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What’s going on at the library? 5/11/22
Open Mic Night, free movies, summer reading Calling all storytellers, musicians, singers, poets and artists to Open Mic Night at the Collier Center. Stories of Place and the Martin County Public Library are teaming up to host the event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 23. Open Mic Night is for all residents and…
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BSCTC libraries redesign space
PRESTONSBURG — Big Sandy Community & Technical College (BSCTC) recently redesigned the physical spaces of their campus libraries to support student collaborative learning. The redesign includes modular study spaces and active learning environments that inspire creativity and synergy. Students can now come to the library and choose how they need their space set up to…
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Kentucky ‘pretty safe’ from COVID
Beshear expects ‘room for at least some executive order’ for medical marijuana BY MELISSA PATRICKKENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS As the state heads into Kentucky Derby weekend, Gov. Andy Beshear said all the metrics to measure COVID-19 give Kentuckians little to be concerned about. “You’re pretty safe from where the virus is right now, if you’re fully…
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C-J reports on illegal abortions in Kentucky, before Roe v. Wade and asks, ‘Will history repeat itself?’
As the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to abolish the right to an abortion, Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal writes in detail about illegal abortions in Kentucky from 1866 through 1973, when the Roe v. Wade decision created the right. The stories are based on 20 cases decided by Kentucky’s highest court and…
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‘Trigger law’ would end legal abortion in Kentucky if Supreme Court overturns its 1973 Roe v. Wade
BY MELISSA PATRICKKENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS If a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision becomes final, legal abortion in Kentucky would end immediately because of a “trigger law” the state legislature passed to take effect if Roe is overturned. But for now, abortion services…
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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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You may qualify for a monthly food basket
If you are 60 or older, you may qualify for a monthly food basket from God’s Pantry. Baskets are delivered every fourth Thursday at the Farmers Market at the Martin County Extension office. Requirements to receive the basket include: • Proof of income from all household members — Social Security verification letter, pension or retirement…
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Number of school-based health clinics keeps growing
The number of school-based clinics in Kentucky keeps growing, as four community health centers are getting federal grants of $200,000 each to open new primary-care programs based in schools. The funds will help expand school-based clinics of A+ Family Healthcare in Brownsville, Big Sandy Health Care in Prestonsburg, Health Help Inc. (White House Clinics) of…
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