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Butt burning and winter safety
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Much of America is enjoying a large dose of winter this week. There will be more to come. This is butt-burning weather, but let me explain. When I was around 4 or 5 years old, I drank too much soda pop before I went to bed. It was a cold January
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Sewer money is welcome. Clean water cannot wait.
Martin County is right to joyfully welcome the $4.8 million in federal funding announced last week to modernize the long-troubled wastewater treatment plant in Inez. After years of breakdowns, foul odors and limited capacity, the project represents real progress for public health and quality of life. Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty is correct to call it “a
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Opinion: Transgender athlete issue just common sense
The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments on a West Virginia law banning the participation of transgender athletes in middle and high school sports teams. The Court heard back-to-back oral arguments last week over two cases that could determine whether transgender women and girls can play on sports teams aligning with their gender identity. The
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Get rich in college sports?
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE The top 25 highest-paid college athletes by NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) valuation for the 2025-26 season include Arch Manning with a leading valuation of $6.8 million and Fernando Mendoza, who ranks within the top 25 with a valuation of approximately $2.2 million to $2.6 million, depending on the source. Top
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Editorial: Our future should not be decided without us
In Martin County, decisions have a way of being discussed after they are made, not while they are still being shaped. That reality has bred frustration, distrust and a sense among many residents that their voices do not matter. Now, for once, the order is being reversed. In the coming weeks, Martin County residents will
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Braxton Keathley: Future Mr. Basketball candidate
Eastern Kentucky has had its share of Mr. Basketball honorees throughout the years. Martin County Cardinals shooting guard Braxton Keathley should be a strong candidate for garnering that honor in the future. The award only goes to seniors. Keathley, only a junior, is currently averaging 32 points per game and has helped MCHS off to
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Keep doing your best
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE The best we can do right now is the best we can do. We can be influencers and voices to those who help and serve us. However, we do not control the government. We can vote, and that is powerful. We can let our leadership know how we feel and that
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Editorial: ‘Get over yourself’
There are phrases that land like a slap and others that arrive like a long-overdue intervention. “Get over yourself” belongs to both categories, depending on who is saying it, why and when. It is rarely spoken gently. “Get over yourself” carries impatience and, at times, contempt, usually delivered when someone believes another person has made
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Keeping your New Year’s resolutions
Have you already broken your New Year’s Eve resolutions? The statistics say most people will do so but will not stick to their promise to change something about themselves in the coming year. I am at an age where I no longer make resolutions. I know my faults and what I need to do as
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Commentary: HPV cancer rates are higher in Appalachia. Wish I had known.
BY SKYLAR BAKER-JORDAN There was no privacy when I was told I might die. In November, I complained about a sore throat during my annual physical with my primary care physician. She saw nothing of concern. By early February, that sore throat had become unbearable, a sharp pain radiating up my neck and into my
