the country.

Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas counties announces that its 2017-2018 Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) Plan and Budget Proposal is available for public review. The plan reflects assessment of low-income community needs and the Council’s CSBG budget for July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017, as well as projected outcomes for the same period.
The 2017-2018 CSBG plan and budget proposal are available for review at the times and locations below:
Community Action Council Administrative and Support Services Center

Residential real estate sales by members of the Lexington-Bluegrass Association of REALTORS® (LBAR) positively impacted the Harrison County economy in first quarter 2017 with 34 reported sales totaling $3,773,664. Sales continue to be a driving force in Harrison County economy.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) is revamping the state program that provides assistance to low-income telephone customers and refocusing it on meeting the needs of the mostly elderly and rural customers who rely on landline phones.
In an order issued, the PSC said that it is faced with a choice of sharply increasing the surcharges that all phone customers pay to support the Lifeline program or reducing the subsidies offered by the program.
“What is clear is that the program cannot continue in its current form,” the PSC said.