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Meet Joe Edward Maynard
Joe Edward MaynardAge 653363 Blacklog Road Education/work experience: I am a Sheldon Clark High School graduate, where I had two years of vocational school in auto mechanics. My early work experience included working as a surface and/or underground coal miner for 24 years, working as an auto mechanic and a wrecker operator for my dad
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BOE creates RTI positions ‘to help catch students up’
“Test scores are not where they need to be.” –Larry James, Martin County Schools Superintendent BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County School District will hire three response to intervention teachers to work specifically with elementary students who fell behind during the COVID pandemic. “We just completed our third round of MAP scoring
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Meet Jared Goforth
Jared GoforthAge 28Fluty Lick Road My name is Jared Goforth. I am 28 years old and I have lived on Fluty Lick Road my entire life. I graduated from Sheldon Clark High School in 2012 and graduated from Big Sandy Community and Technical College in 2014, receiving my degree in electricity. I have received over
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Meet the candidates running for Martin County Magistrate
INEZ — This week’s “Meet the Candidates” features races for Martin County Magistrate and Martin County Constable. Candidates responded to a survey provided by the Mountain Citizen to let voters know who they are and what they stand for. Their responses below appear in the order that candidates will be listed on the ballots. District
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Meet Gary Wayne Cox
Gary Wayne CoxAge 67Pilgrim Education/work experience: •Graduate Warfield High School (1972) •One year Morehead State •One year Prestonsburg Community College •26 years Martin County Coal Corporation •22 years to present Airport Manager, Big Sandy Regional Airport To what extent have you been a part of the local government in Martin County? This is my first
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Flu cases on the rise
Three flu deaths, one a dual infection of flu and COVID BY MELISSA PATRICKKENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS COVID-19 cases are on the wane across Kentucky, but influenza cases are on the rise and one person has been reported as dying from a coinfection of both. The state Department for Public Health reports that in the week
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Meet Derrick Stepp
Derrick SteppAge 43Tomahawk Education/work experience: •1996 graduate of Sheldon Clark High School •Two years at Prestonsburg Community College, majoring in Business Management •1996-1997 — Burger King food preparation/manager •1997-1999 — Heilig Meyers Furniture delivery, repair, sales •1999-present — Self-employed in commercial and residential janitorial/maintenance To what extent have you been a part of the local
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Meet Cody Slone
Cody SloneAge 30Inez Education/work experience: I received my Bachelor of Education degree from Morehead State University and my Master of Special Education degree from the University of the Cumberlands. To what extent have you been a part of the local government in Martin County? I was employed as a summer laborer for the Martin County
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Inez teen killed in crash
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A 15-year-old Inez girl died early Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on Old Route 3 near the entrance of Sycamore Estates in Inez. Brenda Maynard was a passenger in the back seat of a 1998 Ford Mustang driven by 19-year-old Timothy Ramey II of Inez when the vehicle exited
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Man nearly dies from stabbing giving a woman safe harbor
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — A Martin County man trying to give a woman safe harbor nearly lost his life Friday morning in a brutal stabbing by her ex-boyfriend on Riverfront Road. Martin County Sheriff John Kirk said when officers arrived at the residence near the Martin and Pike County line, neighbors had already
