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Voting continues this week in clerk’s office
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Clerk’s Office wraps up six days of excused absentee voting Wednesday and rolls out no-excuse absentee machine voting Thursday, Friday and Saturday. By the end of the day Tuesday, around 137 voters had cast excused absentee ballots in Martin County. Voting hours Wednesday are 8 a.m.-4…
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Warfield lowers tax rate
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — The Warfield City Commission voted Thursday to lower the property tax rate for fiscal year 2022-2023. The rate drops from 9.8 cents to 9.6 cents per $100 of assessed value on real, personal and tangible property, excluding motor vehicles and watercraft. Honoring military hero The commission will honor the…
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Meet the Candidates for Martin County Judge/Executive
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County voters will elect the next judge/executive Tuesday by write-in vote. The five candidates vying for the seat had little time to announce their candidacies and launch full-fledged campaigns. However, each candidate interviewed with the Mountain Citizen to better inform voters. Here is what they said. ‘Doc’…
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Giesecke to moderate candidate forum Nov. 3 in Inez
Attend in person or watch live on Facebook BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The surprise withdrawal of former Martin County Judge/Executive Colby Kirk from the Nov. 8 General Election left voters with little time to decide in an unprecedented write-in race for the next judge/executive. To help voters hear from the candidates, Dawn…
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County lowers property tax rate
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Fiscal Court voted during a meeting Thursday to lower the real property tax rate for fiscal year 2022-2023 from 12.9 cents to 11.5 cents per $100 of assessed value. Judge/Executive Colby Kirk introduced the agenda item, and District 1 Magistrate Jarred Goforth immediately motioned to…
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Election officers explain write-in voting process
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — With an unprecedented write-in election for the next Martin County Judge/Executive, members of the county’s board of elections want to educate voters on the write-in process before Nov. 8. Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles serves as chairperson, and Inez banker James Ayers is a commissioner of the county board…
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Voting underway in clerk’s office
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Voting in the General Election is underway in the Martin County Clerk’s Office. Excused absentee early voting runs from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Oct. 26-28 and Oct. 31-Nov. 2. Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles says voters who are elderly or disabled, work outside the county, attend school…
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Voters will elect next judge/executive by write-in vote in historic Martin County election
Kirk to take helm of ‘robust pipeline of economic development projects’ BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Voters will elect the next Martin County Judge/Executive in a historic write-in election Nov. 8. The ballot became empty Oct. 14 when Judge/Executive Colby Kirk officially withdrew from the election and announced he was leaving his position.…
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Inez City Council addresses donation requests
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Inez Council met for their regular October meeting with donation requests to assist with the needs of a popular Christmas event and the needs of the volunteer fire department heading the list. Representatives of the Martin County Tourism board were on the agenda to speak about the Christmas…
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Candidate public speakin’ Nov. 3 in Inez
A candidate public speakin’ event is set for Thursday, Nov. 3 in Inez. Hosted by the Mountain Citizen and moderated by Dawn Giesecke, the event will start at 7 p.m. in the Martin County Fiscal Court meeting room on the second floor of the government center. A panel will pose questions to the candidates. The…
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