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Recognized for the achievements of its women’s program this year, Harrison County Farm Bureau received the 2017 Gold Star Award of Excellence during Kentucky Farm Bureau’s annual meeting in Louisville. The award honors county Women’s Committees for active participation in leadership development programs, agricultural promotion, educational initiatives and numerous other aspects of support to the local Farm Bureau.

Kentucky Utilities announced recently that it will retire two of its three coal-fired units located at the E.W. Brown coal plant near Herrington Lake in Harrodsburg.
    Advocates including Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, and Kentucky Waterways Alliance have worked for years with local communities to curb dangerous air and water pollution from the plant.
    The groups plan to continue their legal fight to clean up coal ash pollution from E.W. Brown that threatens the health of Herrington Lake until proper action is taken by KU.

Linda B Furnish, Harrison County Clerk, attended the Kentucky County Clerk’s Association annual convention held on Nov. 5-8. The convention brings Kentucky county clerks together to discuss and learn the upcoming changes in election law, real estate transactions and motor vehicles.
One of the highlights of the convention is the auction held on behalf of Helping A Veteran Everyday (HAVE), which is the charitable organization created by the county clerks to raise money for the veterans’ homes in Kentucky.