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Kirk helps rehouse family who lost their home to flooding
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — Danielle Kirk of Lovely, owner of clothing company 35 Stitches, has taken to TikTok to help raise money for families in need during the recent flooding in eastern Kentucky. This isn’t the first time Kirk, who has over 154,000 followers on TikTok, has used her platform to help those…
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Louisa man hits cop car with ATV
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK — A Louisa man allegedly rammed his ATV into a cop car following a chase Friday on a dead-end road. Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy David Adams spotted Christopher W. Ratliff, 42, driving an ATV on Spence Branch in Tomahawk and attempted to make a traffic stop. When the officer activated…
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Water district recovers from storm outages
Still much work to be done The water district produced over 48 million gallons of water in July and purchased an additional 1.6 million. However, only around 14 million gallons were actually used in July. Over 36 million gallons of water were lost due to line leaks. BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin…
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Martin County Courthouse Report
Civil Suits INEZ — Martin County Circuit Clerk Denise Gauze reported the following civil suits filed in her office: Capital One Bank USA NA vs. Charles R. Green. Jason Bradley Fitch vs. Anita Lynn Fitch. Deeds INEZ — Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles reported the following deeds recorded in her office: Tyler Rae Conn, Rachel…
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Martin County Arrest Report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: Douglas Chapman, 39, of Inez, was arrested Monday in Warfield on a bench warrant for failure to appear. Deputy David Adams made the arrest. Ruby Ann Preece, 32, of Lovely, was arrested Sunday on Route 1714 in Lovely for public intoxication of a…
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Head-to-head
This week the Mountain Citizen editorial team went head-to-head on the issue of student loan forgiveness. Student loan forgiveness may lead to long-term economic growth The Whitehouse has announced a three-pronged plan for student loan forgiveness that has caused predictable division across party lines. Despite the many criticisms of the plan, student debt relief is…
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Kyle’s Korner: Man’s best friend; Petey and Me
BY KYLE LOVERN My wife Vicki has been pestering me to read the book “Marley and Me” for several years. She read it long ago, and I did watch the movie with her but had never taken the time to read the book. Like she has said many times, the book is much better than…
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Biden proves many Americans are dummies
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE If you worked hard for a scholarship, paid your way through school, paid back loans or your family sacrificed for you to go to school, President Biden has shown that you were a big dummy. Don’t knock yourself out. Just sit back and the government will throw you some crumbs to…
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High School Challenge returns to promote heroic act of organ donation
After a slight hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kentucky’s circuit clerks announced that signups are open for the 2022 Donate Life Kentucky High School Challenge. The theme of the challenge this year is “Be a Hero.” The three-week competition will see which high school club or group can add the greatest number of new…
