{"id":18029,"date":"2018-03-01T01:31:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=18029"},"modified":"2018-03-08T22:32:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T03:32:03","slug":"new-ky-dept-of-natural-resources-director-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2018\/03\/01\/new-ky-dept-of-natural-resources-director-appointed\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ky. Dept. of Natural Resources Director Appointed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18030\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2018\/03\/01\/new-ky-dept-of-natural-resources-director-appointed\/john_d-_small\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John_D._Small.jpg?fit=260%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"John_D._Small\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John_D._Small.jpg?fit=260%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John_D._Small.jpg?resize=190%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John_D._Small.jpg?resize=190%2C300&amp;ssl=1 190w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John_D._Small.jpg?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><br \/>\nThe secretary of Kentucky&#8217;s Energy and Environment Cabinet has appointed a commissioner for the Department for Natural Resources.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Secretary Charles Snavely announced the appointment of former coal mining executive John D. Small this week.<\/p>\n<p>Small was serving as deputy commissioner in the Department of Natural Resources. His appointment is effective Thursday (3\/1). Before working in government, Small, a native of Inez in Martin County, spent nearly four decades in management positions in the coal industry. He retired in 2015 from Excel Mining, a subsidiary of Alliance Resource Partners.<\/p>\n<p>Small replaces former commissioner Allen Luttrell, who resigned in January for personal reasons. Snavely appointed of George L. Seay, Jr. as deputy commissioner of the department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The secretary of Kentucky&#8217;s Energy and Environment Cabinet has appointed a commissioner for the Department for Natural Resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51,59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main-news","7":"category-news","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-4GN","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 15:47:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18033,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18029\/revisions\/18033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}