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‘Going to the Beach’
Martin County Health Care Facility is gearing up for National Nursing Home Week. Residents and staff created tye-dye shirts to wear next week when “Going to the Beach.”
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District 4 garbage service caught up
Workers collect 12.3 tons of trash “We are asking prospective haulers how they would like to address customers who paid in advance in the bid packet. With their input, it should help us come up with a clear solution.” –Judge/Executive Colby Kirk BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — County workers picked up 12.3 tons (24,580…
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Voting underway in Martin County
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Voting in the May Primary is underway in Martin County. Excused absentee machine voting begins today in the Martin County Clerk’s Office, and early voting starts May 12. In-person absentee voting days are May 4-6 and May 9-11. Hours for excused absentee machine voting will be 8:30 a.m. to…
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Sundy Best returns to Prestonsburg
Kinfolk Reunion brings lower overdoses, suicides and domestic violence “The numbers for suicides, overdoses, domestic [abuse calls]… during the period around Kinfolk… they lowered.” –Prestonsburg Mayor Les Stapleton BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — Eastern Kentucky’s favorite country/folk-rock duo held their second annual Kinfolk Reunion at Jenny Wiley Amphitheater and Archer Park in Prestonsburg this…
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Videos show constables beating, dragging man
Commonwealth Attorney could not comment on ‘what may be a pending case, investigation’ BY LISA STAYTON MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — Videos surfaced last week on Facebook showing two Martin County constables beating and dragging a man after they captured him onto the ground and cuffed his hands behind his back. Two videos show Martin County…
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Paw-some cat has 24 toes
Twenty-Four is 17 years old Harold Dingess (pictured) and his wife Betty Dingess are celebrating their cat Twenty-Four turning 17 years old in 2022. The cat got its name due to having six toes on each foot. (Citizen photo by Roger Smith) BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN Most cats have 18 toes — five toes on…
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Kiwanis serves over 250 at Hillbilly Breakfast
Most successful to date BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Over 250 people came out Saturday morning for the Kiwanis Club’s Hillbilly Breakfast in the Inez Elementary School cafeteria. Kiwanis president Melissa Fannin Phelps said it was the most successful Hillbilly Breakfast to date. “We are thankful,” Phelps said. “It was a wonderful time of…
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UPIKE commencement ceremonies Saturday
PIKEVILLE — The University of Pikeville will honor students earning degrees in undergraduate, graduate and health professions Saturday, May 7, at the Appalachian Wireless Arena in downtown Pikeville. The ceremony for the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Kentucky College of Optometry will take place at 9:30 a.m. The ceremony for the College of…
