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Gov. Andy Beshear provided updates on the ongoing recovery efforts in eastern Kentucky – as well as economic and public health updates for the whole state – during Thursday’s Team Kentucky update.

The deadline to apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster assistance has been extended to Mar. 13.

The application period for a Small Business Administration physical damage loan and assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency end this week.

The Paycheck Protection Program, which provided emergency loans to small businesses amid the pandemic, will wind down soon. Economists are divided on whether it saved enough jobs to justify its cost.