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Community yard sale May 5-6
Warfield Park Community Center board member Denise Chaffins announced a community yard sale May 5 and 6 at Warfield Park. The event will run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. Vendors can rent a 10 x 20 space for $10 per day and must supply their own tent, tables and chairs. Chaffins said the park…
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WES announces Students of the Week
Warfield Elementary School recently announced its Students of the Week and Staff of the Week. Students of the Week include Tyler Wolford, Paige Burchett, Desmond York, Paxton Dunn, Rylie Parks, Missy Jude, Colton Hall, Sara Maynard, Gabby Mann, Mackenzie Estepp, Annabelle Gess, Kali Elkins, Hayden Fugate and Lucas Miles. The Staff of the Week include…
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Will crypto-mining companies coming to Kentucky raise your electric bills?
BY JOSH BILLS A Chinese crypto-mining company is proposing to build a $250 million plant near the town of Louisa. At the same time, another crypto-mining firm is proposing a plant near Waverly, Kentucky. Kentucky Power and Kentucky Utilities propose to give them special rates on their electric bills – deals that the Kentucky Public…
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Fences, guards and guns in American schools
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Eventually every school system in America will have to fence in every school and put an armed guard at every gate. Inside the school building cameras will have to be focused on doors and vulnerable glass windows and someone will have to monitor all the cameras. Some school systems will be…
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Remembering the devastating 1977 Tug River flood
If you lived through it, you will never forget BY KYLE LOVERN The devastating and horrendous Tug Fork River flood of 1977 forever changed the Tug Valley area. The natural disaster overwhelmed residents who lived along the watershed in southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, including Mingo, Pike and Martin counties. Torrential rains fell from…
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Students protest alleged bullying of neurodiverse student
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Students and parents stood outside Martin County High School for two days last week to protest what they say is bullying and humiliation of students with special needs within the school. On Saturday, the protesters marched in downtown Inez. The walkout and protest started Thursday morning when students…
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County announces sewer line extension for Davella
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Sanitation will spend $1.1 million of $3.1 Congressional earmark funding to add 92 new customers to the sewer system in the Davella/Debord area. Big Sandy Area Development District director Eric Ratliff attended a special meeting Friday of the Martin County Fiscal Court to ask magistrates to…
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T&W Thrift Store offers unbeatable prices and quality products
BY DIANE SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — T&W Thrift Store owner Tracie Maynard says she has always had a passion for yard sales and thrift stores. She loves finding anything old and giving it new life. Maynard took her passion to a professional level April 1, 2019, opening T&W Thrift Store at 2276 Blacklog Road…
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Warfield Easter Egg Hunt set for April 8
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — The City of Warfield Easter Egg Hunt is set for 10 a.m. Saturday (April 8) at Warfield Park. “If anyone wants to come and help, we’ll take all the help we can get,” Warfield clerk Rhonda Price said in a council meeting Thursday. The city voted to pay…
