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Martin County Sanitation board navigates financial and infrastructural challenges
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Sanitation District (MCSD) board discussed finances and infrastructure in a special session Thursday after canceling the regularly scheduled monthly meeting May 28. Alliance Water Resources personnel were on hand and provided their monthly financial and operational reports. One highlight was a graph that showed a…
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Martin County Water meets new managers, announces traffic delays
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Water board met newly appointed managers and reviewed ongoing projects in a special session Thursday, announcing traffic delays for Collins Creek Road starting June 10. Alliance regional manager Erica Bogenpohl provided monthly reports and introduced two newly appointed managers who will be stationed in Martin…
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Martin County seeks grant for regional sewer treatment plant
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Fiscal Court in a special session Friday authorized Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty to execute application documents for Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation grants. This funding will support the expansion of the Honey Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant’s capacity from 1 million gallons per day to 2 million…
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Martin County court docket for May 28
INEZ — Judge Brett Butcher heard the following cases May 28 in Martin District Court: Fred Thomas Daniels Jr. (arraignment) — 1. No/expired registration plates; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. Failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first: Dismissed, proof shown. Kriste Dixon (arraignment) — Criminal littering: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 6/11/24…
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Martin County deeds and marriages for May 24-30
INEZ — Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles reported the following deeds and marriages recorded in her office May 24-30: Deeds Nancy Ellen Perry, Deborah Lynn Osborne, Carol Ann Ward (first party) to Kristy Lynn Osborne (second party). Jason A. Blankenship, Gabrielle R. Blankenship (first party) to Gary Haney (second party). Big Sandy Regional Industrial Development…
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Martin County civil suits May 24-30
INEZ — Martin Circuit Clerk Denise Gauze reported the following civil suits filed in her office May 24-30: Leonard Allen Preston vs. Helen Marie Hanner. Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Larry Moore et al. Brionna Hope Shrum vs. Justin Shrum. Discover Bank vs. Matthew Z. Washburn. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Robin Ballengee.
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Trump and Daniels – more levels and devils to come
What are some things we have learned from the Stormy Daniels, former President Trump saga? Sin will take you farther than you want to go. Keep you longer than you want to stay. Make you pay more than you want to pay. You cannot win at the game of sin. Some people will forgive you.…
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We are spoiled without internet, cable TV and phones
The recent thunderstorms that moved through the region on Memorial Day weekend knocked out the internet, cable television and land phone lines for our neighborhood. It made me think about what society did before we had social networks like Facebook, hundreds of television channels to pick from and, for many, even a telephone. Growing up,…
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Notes from Calvary: Jesus is Even Better Than That! Part 7
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” I Peter 2:24 Here in I Peter we read that Jesus “bare” our sins on the cross of Calvary. Why did he do such a…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Approaching storm
“Isaac’s Storm” is a very interesting book about the hurricane that wiped out Galveston in 1900. One of the main plot lines of the book is about how everyone was convinced that a hurricane could never strike Galveston, even as one approached. The author vividly describes how, as the streets began to flood, people went…
