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Kentucky Prayer Coalition bringing Bibles and prayer to Inez
The Kentucky Prayer Coalition will visit Martin County to pray with Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty at 9 a.m. Friday in the Fiscal Court meeting room. The visit is part of a 12-county tour of eastern Kentucky counties hit by flooding. The coalition will also distribute Bibles to schools and public libraries in the 12 counties. The…
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Jack Harlow announces No Place Like Home: The Kentucky Tour
Kentucky-bred superstar takes his hometown shows to new level Multiple GRAMMY-nominated rapper, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist Jack Harlow announces first-of-its-kind, No Place Like Home: The Kentucky Tour. Produced by Live Nation and Production Simple, the Kentucky superstar will take his third annual hometown shows to a new level with an exclusive six-city tour with stops…
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Pikeville Medical Center offering new level of treatment for dry eye, corneal damage and more
PIKEVILLE — Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) is now utilizing state-of-the-art technology to treat patients suffering from several serious eye conditions. In July, the Appalachian Center for Advanced Eye Care at PMC began offering Opticyte Amniotic Ocular Matrix tissue technology for certain conditions affecting the cornea that are not responding well to other treatments. For patients…
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Inez students enroll at UK
LEXINGTON — Inez students are among those who recently enrolled in the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences for fall 2023. These students are about to discover what is wildly possible in a College at the heart of the Big Blue Nation. Among them are: James Cassady with an intended major of history,…
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Squirrel season underway
Squirrel hunting season in Kentucky officially kicked off this past Saturday. The season runs until Nov. 10, after which hunters will have to hang up their gear for the first weekend of the modern firearms deer season, scheduled for Nov. 11-12. The season will resume Nov. 13 and continue uninterrupted through Feb. 29, 2024. For…
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Volunteers needed in 67 counties to review cases of children in foster care
FRANKFORT — Citizen Foster Care Review Boards in 67 counties – more than half of Kentucky’s 120 counties – need volunteers to review the cases of local children in foster care and make recommendations. The Administrative Office of the Courts says in a press release that volunteers have the opportunity to make a difference in…
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New vaccines for COVID-19, flu, RSV expected to curb ever-mutating respiratory viruses
KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Americans will have access to several vaccines this fall to protect them against respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), but effectively deploying them is expected to be challenging and confusing. With the latest major mutation of the COVID-19 virus, “We have to have a lot of humility .…
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Old-time tent revival on tap for Thursday, Friday and Saturday
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Matthew 10, Chapter 8 says, “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.” That is the word that The Well of Maryville, Tennessee, is bringing to Inez for three nights—Thursday, Friday and Saturday—as part of its Hope for…
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Small business, big dreams: Messers’ Exterior Washing aids brothers in pursuit of pro bass dream
BY CHRISTY WELLS MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Dreams of becoming professional bass anglers for brothers Lafe and Matt Messer of Warfield have found support from their latest venture, Messers’ Exterior Washing. The fresh startup in Martin County and the neighboring region offers a suite of services from house and roof washing to gutter cleaning and…
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