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Magistrate wants to hold logging companies accountable
‘Taxpayers should not pay’ BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County District 2 Magistrate Roger Preece believes taxpayers should not foot the bill to repair county roads that commercial timber harvesting companies damage. During the Martin County Fiscal Court meeting Thursday, the magistrate was the lone voice opposed to a mere oral agreement with a company…
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Solar job fairs between January and June
Solar project ‘on the home stretch’ BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Solar Project is on the home stretch, according to Savion director of development Erich Miarka. Miarka gave a project update Thursday during the Martin County Fiscal Court meeting. “We build and operate utility-scale solar projects all over the country,”…
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Martin County Arrest Report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: James Arin Moore, 52, of Lovely, was arrested Monday on Riverfront Road in Lovely for fleeing or evading police, first degree (motor vehicle) and burglary, second degree. Tammy Huhn, 43, of Debord, was arrested Sunday in Debord on a bench warrant for Lawrence…
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Martin County Courthouse News
Deeds INEZ — Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles reported the following deeds recorded in her office: Ike Stepp, Marlene Stepp (first party) to Charles Copeland, Deborah Copeland (second party). James T. Maynard, Linda Maynard (first party) to John Simpkins, Lora A. Simpkins (second party). Clyde Jason Hammond (first party) to Clyde Hammond, Jr., Tammy Hammond…
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One week left to apply with FEMA
FRANKFORT — Eastern Kentucky homeowners and renters who suffered damage to their property from the severe July floods still have one week left to apply for federal disaster assistance. Wednesday, Sept. 28, is the deadline to apply for assistance for survivors in Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and…
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Governor announces plans to complete Mountain Parkway
PRESTONSBURG — Gov. Andy Beshear joined state and local officials Monday in Prestonsburg to announce plans for the final section of the Mountain Parkway Expansion in Eastern Kentucky – delivering on a decades-old promise to complete a four-lane parkway from Winchester to far Eastern Kentucky. While in Prestonsburg, the governor also announced that the first…
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Big Sandy Jail Blotter
AN APPALACHIAN NEWSPAPERSSTAFF 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: Tuesday, Sept. 13 Jacob Rain Crockett, 21, of Apollo Lane, Hurricane, W.Va., theft, theft of contents from a vehicle and a traffic charge. John…
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Doctors back booster shots for recent COVID-19 variants
BY AL CROSS KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Kentucky experts largely dismissed concerns about speedy approval of the new coronavirus vaccines on “Kentucky Tonight,” a Kentucky Educational Television program, Monday night. Ilhem Messaoudi, chair of microbiology at the University of Kentucky, said she has been surprised at people who she said are “up in arms” about the…
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COVID-19 map shows 41 counties with less risk than last week, but Eastern Coal Field remains almost fully high-risk
BY AL CROSSKENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS The weekly COVID-19 risk map for Kentucky took a solid turn for the better Thursday, as more than a third of the state’s counties had a lower risk level than a week earlier. Only two counties, Barren and Trigg, showed a higher level of risk on the three-level scale of…
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