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Remembering the COVID shutdown
It has been six years, but it sometimes feels like only a few weeks ago. The world stopped due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and everything came to a complete halt during the shutdown. It began in March 2020, when the COVID-19 virus began spreading throughout the United States and the world. You may not remember
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Easter, Savannah Guthrie, Tiger Woods and you
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Millions of people around the world will celebrate Easter on Sunday. When I was a child, I enjoyed watching my mother color eggs. She would boil them, let them cool and color them. Numerous family members would gather at my grandparents and we would hide and hunt Easter eggs. When I was
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When the roads ran coal black
A patch of spilled coal on a Martin County roadway Monday was enough to stop more than traffic. It stirred memories. For those who have lived here long enough, coal scattered on the pavement was once no sight at all. It was ordinary. Coal trucks rumbled the roads daily. Loose chunks bounced from overloaded beds.
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Changes that basketball needs
I love basketball, especially this time of year during “March Madness.” But I have seen some things that have changed over the past few years that I think need to be changed or to go back to the original rules. The first one is the “Euro-step.” That is mostly seen in college and in the
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Iran: No peaceful day there or here
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE I am ready for the Iran war to be over. I was not ready for it to start. War always means the loss of human life. The families and friends of those who have been killed will suffer emotionally for the rest of their lives. Children have now lost parents. Spouses
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Spring in Appalachia is confusing
Springtime in Appalachia can be confusing. It makes you wonder if our weather is psychotic or has split personalities. For instance, one day it was 83 degrees with record-breaking high temperatures. Then a band of thunderstorms moved through, and by the next morning the temperatures were in the 30s, with snow on the higher elevations.
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Expo shows what local initiative can do
Sometimes the most encouraging signs of progress do not arrive with fanfare from Frankfort or Washington. They show up in the form of a packed community center, out-of-town license plates and local businesses seeing more customers than usual on a weekend in Inez. That is what happened Friday and Saturday with the second annual Inez
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Seasons change
DR. GLENN MOLLETTE There aren’t that many seasons of freedom in life. If you are in one, enjoy the season. When you are a child, you do as your parents say and go where they allow you to go. You are also tied to many, many years of school. You are free—free to go to
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How some bands got their names
Sometimes when writing a weekly column, it is difficult to come up with a new topic. Many times I ask my wife Vicki for an idea. I recently did this again while we were driving around the other day. About that time the song “Time of the Season” by the Zombies came over the satellite
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Stability returns to a vital lifeline
When an ambulance is necessary, nothing matters more than knowing help is on the way. For several weeks, communities in Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia faced an unsettling question after Patriot EMS abruptly closed locations and laid off workers: Who will respond when someone calls 911? In rural areas like Martin County, where distances
