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Blair is new deputy coroner
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Coroner Chris Todd has a new deputy coroner. Russ Blair started work Thursday. Blair, 55, lives in Tomahawk with his wife Kim. They have raised a daughter and son. “Years ago, when I was young, I got experience working at a funeral home in Paintsville,” Blair said.…
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Davis helps Kermit’s swift water rescue effort in Garrett
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN GARRETT — Martin County High School sophomore Peyton Davis joined the Kermit Volunteer Fire Department Swift Water Rescue Team in search and rescue efforts Thursday in Garrett after historic flooding destroyed the community. The team rescued 17 people and four of their pets. Davis’s father Billy Davis received the call…
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James puts bus rumors to rest
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Schools Superintendent Larry James said he made the call to send two buses to Lawrence County to shuttle folks from parking areas to the fairgrounds last week. “I agreed to the request,” James said Tuesday regarding questions raised after Lawrence County BOE chairman Heath Preston took to…
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Electric bill payment assistance available
Big Sandy Area Community Action Program is accepting applications for two components of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Cooling Program. Residents can apply for the subsidy and crisis components on a first-come, first-served basis through Sept. 30 or until funds are gone. BSACAP collectively operates outreach offices in Martin, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin…
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Rising Dewey Lake affecting roadways
Routes impassable or blocked CITIZEN STAFF REPORT PRESTONSBURG — The rising level of Dewey Lake is affecting state highways in Floyd County. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported Tuesday that the current lake elevation was 665.08 feet and water gates remained at minimum flow due to downstream flooding. “This will cause the lake level…
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Water district runs into ‘storm’
Hundreds without running water as leaks deplete treatment plant BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Hundreds of residents on Turkey Creek and Route 292 have no running water due to leaks depleting the Martin County Water District Treatment Plant. Alliance Water Resources manager Craig Miller told the Mountain Citizen that crews are searching for a…
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Inez skinny-dipper arrested
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A man accused of wearing only his birthday suit to take a dip in a pool at a gated Inez residence is now wearing jail attire after his arrest Sunday. Austin Lee Maynard, 28, of Inez, was arrested about 8 p.m. after surveillance video captured him swimming naked, drinking…
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Noah Thompson to release cover of ‘Stay’
PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Louisa construction worker turned “American Idol” winner Noah Thompson will release his second single July 29. The recording, a country-fied cover of “Stay” by Rihanna, was inspired by the response Thompson received after singing the song on “American Idol.” “Everybody knows the story with Arthur signing me up for the…
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Outages plague Pilgrim
No phone service for 30 days; electricity interruptions frequent BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — Unreliable utility service is nothing new to Meathouse Road residents in Pilgrim, but the last month has been exceptionally trying. They have had landline phone service for two days since June 17, and electrical disruptions have become a daily occurrence.…
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