 U.S. Representative Hal Rogers and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission awarded 590-208 dollars to the City of Elkhorn for their sewer collection system. Since the announcement, Mountaintop spoke with Elkhorn Mayor Mike Taylor about the grant and coming sewer system changes. Well, the grant we received is for, we're going to be refurbishing our wastewater plant, not our wastewater plant, but our pump stations that are in bad condition and we'll be doing a lot of line replacements along with this we'll be getting seven hundred and some thousand dollars. We will be getting additional that's from a state funding, which is going to total like one point three million dollars. This has been very needed. Since taking office as Mayor, Taylor says a main focus of his was maintaining infrastructure such as the addition of their new wastewater plant in 2018. But this is a big start and I can't, you know, I can't thank Hal Rogers enough him and Mitch McConnell and Hal Rogers. It's been just wonderful. You know, help us a little town like Elkhorn City. And it's, and it's took time, you know, it's a thing that's took time to get this money. And I greatly appreciate the hard work that's been put into it to get it. Since the water plant's installation, Taylor says more opportunities have been given to us residents and businesses. With the new funds, Taylor hopes it will continue that progress. Because now, okay, say for instance, now we've got our wastewater plant. We was way over capacity when I become Mayor. We were not out of the hook. Nobody else. No business up. No, not even a trailer. And then when we got a new wastewater plant, we can handle four times what we were handling. So this is the industrial part who are that close to hit with our wastewater plant. We're at close with water to the wastewater plant that we can furnish water to there. So, you know, any kind of business that wanted to come in, we would have to, we would have structure to hold it. For Mountain Tom News, I'm Joel Hodgeall.