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Call for Kentucky’s rural electric co-ops: increase energy efficiency
BY NADIA RAMLAGANKENTUCKY NEWS CONNECTION Kentucky’s two dozen rural electric co-ops could do more to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy, according to a recent ranking of southeastern rural electric co-ops. Co-op utilities provide power to 1.5 million people in nearly all Kentucky counties. Chris Woolery, residential energy coordinator with the nonprofit Mountain Association,…
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Senator Wheeler committee assignments announced
FRANKFORT — Senate President Robert Stivers and Senate leadership announced 2023-24 Senate Majority Caucus member committee assignments Monday. Senator Phillip Wheeler, R-Pikeville, has been tapped to serve as vice chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and will continue to serve as vice chair of the Economic Development Committee. He will also continue to serve as…
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Boyd County man sentenced to life for violent kidnapping
ASHLAND — A Catlettsburg man was sentenced to life in federal prison Monday before U.S. District Judge David Bunning following his conviction for a violent kidnapping. According to a U.S. Attorney’s press release, in his guilty plea agreement, Jonathan Lee Smithers, 41, admitted that on May 1 he physically abused a woman with whom he…
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State finds violations in fiscal court audit
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN FRANKFORT — The state’s annual audit of Martin County’s Fiscal Court found numerous weaknesses and violations in the court’s financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. The Fiscal Court failed to properly advertise for bids on three separate purchases totaling $164,928 over the course of the fiscal year…
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Man who shot neighbor sentenced to five years
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A man who shot his neighbor following an argument on the CB radio a year ago was sentenced Friday in Martin Circuit Court to five years in prison. Noah Bowen Jr., 67, of Inez, pleaded guilty Oct. 4 to second-degree assault. Bowen was initially charged with first-degree assault Nov.…
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About 250 new toys are coming Saturday to Warfield Park
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN CATLETTSBURG — A former Martin County resident is bringing close to 250 new toys Saturday to Christmas in the Park in Warfield. Lisa Cavaliere grew up in Martin County. She moved away after her father, John Henry Chapman, died from cancer in 1999. Following the death of her husband, Frank Cavaliere, from COVID-19,…
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Three arrested in Mingo County for allegedly stealing telephone wire
BY KYLE LOVERNMOUNTAIN CITIZEN EDGARTON, W.Va. — The Mingo County Sheriff’s Department arrested three individuals on felony charges Saturday. Chief Field Deputy Allen Mounts said that deputies arrested Barry D. McClanahan, Nichols Pruitt and Christy Wolford in Edgarton. The three allegedly were attempting to steal telephone wire in the Thacker area of Mingo County to…
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Christmas in the Mountains earns new friends and supporters
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Christmas in the Mountains earned a lot of new friends and supporters last week. Thousands of folks visiting downtown Inez were treated to a vast assortment of attractions and activities. Organizer Linda Lou Webb expressed her group’s appreciation of attendees and everyone who contributed to the festival in any…
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Big Sandy Regional Jail Blotter
AN APPALACHIAN NEWSPAPERS STAFF REPORT PAINTSVILLE — Several people were arrested recently and lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center. Those arrested, according to the booking log at the jail, included: Monday, Nov. 28 Austin McCoy, 21, of Ky. 581, Louisa, fourth-degree assault (minor injury) and endangering the welfare of a minor. Tanika Grass,…
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Traffic stop turns into meth bust
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — A police traffic stop turned into a meth bust Saturday in Warfield. Martin County Sheriff’s deputy David Adams pulled over a car for an inadequate muffler at about 10:30 p.m. and arrested the driver for a bench warrant and driving on a DUI-suspended license. When Frankie L. Maynard, 46,…
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