By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Jan. 26--The state Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet has issued a permit for a 770-megawatt power plant to be built in Henderson County. The state Division of Air Quality issued the air quality permit to Cash Creek Generation on Nov.

A Pennsylvania-based company has acquired vast coal reserves in eastern Henderson County and has indicated it intends to step up mining of those reserves.