 AppalachianWireless.com is here to make your life easier. Sign in or create a self-care account to pay bills, view usage, or check contract dates. You can also apply for paperless billing and auto pay to save up to $5 per phone per month on post-paid plans. It's self-care from Appalachian Wireless. Tuesday, February 14th, Judge Executive Ray Jones designated February as Career and Technical Education Month. CTE Month will urge students to become familiar with the services and benefits of the CTE programs in the county. The biggest thing we need in Eastern Kentucky's jobs, and the quickest way to get people into the workforce is through career and technical education. You know, there are different career paths. Some people choose college, some people choose the military. But what we've seen is career and technical education, jobs like HVAC, electrical work, automotive, construction, technology, those jobs are plentiful. And a lot of those jobs pay great money. And you can get through a career and technical education pathway a lot quicker and get into the workforce. And it's a skill set that's desperately needed. CTE programs offered in Pike County include welding, carpentry, diesel mechanic, industrial maintenance, electricity, and health sciences. The career and technical education is on the comeback. You know, years ago, everyone says you have to have a four-year college degree you need to go on. And then we don't have our plumbers. We don't have our electricians. We don't have our mechanics and our carpenters. So with career and technical education now, we push our programs. And you know, usually when they go into the career fields, they don't have that student loan to pay back when they can actually start work when they leave high school and make a good wage and stay here in eastern Kentucky. Reporting for Mountaintop News, I'm Brianna Robinson.