Project entails an investment of more than $20.7 million in the Commonwealth; operations set to begin by late summer

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 9, 2012) – Governor Steve Beshear and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced Amazon’s plans to open a new 70,000-square-foot customer service facility in Winchester, Ky., investing more than $20.7 million and creating more than 550 full-time and 600 seasonal jobs in the Commonwealth by 2017.

(Richmond, KY) On Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 8:19 am EST Kentucky State Police Richmond Post Trooper Anthony Trotter was contacted by a motorist on I-64 in Clark County about a black SUV traveling east in the west bound lanes of the interstate.