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Apply for National Health Service Corps scholarship
The National Health Service Corps is now accepting applications for its Scholarship Program. The competitive federal program provides scholarships to students pursuing primary care health professions training to become physicians, dentists, nurse midwives, physician assistants or nurse practitioners. In exchange, program participants commit to providing primary care health services in an underserved community, following graduation,…
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Patricia Lynn Fitzpatrick Obituary
Patricia Lynn Fitzpatrick 1948—2022 Patricia Lynn Fitzpatrick, 73, of Inez, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2022, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Born April 4, 1948, in Cooperton, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late William J. and Carrie Fannin Goble. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by…
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Inbound for Landing: Uncle Charlie, Navy Double Ace
BY GARY WAYNE COX Aircraft: Big Sandy Unicom…Centurion…3…7…3…November…6 miles to the northwest…inbound for landing…is the cafe’ open… Unicom: Winds calm…no other traffic…and yes, the Cloud 9 is open… I make my living selling aviation fuel and hangar space. A busy day for me usually means a good day for my business. I enjoy having those…
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Inbound for Landing: The biggest plane
BY GARY WAYNE COX Aircraft: Big Sandy Unicom…Gulfstream…5…2…2…Bravo…Papa…short final…2..1… Unicom: Bravo…Papa…winds 230 at 8 knots…no other reported traffic… The question I’m most often asked at the airport is, “What is the biggest plane that can land here?” I don’t know the answer to that because I don’t know the capabilities of all the different aircraft.…
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Interim president named at BSCTC
Kentucky Community and Technical College System President Paul Czarapata announced last week the appointment of Dr. Telly Sellars as interim president at Big Sandy Community and Technical College. Sellars currently serves as associate vice president of technical education at Jefferson Community and Technical College. He has been with Jefferson for more than 19 years serving…
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Easter egg hunts
Easter egg hunts are set for Martin County and Kermit. Various organizations are hosting. Kermit’s egg hunt is April 3 starting at 2 p.m. at Kermit Park. ABLE Families is organizing the event. The egg hunt in Inez starts at 11 a.m. April 16 on Main Street. Inez First Baptist is hosting. Pigeon Roost Community…
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Betty Jo Cain Obituary
Betty Jo Cain 1934—2022 Betty Jo (Roberts) Cain, 87, of Inez, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at Highlands ARH in Prestonsburg. Born Oct. 28, 1934, in Williamson, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Lewis Jackson “LJ” and Easter Jane (Young) Roberts. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her…
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Seniors win $10,000 scholarships
FRANKFORT — Martin County High School JAG KY seniors Allicen Grayson and Hannah Muncy are two of the first four recipients of the $10,000 AT&T John “Bam” Carney Scholarship for JAG seniors majoring in education. Grayson and Muncy and the two other recipients, Brooklyn Brock of Bell County and Erik Layne Bruner of Barboursville, were…
