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Beshear announces funding package for eastern Kentucky
Martin County to receive funds for infrastructure and law enforcement BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — Martin County Sanitation and the Martin County Sheriff were recipients of funding announced Monday by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg. Beshear announced $8.5 million in awards for eastern Kentucky infrastructure, cleaner water,…
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Bill to ban transgender health or mental-health care of minors in Kentucky has a head of steam in the state House
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS A far-reaching anti-transgender bill filed Tuesday, Feb. 21, was assigned to a legislative committee the same day it was filed, has received the first of three required readings and already has 20 co-sponsors. House Bill 470, sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Decker, R-Waddy (Shelby County), says: “The provision of gender…
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Bill to let advance-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own passes Senate
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS After years of debate and months of negotiations, a bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently has passed the state Senate and gone to the House on a 30-2-1 vote. Senate Bill 94 was the result of a compromise brokered by…
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Martin County gets new deputy judge
Mills sworn in as deputy judge BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County is getting a new deputy judge/executive. Local businesswoman and community leader Carolea Mills was sworn in Monday by Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty. Mills will serve in the dual role of deputy judge and economic development director. “Carolea will be a great…
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Warfield officials sworn in
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — The City of Warfield’s elected officials were sworn in Thursday before the city’s monthly meeting. Mayor Mike Hinkle and Commissioners Davey Bell, David Bell, Crystal Bell and John Sammons took the oath of office. Hinkle, a former city commissioner, was unopposed in the mayoral race in November. He replaces…
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Special meeting Jan. 4
INEZ — The Martin County Fiscal Court has called a special meeting for 2 p.m. Jan. 4 in the courtroom on the second floor of the Martin County Government Center. The meeting will be broadcast live on the Martin County KY Fiscal Court Facebook page. The agenda includes the following: Discuss and take action on…
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Governor issues order to allow medical cannabis in Kentucky
FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Tuesday that will allow residents suffering from certain medical conditions to possess and use small amounts of legally purchased medical cannabis to treat their medical conditions beginning in January 2023. The governor outlined conditions that Kentuckians with at least one of 21 medical conditions, which include…
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‘Doc’ Lafferty wins write-in judge/executive election in Martin County
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County voters chose “Doc” Lon Lafferty as Judge/Executive by a landslide in Tuesday’s historic, unprecedented write-in election. Lafferty, who declared his candidacy only three weeks ago, garnered 1,311 write-in votes to sweep challengers Marlena Slone (593) and Jimmy Don Kerr (162). “This has been an incredible three…
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Incumbents win in Mingo County election
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Incumbents came out ahead in the General Election for Mingo County on Tuesday. After all 28 precincts, the early and absentee votes were counted the winners were announced in the Mingo County Courthouse basement area where the tallies are tabulated. Incumbent County Commissioner Thomas Taylor, a Republican,…
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Lafferty is interim judge/executive
Voters will decide Tuesday if he stays BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County has a new judge/executive. Lon Lafferty, Inez physician and write-in candidate for judge/executive in the Nov. 8 General Election, was sworn in Friday as interim. Lafferty was appointed Oct. 26 by Gov. Andy Beshear to serve as interim judge/executive through…
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