 Wednesday, Governor Andy Beshear presented a check to Pikeville Medical Center and Galen College of Nursing for $975,555. The Galen College of Nursing will provide new jobs and help combat the healthcare staffing shortage that exists in the region. We're talking about not just continuing to provide that care to people, but making sure that Eastern Kentucky is looking for good jobs where they can stay in their community, have the opportunity not only to do that, but to make an incredible difference if we do this right. We can change our healthcare trajectory, the health of our people in such a fundamental way, this can just be the start of something so much bigger. It's all in our hands, this life of time that's given to us all. It is all in our hands, it is all in our hands. It is all in our hands, it is all in our hands. When it comes to your heart, place your care in our hands. $780,444 was provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission and an additional $195,111 was provided by Pikeville Medical Center. The funding will be used for class materials and lab equipment for the Galen College of Nursing. So, shortly after Ibequin Governor was down here talking with Donovan and Pikeville Medical Center, talking about the different needs, and we talked about a couple of things. We talked about access, how some folks would have to drive hours just to receive certain specialty care and if that's wrong. And then the needed pipeline where groups like Pikeville Medical Center or ARH could know where their next employee was coming from and how we were missing out on an opportunity to employ more Eastern Kentuckians to work here in great jobs in Eastern Kentucky. I think about thousands of openings, you're talking about something the size of the Ford plant and it already exists. So we've got to put in the same effort to get that workforce prepped and ultimately in those jobs. The Galen College of Nursing will begin classes September 29th and applications are currently available. For more information, visit galencollege.edu. For Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.