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Teacher shortage can affect younger generation
As we grew up, other than our parents and perhaps our grandparents, it was the teachers and coaches that molded and shaped our early lives. From elementary school to middle school and high school, they were an integral part of our growth. Where would we be without teachers? Many teachers and coaches made a lasting…
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Trash everywhere
April is time to shine The birds are chirping, the sun is shining and … the trash is everywhere. It’s a familiar scene this time of year. As the winter melts away each spring, Martin County residents are reminded about what lies in the ditch lines, over creek banks, up hollers and in the streams…
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Parent’s guide to talking with kids about the Ukraine War
BY BUCK RYANCITIZEN KENTUCKY I feel the need to begin with a trigger warning. Nothing too traumatic, just the foul mouth of a teenager. Here’s what one of my former star journalism students, now a mom, posted on Facebook: Quote from my 8th grader (who asked to listen to NPR on the drive to school…
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Legislators playing dangerously with First Amendment
BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS State legislators in Frankfort really need to be careful when it comes to suppressing the media’s ability to report on our elected officials as well as the right of their constituents to be informed. In the past few years we have watched some legislators, mostly Republicans, go after the media like…
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Kentucky should legalize marijuana
The debate about marijuana or cannabis has been ongoing for decades. The legalization of marijuana is still a hotly-debated topic, but in recent years, 37 states have passed laws for medical marijuana and, in some cases, even for recreational use. Two bordering states with Kentucky — West Virginia and Ohio — passed bills for some use of…
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The decision to be ‘victims’ or ‘victors’ rests with us
At Thursday evening’s meeting with water customers held at Sheldon Clark High School with the Martin County Concerned Citizens’ watchdog group, one theme was clear: Do we continue to play the role of victim or do we rise above this state to become victors? The decision is ours. The gauntlet was thrown down. Do we…
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Clearing up the Attorney General’s report of our water to our grand jury
There you have it! A few local leaders and former leaders are pointing to the Attorney General’s report about allegations of wrongdoing for at least the last 20 years by the Martin County Water District Board as glowing proof that nothing was wrong … no criminal charges will be filed. The first of three findings…
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Former water board chairman touts recent survey as vindication
Water woes simply a fabrication or ‘fake news’ Former Martin County Water Board Chairman John Horn has cited a recent survey of water quality samples taken as vindication that what he had claimed many times during his short tenure — that our water met all EPA standards by the Kentucky Division of Water and that…
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