Gov. Beshear gives Team Kentucky update
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KFVS) - Governor Andy Beshear updated the commonwealth on Thursday, June 30.
His Team Kentucky update started at 11:30 a.m. in the capitol.
The governor updated Kentuckians on economic development, grants for riverports, the groundbreaking of Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus, Western Kentucky tornado recovery and COVID-19.
On Thursday, the governor announced HHO Carbon Clean Systems LLC will open a manufacturing facility in McCracken County. It’ll be a $6.65 million investment and create 35 full-time jobs in the coming years.
He also announced $499,000 in grants for eight projects at four of Kentucky’s riverports, including Eddyville, Hickman, Owensboro and Paducah. These grants will help riverport authority meet a range of needs for both capacity and operations.
In addition, more than $1.8 million in discretionary transportation funding will go to help four local governments make roadway repairs, including the McCracken County Fiscal Court.
Governor Beshear announced a seventh round of awards from the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies fund.
The assistance announced on Thursday will go to two eligible Western Kentucky counties, Taylor and Hopkins Counties, to help it the cost of restoration and recovery from the December 2021 tornadoes.
Regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Beshear said the state is experiencing a slight plateau, with 9,579 cases announced from June 21 through June 27.
The positivity rate is also experiencing a plateau at 13.36 percent on June 26.
He said overall hospitalizations in Kentucky, as well as the number of patients in the ICU and on a ventilator, have moderately increased, but this increase is not expected to continue.
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