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Lady Cardinals open volleyball season with win
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County High School volleyball team opened the 2025 season with a convincing sweep over Tolsia before falling in back-to-back matches, including a close loss to Belfry last week. The Cardinals, coached by Krista Runyon, traveled to Fort Gay, West Virginia, on Aug. 18 and rolled to…
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America’s Quickmart Player of the Week: Faith Caldwell
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Faith Caldwell is the America’s Quickmart of Blacklog Player of the Week. Caldwell led the Martin County High School soccer team to two wins last week. A 40-yard free kick sailed perfectly past the outstretched hands of Boyd’s goalie for one score Aug. 21. Her next goal was…
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Martin County Youth football roundup: Greer rushes for over 200 yards
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Youth Football’s third grade team put up a fight on the road Aug. 20 before falling 20-14 to Prestonsburg in a rain-soaked contest. They battled a tough Boyd County team at The Rock on Sunday in a game that ended in a 20-20 tie. The sixth-grade…
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Warfield Market set to reopen Sept. 1 after devastating flood
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — Nearly seven months after floodwaters forced its doors shut and left residents driving miles for basic supplies, Warfield’s only supermarket will reopen Sept. 1 under a new name — Warfield Market — restoring a cornerstone of daily life for the community. Floodwaters shuttered the store in mid-February, rising…
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Community cornerstone returns: Welcome back, Warfield Market
Nearly seven months after floodwaters rose more than 5 feet inside its walls, leaving behind nothing but ruin, Warfield’s only supermarket is coming back. On Sept. 1, the store will reopen under a new name — Warfield Market — restoring groceries and a vital cornerstone of daily life for families across Martin, Mingo and Wayne…
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Martin County votes down street legal UTV ordinance
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Fiscal Court voted unanimously Thursday against an ordinance that would have allowed residents to register and legally operate UTVs on public roads. The decision came after a meeting in which residents and trail advocates spoke their opinions of the measure. The ordinance stemmed from Senate…
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Clerk: UTV ordinance would have been voluntary, not required
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Residents wondering how a UTV ordinance would have affected them can look to Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles for answers. The clerk said the ordinance that the Fiscal Court voted down Thursday would not have changed anything for people who did not want to register their UTVs as…
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Residents plead for help getting access to cemeteries blocked by gates
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A group of Martin County residents pressed the Fiscal Court on Thursday to intervene in what they say is an unlawful closure of the only road to multiple family cemeteries on a reclaimed strip mine in Pilgrim. Minnie Maynard of Pilgrim told magistrates that she had spent months…
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Martin County arrest report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s office reported the following arrests: Scottie McKenzie, 53, of Wittensville, was arrested Monday on Route 3 in Inez for possession of a controlled substance first degree (methamphetamine), possession of a controlled substance first degree (drug unspecified), trafficking marijuana 8 ounces to 5 pounds, possession of controlled substance first…
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County honors former code enforcement officer Paul McCoy for service
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Fiscal Court honored former code enforcement officer Paul McCoy on Thursday. Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty and magistrates presented him with a certificate of appreciation for his service to the county. Lafferty praised McCoy for his wide-ranging contributions. He noted McCoy’s efforts in code enforcement, festival support,…
