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What did we learn from Nov. 5?
What did we learn from the majority of America’s voters Nov. 5? We learned that the majority of America’s voters want border security. Americans are tired of millions of undocumented people from any place in the world flooding into America. We want them to come legally. The reports of gangs growing in our cities, apartment…
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Grocery items are much smaller these days
Have you noticed how grocery and snack items have gotten much smaller over the last few years? Not only are they smaller, but you get less and less in what you buy. There is actually a name that someone came up with for the reduction in sizes of various products. “Shrinkflation” is indeed on the…
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Lawmakers join KY’s largest addiction treatment provider to oppose Medicaid payment cuts
by Deborah Yetter, Kentucky Lantern July 30, 2024 FRANKFORT — The state’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment is warning that looming cuts in Medicaid reimbursement to some providers could damage efforts to curb addiction that has engulfed Kentucky — just as the state is showing improvements. “Kentucky has made significant strides in access…
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Eastern Kentucky towns fight to recover from opioid epidemic, with help from newcomers and recovering addicts, national author reports
BY SAM QUINONES REPUBLISHED BY KHN FROM THE FREE PRESS In early 2020, Mandi Fugate Sheffel, 42, opened a tiny bookstore in her hometown of Hazard. Everyone thought she was crazy. Downtown Hazard was a forbidding place to start any business, much less a bookstore. Most coal mines that once supported the area had closed.…
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Can you afford a new car?
If you can’t afford a new car now, it won’t get easier. Supposedly the average new car price in America is “about” $30,000, according to ftc.gov. Be wary of the preposition “about.” It gets tougher all the time to walk out of a dealership with a new car that has very many bells and whistles…
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Harvest Festival boosts local businesses, economy
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Kiwanis Club gathered Thursday at Shufflin Café in Inez to reflect on the overwhelming success of the 2023 Harvest Festival and announce plans for next year. “It was a great turnout. I’ve never seen so many people in the county out and about,” Kiwanis president Melissa Phelps…
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Martin County EDA discusses economic revival
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Economic Development Authority discussed potential economic revival, financial opportunities and other topics in a meeting Aug. 9. EDA Director Carolea Mills updated board members on the cleanup progress in a meeting Aug. 9. “We had some county employees and jail workers helping us,” Mills said.…
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Appalachian Blooms flower farm coming to Lovely
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — Lovely residents JC and Danielle Kirk have big plans for the farm they are building, aiming to make it a welcoming place for locals and tourists. Appalachian Blooms Flower Farm will be a roughly one-acre community gathering place and agricultural center. “I want to create a space where…
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