Free curbside pick-up of recyclables is available to the residents of Williamsburg, thanks to a partnership between the City of Williamsburg and Sanders Solid Waste & Recycling. Sanders will pick up recyclables every other Friday. To join the program, please call Sanders at 606-656-0215 or 606-280-1302. To print a PDF with more details, click this [...]
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet offers the Waste Tire Amnesty Program to remove old tires from Kentucky’s landscape. During a waste tire amnesty event, individuals can drop off their unwanted tires at a specific location within their county at no cost. From August until October, the program will be operating in the eight counties [...]
PRIDE is now accepting applications for the 2011 Environmental Education Contract Program. Sept. 2 is the deadline to submit applications. Contract recipients will be announced by Sept. 14. The contract period will end April 30, 2012. The contract amounts will be up to $1,250, plus an additional $250 to operate a PRIDE [...]
For its seventh-grade environmental camp, the McCreary County Extension Service has won the region’s Environmental Education Project of the Month Award. “This camp is ideal because it takes the students outside to learn and have fun, and there’s no better way to develop their love and respect for nature,” said PRIDE’s Tammie [...]
For dedication to serving the community with PRIDE, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center has earned southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award for August 2011. The award was shared by students and staff at the Perkins Center, which assists [...]
