[RunItUpTheGut]

Pikeville's economy is very diverse compared to the other major coal producing counties but the economy of Pike County as a whole is still very much tied into coal. Pikeville has established itself as a banking center for Eastern Kentucky but those banks along with many businesses in Pike County owe their existence to coal. Pikeville will be fine, but as the coal industry continues to decline Pike County will feel the effects, Gut was right about that.

That is true. I think there about to get a big dose of it now that TECO has sold out.
Premier Elkhorn does a lot for Pike County in the form of money.