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Posted: Saturday, January 24, 2015 8:33 am By CARRIE STAMBAUGH / For The Independent PRINCESS The number Boyd County residents complaining to environmental regulators about a foul odor emanating from Big Run Landfill numbered in the hundreds during 2014. Complaints rose sharply... Read More →

Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2015 11:59 am | Updated: 9:39 pm, Sat Jan 10, 2015. By CARRIE STAMBAUGH For The Independent PRINCESS For the better part of a decade residents of Boyd County have complained about a stench of rotting garbage emanating from Big Run Landfill. River... Read More →

The Independent | Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013 11:05 am AK Steel Corp. will pay a $1.65 million civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of air pollution laws that occurred at its now-closed coke plant in Ashland, the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection... Read More →


The Independent | Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013 12:02 am ASHLAND U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is asking the federal Environmental Protection Agency to shift enforcement and oversight of the AK Steel Coke Plant cleanup to Kentucky environmental officials. McConnell... Read More →

This piece was recognized by the Kentucky Press Association in 2010. It was awarded First Place for Best Analytical/Enterprise Story in the Daily Class 2 category for the annual Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers Awards.   The Independent | Progress Edition 2009 ASHLAND Kentucky... Read More →