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UPIKE introduces music education major
PIKEVILLE — The University of Pikeville has introduced a new major in music education, a program designed to prepare students for teacher certification in Kentucky and equip them with the skills necessary to teach music across all grade levels. A collaboration between the university’s Department of Music and the Patton College of Education, the program…
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Healthy Happenings: You have the power to quit
BY DOROTHY DILLON Smoking and tobacco use increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure. But here’s the good news—you have the power to change that. Quitting tobacco improves heart health and lowers your risk of serious health conditions. Quit Now Kentucky provides: This American Heart Month, make a commitment to a…
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Inez Elementary announces January Students of the Month
INEZ — Inez Elementary School Principal Amanda Fields, along with teachers and staff, recently recognized January 2025 Students of the Month at Inez Elementary School. Kindergarten Mrs. Becky Cain: Jackson Todd Mrs. Sara Moore: Daniel Summers 1st Grade Ms. Robynn Haney: Hadilynn Endicott Mrs. Krista Runyon: Madi Adkins 2nd Grade Mrs. Rita Mills: Heidi Endicott…
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Blueberry Pancake Day
Residents of Martin County Health Care Facility celebrated National Blueberry Pancake Day with a delightful event hosted by the activities department.
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Valentine’s Day: Extend love
Valentine’s Day is almost here and how many Valentines will you have? In elementary school we traded Valentine’s cards. We actually had a big box and we stuffed it full of Valentine’s cards to our classmates. If we received 20 or 30 Valentine’s cards then we felt good because we had a lot of Valentines.…
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A Valentine’s Day Love Story
BY VICKI LOVERN (Editor’s Note: This week’s Kyle’s Korner is a guest column written by his wife Vicki Lovern.) I met Kyle when my daughter, Tina, was a senior in high school, or I should say, we met again. We had known each other since childhood and had grown up in the same small town…
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‘Sometimes there aren’t enough rocks’
In the movie “Forrest Gump,” Forrest has a lifetime friendship with Jenny. In one scene, when both of them are grown and Jenny is just beginning to retreat from her lifestyle of sex and drugs, they are walking down a dirt road. Soon they come to the shack where Jenny lived as a little girl…
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Martin County students earn dean’s, president’s list honors at BSCTC
Several Martin County students have been recognized for their academic excellence at Big Sandy Community and Technical College, earning spots on the dean’s and president’s lists for the fall 2024 semester. The dean’s list honors students who maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher while completing at least 12 credit hours. Cameron Harmon and Ashley…
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Jesus: The I AM Part 17
“Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in…
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Kentucky senator appointed to Southern Policy Committee
FRANKFORT — State Senator Phillip Wheeler, a Republican from Pikeville, has been appointed to the Economic Development, Transportation and Cultural Affairs Committee of The Council of State Governments Southern Office (CSG South), Senate President Robert Stivers announced. The appointment places Wheeler among a group of policymakers from 15 Southern states tasked with advancing regional legislative…
