This year’s graduates of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Explorers summer youth program used their science and math skills to explore the mysteries of space and get hands-on experience turning up clues as crime scene investigators. A total of 60 rising ninth-grade students from across Southern and Eastern Kentucky honed their science and math [...]

MONTICELLO, Ky. — Barbourville resident J.M. Hall was the lucky winner of a houseboat holiday on Lake Cumberland that was the grand prize in a regional fundraising campaign benefiting The Center for Rural Development’s three summer youth programs. Hall’s winning ticket was drawn at random in a dockside ceremony held Monday, June 1, at Conley [...]

They come from communities scattered across Southern and Eastern Kentucky. Some have dreams of opening their own business or becoming entrepreneurs. Others are interested in strengthening their leadership skills. Regardless of those personal goals, all share a common bond to do his or her personal best to improve their lives and the lives of those [...]