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Kentucky Center Retrains Coal Workers for High-Tech Manufacturing | Energy News Network

In the shadow of a reclaimed mine, this Kentucky center is retraining coal workers for high-tech manufacturing

The eKentucky Advanced Manufacturing Institute is a success story for federal efforts to revitalize coal communities, but it also highlights the challenges of seeding a 21st-century local economy.

by Keith Schneider
June 8, 2021

PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A high-tech manufacturing training center in this eastern Kentucky town is widely regarded as a singular success story of federal support for revitalizing Appalachian coal country. Click here to download the article.

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