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Rep. Ed Whitfield at Knifley Fire Department Today at 8amCT

The conference will be at the Knifley Area Volunteer Fire Department, 6130 Elkhorn Road, Knifley, KY. Mr. Whitfield will begin Monday's itinerary starting from Columbia to Knifley for first hand assessment of the Knifley Pipeline Explosion situation and challenges left for community; then back to Columbia for talk at Lindsey Wilson, and from there to Russell Springs for lunch, meetings with Russell County officials at the Russell County Jail, followed by a visit to Wolf Creek Dam

U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-1) will be in Knifley, KY, at 8amCT, Monday, February 17, 2014, to get a personal update on the challenges facing the community following the natural gas pipeline explosion last week.

The meeting will be at the Knifley Area Volunteer Fire Department, 6130 Elkhorn Road, Knifley, KY. (Previously announced as at a large tent set up by Columbia Gas Transmission near KY 76/Elkhorn Road, approximately .6 miles west of the crossroads of KY 76 and KY 551 in Knifley). Congressman Whitfield is here primarily to access the scope of the disaster and to hear from constituents in the area affected by the explosion, Adair County Judge Ann Melton said.

The Knifley event precedes an itinerary established before pipeline explosion occurred. That schedule includes the following stops:


  • 9:15am-10amCT - Rep. Whitfield will speak to Lindsey Wilson students at the Thomas D. Clark Reading Room, Katie Murrell Library, 235 Holloway Drive, Columbia, KY.

  • 11:30am-1230pmCT - Rep. Whitfield will be dining at the Cove Restaurant, 145 West Steve Wariner Drive, Russell Springs, KY.

  • 12:45pm-1:05pmCT - Rep. Whitfield will be meeting with County Judge Gary Robertson and Russell County First Responders, at the Russell County Jail, Brian Walters Drive, Russell Springs, KY.

  • 1:30pm-2pmCT - Rep. Whitfield will be at the Wolfe Creek Dam visit and statement regarding lake levels of Lake Cumberland and the economic impact. Halcomb’s Landing Wolfe Creek Dam parking lot.


This story was posted on 2014-02-17 05:21:01
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