 August is hot and so are the savings at Appalachian Wireless, where all smartphones are 50% off. Even the 64, 128 and 256 gig models, two year agreement required. Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless and East Kentucky Network Company. It's been a week since the word casino was introduced into the wider discussion about economic development in eastern Kentucky. Raven Rock Entertainment LLC hopes to put a casino and resort on the iconic Raven Rock in Jenkins. Some like the idea, jobs, money for the town, some don't, profiting off of weaknesses. And some may not be taking the idea seriously. But as for the investors in the project, they're dead serious and they believe the project can and will work. Jenkins just seems to be a location that is just poised, I think, for great growth. Jenkins Mayor Todd De Priest said the comments he's received over the past week have been overwhelmingly positive. So far, just overwhelming support and people appreciating a new idea and looking for tourism and all things it might bring. And they just make it a different idea and something really nobody else had ever thought of. The worst negative thing that I've heard has just been they really want an industry more than this. And like I said, I understand that part of it too, but I believe this is a piece that eventually would help increase the chances of an industry manufactured here. Some have questioned how Jenkins and the Raven Rock investors hope to change the state law to allow expanded gaming. The investors hope to change hearts and minds by selling expanded gaming as a fix for the state's nearly bankrupt retirement and pension fund. Whether it be a state lottery, whether it be horse racing operations or whether it be carefully regulated gaming, we know that those types of gaming functions can create tremendous tax revenue streams for the state. And we feel like that creating this border casino initiative would be a great benefit to solving that pension problem. But for wherever the plan lands, the Jenkins Casino Resort Plan has at least sparked an interesting discussion on economic development. From the newsroom, Chris Anderson, EKB News.