Apex Solar LLC proposes to construct the Apex Solar power generating facility on up to 639 acres.  The proposed project is located in Beaverhead County, Montana.

Environmental Assessment - January 2022

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) – January 21, 2022  

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc proposes to rebuild approximately 28.4 miles of 69 kV transmission line.  The proposed Boone-Williamstown Transmission Line Rebuild project is located in Boone, Gallatin, and Grant counties, Kentucky.

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) – February 14, 2022

Environmental Assessment - January 2022

For the rural residents of Fentress County, access to training programs that provide the advanced skills needed to compete for available jobs can be challenging. Traveling outside the area for training is expensive and often conflicts with current employment. Welding is one advanced skill with unmet demand in the region. The Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) has three nearby locations, but does not have the capacity or the equipment to train enough welders to meet regional demand.

Larry Harris and his son, Julian Harris of Harris Farms, LLC often struggled to find a way to package and distribute their fresh produce and increase their sales. Fortunately for them and many other farmers, USDA Rural Development (RD) assisted in finding a solution to this problem.

Notice of Intent

1. Alternatives Evaluation Study
2. Site Selection Study
3. February 2, 2022 Scoping Meeting Presentation

The public scoping meeting webinar was held on February 2, 2022 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EST via Zoom.   

Keeping the electric on was crippling the Maggard family. Electric bills ranging from $300-$600 per month ate up the majority of the family’s fixed income.

HOMES Inc., one of Rural Development’s strong housing partners in Eastern Kentucky, led a project combining funding sources that ultimately helped the Maggard family cut those electric bills to a small fraction of what they were.

In the midst of the pandemic, while juggling work, civic leadership and homeschooling, friends Shawna Kelsey and Kristina Boyd decided to double down on their plans to launch Pink Bench Distilling in Troy, Montana. 

In early 2020, they acquired a 100-year-old building from a local resident who was hoping to see this old general store on Troy's Main Street morph into something special. 

Salish Kootenai College (SKC), in Pablo, Mont., was founded in 1977, became self-governing in 1981, and was later designated as a land-grant college. SKC serves 68 percent of first generation college students.

With enrollment exceeding 700, and many students commuting to pursue full-time degrees, SKC knew they had to expand their infrastructure to offer better access.

Carbon County Pennsylvania opened the doors to its newest hospital in 65 years on November 21, 2021. The trauma-4 facility is expected to treat about 50,000 emergency care patients a year, thanks to a $98.5 million Community Facilities direct USDA loan investment for the project and a $16 million guaranteed loan. 

The sun is just rising over the High Plains east of Roswell, New Mexico. --But the day for Trish and Kim Chessar at the Burnt Well Guest Ranch started more than an hour ago.

Today, will be special, --their guests will become cowboys.  

Since the Chessar’s opened the guest ranch in 2003 they have had visitors from 28 countries and every state in the union except one.