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Kentucky Opry returns July 9
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT PRESTONSBURG — Billie Jean Osborne’s Kentucky Opry returns July 9 and will run through Aug. 20 at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg, promising a new and exciting performance. This season’s cast includes original members Jody Conley and Tony Whited, entering their 32nd season entertaining east Kentucky. This season will also be…
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Inbound for Landing
Airport Road BY GARY WAYNE COX As you can tell by reading these articles, I’m immensely proud of this airport. Managing Big Sandy Regional Airport is more than just a job for me. I consider it a duty to be an ambassador for Eastern Kentucky, especially the four counties that own this facility. When people…
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UPIKE hosts Kentucky Simulation Alliance
PIKEVILLE — The University of Pikeville Elliott School of Nursing hosted the Kentucky Simulation Alliance June 3 in their first in-person meeting since the pandemic began. The meeting had 16 participants, including representatives from other area nursing schools, with others participating via Zoom. Ashlie Newsome, MSN, R.N., CHSE, simulation director and assistant professor of nursing,…
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Big Sandy celebrates adult education grads
PRESTONSBURG — Big Sandy Community & Technical College announced the graduates of the Adult Education Program from 2020-2022. Each graduate earned their GED. The following students were honored June 16 in a graduation ceremony at the Mountain Arts Center: Andrew Adams, Megan Adkins, Halee Adkins, Cassie Anderson, Bryce Artrip, Brenda Bailey, Letasha Bailey, Joe Bailey,…
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COVID-19 will always be with us
Vaccines, therapies, preventive steps mean we can live with it BY AL CROSSKY HEALTH NEWS The coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease will always be with us and may become more contagious but probably less dangerous while still requiring caution to keep from getting sick. That’s what Kentucky medical experts said June 20 on KET’s…
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Telling the Story: The only-ness of Noah
DAWN REED Genesis 6:5-6 reveals the state of the world before the flood: “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become…and His heart was filled with pain.” A few verses later, we read of all those living in the whole world, there was one righteous man: Noah. He was blameless among…
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Notes from Calvary: ‘Payday is On the Way’ Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9 There is a harvest coming, a payday if you will, for the people of God. In spite of what it looks like in our current moral economy, or maybe because…
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The Pastor’s Pen: The Faith of Atheism
BY JACK WARD Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The Bible does not attempt to explain God, defend God or discover God. The Bible simply states that in the beginning, God was already there. Atheists must conclude that their belief that an accident began creation takes more faith than…
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Emma Lee Hinkle Obituary
Emma Lee Hinkle 1951—2022 Emma Lee Hinkle, 71, of Salyersville, passed away June 23, 2022, at her residence. Born June 22, 1951, in Martin County, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Helen (Maynard) Moore. In addition to her parents, Emma is preceded in death by her husband Luther Hinkle, son Luther Hinkle…
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Bennie Williamson Obituary
Bennie Williamson 1949—2022 Bennie Williamson, 73, of Martin County, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Shelby Valley. Born June 8, 1949, in Martin County, he was a son of the late Wallace and Shirley Rae Fraley Williamson. He is preceded in death by his siblings Oretha Phillips, Audrey McCort,…
