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Fisheries Park Could Create Opportunities For Planned Ports

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Fisheries Park Could Create Opportunities For Planned Ports

April 20, 2021

With roads and electricity now in place, Ballard County (Ky.) Judge-Executive Todd Cooper hopes seven businesses related to Asian carp will soon begin going up in the county’s new International… Read More

Plans Move Forward For Ports In Cairo, West Kentucky

December 18, 2020

Port projects near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in southern Illinois and western Kentucky are moving forward, with the Illinois project expected to break ground as soon… Read More

Kentucky Counties Partner For Port Project The mv. Sam P. Hise pushes a barge into the Upper Mississippi River on August 31 from near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as seen from the southern tip of Illinois. Four western Kentucky counties have formed a riverport authority with plans to develop a riverport just south of the confluence. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

The mv. Sam P. Hise pushes a barge into the Upper Mississippi River on August 31 from near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as seen from the southern tip of Illinois. Four western Kentucky counties have formed a riverport authority with plans to develop a riverport just south of the confluence. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Kentucky Counties Partner For Port Project

September 4, 2020

Four western Kentucky counties have joined forces with hopes to build a riverport just south of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as part of their economic revitalization… Read More

Coronavirus Delays Chinese Investors’ Visit To Kentucky Fisheries Park

March 21, 2020

The spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in China is not having an effect on Kentucky’s exports of Asian carp, but it is preventing Chinese investors from visiting a fisheries… Read More

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