A Duke Energy employee is trapped in an elevator about 100 feet up a smoke stack in Rabbit Hash, and emergency crews are responding, officials said Tuesday.

An “active rescue” is underway at a Duke Energy power plant in Northern Kentucky, according to the Union Fire Protection District and Boone County Sheriff’s Office.Tactical response teams from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office and county EMA are on the scene at East Bend Generating Station,

Duke Energy is advancing its plan to build new natural-gas power plants in Person and Catawba counties, following state approval of pollution permits. The energy company claims these facilities will emit fewer pollutants than the coal plants they replace,