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Harlan County: $2.2 million AMLER grant for new water lines in Cumberland (Oct. 9, 2026)
The City of Cumberland won $2.2 million from the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization (AMLER) program, announced Oct. 9, 2026, in Corbin by Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-05).
The City of Cumberland in Harlan County, Kentucky, will receive $2.2 million to replace old water distribution lines and add new ones. The city expects the work to serve 194 households and 50 businesses in the first year after it is done.
Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, who represents Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District, announced the grant Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, at the SOAR Summit in Corbin. It is one of nine AMLER awards worth more than $22 million for nine Eastern Kentucky counties. AMLER is federal money meant to help coal communities turn land and towns hurt by past mining into new jobs and services.
All nine awards, county by county, are in the Notice Nearby public paper: https://noticenearby.com/papers/eastern-kentucky-amler-grants-22-million-oct-9-2026
Original source: Office of Gov. Andy Beshear news release, Oct. 9, 2026 — https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/KYGOV/bulletins/42e9d6e. Program details: Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet — https://eec.ky.gov/Natural-Resources/Mining/Abandoned-Mine-Lands/Pages/AMLER_Program.aspx
What to read next: the Harlan County hub (https://noticenearby.com/ky/harlan), the KY-05 district hub (https://noticenearby.com/district/KY-05), and the Kentucky hub (https://noticenearby.com/ky).
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Source: the public notice on this register NN-KYGOV-20261009-06 · Office of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
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