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‘His Garden’ begins distribution days
Free produce for residents BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Residents can get free vegetables and produce starting Saturday. “His Garden,” a community garden sponsored in part by Turkey Creek Church of the Nazarene, will distribute free lettuce and broccoli Saturday. Larger distribution days will commence June 25 and occur the last Saturday of each…
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Senior Citizens Center to benefit from grants
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Senior Citizens Center will put two grants to use. The Pallottine Foundation of Huntington recently awarded the center $20,375, and the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels gave the center $2,490. “The Pallottine grant will be used to hire a meal driver and add 20 new home-delivered…
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Local ministry takes mission to Guatemala
Eastern Kentucky missionaries build houses, visit orphanages BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN SANTA MARIA DE JESUS, Guatemala — Louisa-based 828 Global Ministry Partners took a team of locals to Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala, to build houses and visit orphanages June 1-8. The team of 13 included two Martin Countians, Blake Dials and his stepfather Eric…
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Walking trail repairs
Repair work is underway on the Inez Walking Trail, 90 percent of which will be paid for through FEMA. Inez Mayor Ed Daniels says the project should be finished by September.
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BOE accepts bids, contracts for 2022-2023 school year
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Board of Education got down to business in a meeting Monday awarding bids and approving contracts for services for the 2022-2023 school year. The board accepted bids for services including insurance, diesel, bus parts and accessories, tires, custodial supplies, water treatment, pest control and cleaning services.…
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New cannabis committee wants to hear from you
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN FRANKFORT — The Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee wants to hear from you about why cannabis is an important issue to you. The committee will soon travel the state and listen to views on medical cannabis and provide that feedback to Gov. Andy Beshear. Following up on his announcement in…
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Trooper severely injured at home
Jennings paralyzed CITIZEN STAFF REPORT KERMIT, W.Va. — A West Virginia State Police trooper was severely injured while working at his home Saturday in Kermit. Trooper R.J. Jennings, based in Mingo County in the Williamson Detachment, has been hospitalized after falling off a roof, according to a social media post from the West Virginia Troopers…
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COVID-19 risk high in Martin County
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The CDC’s coronavirus map shows a higher level of virus transmission and an increased risk of the COVID-19 disease in Martin County. Martin County and 18 other Kentucky counties are red on the latest national COVID-19 risk map, indicating a high level of coronavirus transmission. Twenty-eight Kentucky counties are…
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Juveniles arrested for murder
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT GREENUP — Two Greenup County juveniles were arrested Wednesday for the murder of a family member in Greenup. Kentucky State Police detectives say Thersa Martin, 49, was shot and stabbed in her bedroom by a family member under age 18. The homicide occurred in the 900 block of Darby Hollow Road. Police…
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MCCC awarded over $200,000
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center has been awarded a $210,960 competitive federal grant to help low-income and homeless veterans obtain employment. U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the grant June 8. This is a continuation award, building on the $210,960 grant the Mountain Comprehensive Care Center received in 2021. Since 2014, the Senator has…
