Inside Look

Eastern Kentucky University’s Office of Regional Stewardship recently hired a new public relations intern. Rachel Grant is a sophomore Public Relations major with a Sociology minor from Oldham County, Kentucky.

The E-mentoring program through Eastern Kentucky University’s Office of Regional Stewardship is kicking off the fall semester with five student interns. The E-mentor Program is a partnership with Knox Promise Neighborhood designed to help middle and high school students with college and career readiness.

Pastor Brad Epperson, Nurse Mandy Watson and physician’s assistant Troy Brooks couldn’t have been more set against a needle exchange program in Powell County, the place they call home, worrying that it would enable drug users to continue using.

Bruce Carpenter wears many hats while working to serve southern Kentucky. He is the Executive Director of the Corbin Economic Development Agency, the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Southeast Kentucky Industrial Development Authority, a regional partnership between six southeastern Kentucky counties.