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Turkey Creek Nazarene breaks ground on community garden
Raymond Jude of Pilgrim plows the 4500 sq. ft. plot that will become Turkey Creek Nazarene’s community garden. (Citizen photos by Roger Smith) Grow Appalachia, UK, CDC fund no-cost farmers market in Inez BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Volunteers and workers broke ground Saturday at Turkey Creek Church of the Nazarene in Inez in…
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Registration now open for college access campaigns
Kentucky high schools can now register to participate in any of the four Kentucky Goes to College campaigns for the 2022–2023 school year. Schools that want to join the Kentucky College Application Campaign, FAFSA for the Win Challenge, Close the Deal or College Decision Day should register on kygoestocollege.com no later than May 30 to…
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Multi-employer mega job fair
A multi-employer “mega” job fair will be held April 27 at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg. The event, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature dozens of employers from around the Big Sandy region who are ready to hire their next employees. Big Sandy Area Community Action Program is hosting the event in…
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Free skin cancer screenings
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and King’s Daughters is offering free skin cancer screenings May 20 in Prestonsburg. The screenings will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. by dermatology nurse practitioner Elisha Porter, APRN. Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S., and 1 in 5 Americans will develop…
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What’s going on at the library?
The Martin County Public Library Summer Reading Program begins June 8. There will be four age groups meeting each Tuesday: 9 a.m. — Group 1, ages birth to 5 years; 11 a.m. – Group 2, grades K-3; Group 3, grades 4-8; Group 4, grade 8 through age 18. You can register your child at the Collier…
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Telling the Story: Thinking of Mary
Dawn Reed As Easter approaches, I’ve been thinking about Mary. When she and Joseph took Jesus to the temple to present Him to the Lord (Luke 2:22), was the stable delivery still fresh in their minds? They had waited the necessary days for the “purification of the mother.” Leviticus 12 spells out the requirements for…
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Students will see higher awards from state’s financial aid grants
Kentucky students who need help paying for their technical and college education will be eligible for an additional $38.2 million in state grants for the 2022–2023 academic year. The maximum College Access Program award for students attending four-year public and private colleges and universities will increase to $5,300, up from $2,900 in 2021–2022. For students…
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Inbound for landing: I left too soon
BY GARY WAYNE COX * Aircraft: Big Sandy Unicom…Citation six…two…six…Bravo…Charlie…10 miles to the northeast, inbound for landing…* *Unicom: No answer…* I’m usually open from dawn to dusk at Big Sandy Regional Airport, except Sunday evenings and some holidays. When you run an airport like Big Sandy, you never know when your business is coming or…
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Elk permit drawing and dates announced
Livestream at MAC “The Hunt Starts Here” as the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources celebrates the 25th anniversary of the 1997 elk release. Elk quota hunting applications for the celebratory season are on sale through April 30 and hunting season runs from Sept. 10 through Jan. 4. The annual random drawing will take…
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Newspaper readers are voters
Voters ‘hungry’ for ‘professional integrity’ HARRISBURG, Pa. — In monitoring current events and political updates, community newspapers continue to grow in trustworthiness (7.38/10) and newspaper readers are voters (96 percent), Susquehanna Polling and Research Inc. found in a March 2022 survey. The survey of 1,000 adults from rural and urban communities across the U.S. conducted…
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