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Mayfield Consumer Products (MCP) staff recently demonstrated the many ways they use Microsoft Office tools for a group of students from the Mayfield/Graves County Area Technology Center (ATC). The students are members of the ATC’s Microsoft Office Specialist class and the visit was arranged as part of the “Power in Partnership” program, more»

MAYFIELD, Ky. (May 28, 2025) – Governor Andy Beshear joined local leaders in Graves County and Tannette Henson, owner of State38 LLC, for a groundbreaking ceremony for the commonwealth’s first medical cannabis safety compliance facility. The $1 million project will create about a dozen full-time jobs and provide essential safety and quality more»

Mayfield Electric & Water Systems staff explain the value of accounting skills to students at the Mayfield-Graves Area Technology Center. Accounting is a versatile field with career opportunities in a surprisingly wide range of companies, a fact emphasized by Power in Partnership presenters Meagan Arnold and Miranda Evans from Mayfield, Electric & more»

Graves County business leaders learned more about state and federal legislative issues during the Plant Manager’s Roundtable hosted by Graves County Economic Development (GCED) on April 23. Guests included Kim Holloway, District 2 State Representative, Morgan Alvey, Field Rep., U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, and Austin Wetherington, Field Rep., more»

Community Connections Links Students with Careers in Marketing, Accounting, and Finance Whether local students see themselves working as financial planners, bankers, in corporate finance or in support roles like marketing, Graves County Economic Development (GCED) and its partners are helping them connect with those careers right here at home through the more»

Mid-America Machine speaks to ATC students Local students considering a career in the trades have unique opportunities given Graves County’s worldwide reputation as the centrifugal compressor capital of the world. Students in the Machine Tool Technology Program at the Mayfield-Graves County Area Technology Center (ATC) recently learned more about more»

Greg Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of Murray-based HempWood, recently shared his unique perspective as a successful entrepreneur, inventor, and cutting-edge developer of earth-friendly, alternative construction materials with students in the upper-level carpentry class at the Mayfield/Graves County Area Technology Center (ATC). His visit was part of the more»

Youngblood Excavating & Contracting, LLC (YEC) staffers Brandon Henderson and Todd Jackson recently spoke to the introductory-level welding class at the Mayfield/Graves County Area Technology Center (ATC) and emphasized the future job opportunities that learning skilled trades can provide. Henderson and Jackson visited the class as part of the more»