Kentucky Agricultural Commissioner Ryan Quarles gave the keynote address to the Somerset Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce luncheon today. The theme of this month’s meeting was Kentucky Proud and featured an expo of local Kentucky Proud producers. Quarles credited the...

KSD was proud to attend the opening of the new Somerset VA Clinic in MedPark West today. Lexington VA Medical Center Director Emma Metcalf, right, talks with Kirby Stephens and Bill Jones of KSD at the Open House ceremonies. KSD...

KSD addressed the Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association (KMUA) 2017 Annual Fall Meeting held last week at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset. Kirby Stephens, president of KSD, shared the firm’s work for Barbourville Utilities in updating their company identity,...

When the Barbourville Utility Commission committed to upgrading their Internet for the city of Barbourville (Kentucky), they felt the new fiber-to-the-home light-speed service should have its own name and logo. After a recommendation from an existing client, KSD was brought...

Selling food products online — it’s a challenge. Hall’s Beer Cheese chose KSD to develop their new website (note—archive version: BeerCheese.com) featuring a robust e-commerce system that streamlines the ordering and provides Hall’s with in-depth analytics and customer info. The...

Yesterday, KSD welcomed a group of local high school students participating in the Somerset Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy program to discuss their marketing efforts. Their business ideas ranged from game developments to service industries to advanced...

I enrolled as an undergraduate at the University of Kentucky in the fall of 1977 thinking I would eventually go to law school. By the summer of 1979 I had officially turned away from the idea of a legal career...

We’ve had the great fortune at KSD to maintain relationships with several of our clients that span decades. Such is the case with the Master Musicians Festival. KSD has been involved with Somerset’s premier summer music event in some way...

Smartphones are “such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial visitor from Mars might conclude they were an important feature of human anatomy.” — Chief Justice John Roberts, Riley v. California Indeed, we’ve become a smartphone-dependent...

KSD just launched a new website and rebrand for FACTOR (formerly Visual Risk Technologies) a software engineering and consulting company that focuses on risk management in the transportation, energy, chemical, insurance and public sectors. (note—archive version: EssentialFactor.com)

This week Stearns became the sixth Kentucky town to achieve the official Kentucky Trail Town certification. Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear bestowed the honor at a ceremony at the Big South Fork Railway Depot on July 8, 2015. Beshear noted...

Today Google has implemented a new search algorithm that will severely penalize websites that are not “mobile-friendly” in search result rankings. Google has done this in response to the way people have moved their Internet browsing habits to mobile devices...

KSD partners with Cleveland-based architecture firm to develop concept plan Every time we look out the front windows of our studio, we see the opportunity for greatness across the street. The Virginia, our beloved historic theatre, has been dark nearly...

I am not a musician. Yet, here I sit with my Willie Nelson autographed Fender acoustic guitar. It was a gift from our friends (and clients) with the Master Musicians Festival earlier this year. At the MMF lineup launch party...

With a new superintendent at the helm and several important initiatives underway, Madison County Schools entered 2014 with three goals in mind — to refocus, redesign and rebrand the school district to more effectively communicate its commitment to first-class education....

“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” — Special Olympics oath Brave in the attempt. It feels as though I’ve spent my life attempting to be brave. Too afraid of failure, or...

JACKSONVILLE, Fl. (November, 2013) — The Master Musicians Festival (MMF) held in July was recognized last night as the Southeast Tourism Society’s Festival of the Year for 2013. The Somerset, Kentucky event topped competitors from 14 southern states. “Celebrating 20...

Superior Battery Manufacturing Company, located in Russell Springs, Kentucky, recently launched its new, consumer-oriented website: Superlex.com (note—archived version). Superlex is Superior’s retail brand of automotive, commercial, marine, lawn and garden, and deep cycle batteries. The new site was developed to...