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Kentucky State Parks launches photo contest
Open for submissions through Oct. 1 INEZ — Pick your best shots and enter them in the Kentucky State Parks 2022 photo contest for a chance to win prizes and expose your photography. You can submit photos now through Oct. 31 in four categories: camping, scenic, trails and park activities. Qualifying submissions will be judged…
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Kentucky Fish and Wildlife hiring conservation officers
Application period opens Sept. 1 FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources announced Friday that it will be hiring soon to fill conservation officer positions in multiple counties. The application period opens Sept. 1 and will continue through Sept. 30. Applicants must be 21 years old and possess a valid driver’s license.…
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Our roads are in bad shape
Dear Editor: Our roads are in bad shape. We need the weeds cut beside the roads and our roads fixed. The road before you get to Pilgrim Post Office is broken off. The ditches need to be cleaned out, garbage picked up, and trees cut under the electric lines. The bridge below Peter Cave Road…
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Cards win big in season-opener
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Friday night lights were back at The Rock as Martin County opened the football season with a dazzling 41-19 win over Leslie County. Leslie County hit the scoreboard first with 4:09 left in the first quarter. After a 4 and out, Leslie got the ball back. With two minutes…
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Girls soccer wins Kentucky Farm Bureau Cup
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County won the Kentucky Farm Bureau Cup by defeating the Belfry Pirates 3-0 Thursday evening in Inez. The Cardinal defense held strong and kept Belfry from getting shots at the goal. Marlie Fletcher was in between the bars and saved all three kicks that the Pirates saw daylight…
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Tug Valley football team strives for the playoffs
BY KYLE LOVERNFOR THE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN NAUGATUCK, W.Va. — The 2022 edition of the Tug Valley Panthers football team returns several players to this year’s squad intending to make it back to the Class A playoffs in the Mountain State. Head coach Hady Ford enters his fourth season over the program and is cautiously optimistic…
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MCMS hosts Rumble in the Mountains
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — First-year head coach Boo Newsome and her Martin County Middle girls basketball team hosted the Rumble in the Mountains event at Martin County High School all day Saturday. The A team went 2-1 and the B team 1-1. The first game for the Lady Cards was a nail-biter with…
