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KYGA bill would give you new charges for medical records
HB 51 would end the practice of hospitals having to give patients one set of records at no cost BY AMYE BENSENHAVER Move along, folks. Nothing to see here. Just another attempt by Kentucky lawmakers to take from the poor and give to the rich. The pretext for this most recent money grab is the…
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Renting or buying, which is best for you?
DR. GLENN MOLLETTE A retired minister and his wife had never owned a house. They had spent all their married lives living in housing provided by churches. At age 65 they bought a house and financed it for 15 years. They had been frugal and had saved a good downpayment. They paid for the house…
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What comes around goes around
BY KYLE LOVERN We’ve seen it for years. Many things from the past – clothing and fashion styles, toys, TV shows, movies and more things seem to come back and have a resurgence. One of the popular trends today is vinyl records. They have made a huge comeback. We just called them albums back in…
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Student ‘criminally charged’ for prank bomb threat
“I hope this sends a message to anyone tempted to report a fake emergency: You will be caught, and there will be consequences for your actions.” –Martin County Schools Superintendent Larry James. BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Martin County High School student has been criminally charged for a prank bomb threat that led…
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Metrobilly’s reopens in Inez
“Metrobilly’s is a sometimes soup-and-sandwich joint for artists, activists and their disenfranchised soul mates in waiting.” –Mickey McCoy BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Mickey and Nina McCoy have reopened their renowned coffee shop and restaurant Metrobilly’s for the first time since shuttering its doors at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond the restaurant’s…
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1951 Kermit mine disaster: Eleven coal miners died in explosion at Burning Springs Collieries
BY KYLE LOVERNMOUNTAIN CITIZEN (Editor’s Note: This is a rewrite of a story Lovern penned in 2006 about the Kermit mine disaster at Burning Springs on Jan. 18, 1951. Information for the original story came from newspaper archives at the Mingo County Library in Williamson and from an interview with the late Clyde Sparks, who…
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Martin County Health Department announces two COVID-related deaths, the county’s first since March 2022
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County has had two additional COVID-19-related deaths, the first reported since March 2022. The two deaths were announced Tuesday, bringing the county’s COVID-19 death toll to 52. The health department reported 64 new COVID-19 cases in the county were laboratory-confirmed from Dec. 20-Jan. 17, bringing the case count…
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TEK Center offering 40 full-ride scholarships
Registration and class start date extended BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Start your career in the industrial sector in less than a year. The new TEK Center in Inez is offering 40 full-ride scholarships. Enrollment has been extended until summer, and the class start date has been pushed back to July 17 to allow…
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Sheriff’s office honors fallen officers
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Each December and throughout the first week of the new year, Martin County Sheriff John Kirk and his staff decorate a wall in the sheriff’s office dedicated to law enforcement who made the ultimate sacrifice during the preceding 12 months. The wall honors seven fallen officers in Kentucky in…
