Amazon.com says it will open a new fulfillment center in Jeffersonville, creating up to 1,050 jobs by 2015.A press release from the online retailer says it will invest $150 million in the facility, to be located in the River Ridge Commerce Center. The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered the company up to $2 million in conditional tax credits and up to $300,000 in training grants.This will be Amazon.com’s fifth Indiana facility. It’s scheduled to open this fall.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.