Beech Tree News Network

The Fourth District Volunteer Fire Department is having their fire board member elections for three seats on December 28, 2020, at 7 p.m. Contact any current board member for more information. * * * Two organizations representing Kentucky’s cities and counties want lawmakers to make increasing the gas tax to improve roadways and bridges a legislative priority during the upcoming legislative session. The Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) and Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) advocated for a gas tax increase during their presentations to the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government meeting earlier this week. * * * Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Group has completed the expansion of their facility in the South Central Kentucky Industrial Park in Bowling Green. This project involves close to a $100M capital investment and created 70 new jobs, which is much higher than their initial target of 50, while adding an additional 80,000 square-feet to their facility.