 With forward pay from Appalachian Wireless, you'll avoid contracts and credit checks while taking advantage of some awesome perks like unlimited talk text and 3 gigs of data for just $44.99 or with 5 gigs for a mere $59.99. Forward pay, that's today's Appalachian Wireless. Governor Matt Bevin along with other local and state officials were in Paintsville today to announce the opening of a new training facility. The new H-Tech Center will offer training for advanced manufacturing, mostly in computer numeric control machining which is widely used in automotive and aerospace manufacturing. The primary goal of bringing this type of facility to the area is to retrain thousands of out-of-work coal miners for careers in advanced manufacturing. There's a global shortage in this industry and our men are uniquely and exceptionally qualified as a result of their many years of coal mining. These H-Tech training centers become a magnet to attract manufacturers to where we have that so treasured workforce. So as a result of many, many years of coal mining, we have developed a possible gold mine. Governor Bevin said Eastern Kentucky is well suited for manufacturing jobs. Here's what I know. With all due respect to everywhere in Kentucky, the work ethic in Eastern Kentucky is as fine as anywhere. That's, I think, unquestionable. There would be some that would say it's no better than ours and fine. We'll give them that argument, but it's as good as anybody anywhere. And it's the kind of work ethic, the kind of mindset and intellect, and the ability to learn skilled things that require safety and engineering and science and teamwork that are desperately needed in the workforce today. And so without any question, that is in abundance here. Renovations of the facility are currently underway and it's expected to open after the first of the year. Reporting from Paintsville for EKB News, I'm Sean Allen.