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Carmel Cline fights addiction in Martin County
September is National Recovery Month “I’m one of 23 million people who are living in long-term recovery. It’s been 22 years for me.” –Carmel Cline BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — September is National Recovery Month, meant to celebrate and raise awareness for mental health and addiction recovery. Carmel Cline spoke to the Kiwanis Club
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Despite supply chain issues, Martin County solar project still slated for 2022 start
Job fairs will seek local hires “There’s a global supply chain crisis, we’re working hard to prevent any delay in the project, and we’re going to be giving a big update very soon.” –Adam Edelen, CEO of Edelen Renewables BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — The Martin County Solar Project, developed by Edelen Renewables and
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Annalyse McCoy prepares full-band EP with Americana duo
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN BEACON, N.Y. — Annalyse McCoy is a recording artist and producer from Martin County. She is currently working on an EP with her folk duo Annalyse & Ryan, along with producing audiobooks and live music. McCoy has always enjoyed singing and performing. She got her start singing at a talent fair
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BOE votes to keep motor vehicle tax lowest in state
McCoy joins district planning committee, Middle School will get softball team “I would like to get it out to the public that when they buy a car, they should license it here because [our motor vehicle tax] is the lowest.” –Mickey McCoy, BOE member BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Board of
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Josey Montana McCoy lands recurring role in ‘Batwheels’
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOS ANGELES — Martin County native Josey Montana McCoy will be a series regular in the upcoming children’s animated series “Batwheels.” In “Batwheels,” along with the typical DC superheroes, Gotham City is populated by artificially superintelligent vehicles (and we don’t mean Teslas), created by Bruce Wayne’s Batcomputer or its evil counterpart,
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ARC relocates 86 residents displaced by floods to White Oak Hill
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Addiction Recovery Center’s White Oak Hill residential addiction recovery treatment facility in Inez got its first set of residents unexpectedly when flooding rendered facilities in other areas of eastern Kentucky temporarily uninhabitable. ARC vice president of marketing Vanessa Horn Keeton says storms left ARC’s Creekside facility in Pippa Passes
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Fresh Off the Still: Songs of the Summer
PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN Music is a fundamental part of how we communicate. A song can encapsulate a moment, an idea, or a feeling better than words alone ever could. That’s why mixtapes were once so popular. Music spreads cultural ideas through communities and brings people together. Some songs can make you feel happy or angry
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Old Soul Radio Show is going strong 10 years on
“I’m just trying to help musicians that I believe in get heard.” –W.B. Walker BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN DINGESS, W.Va. — W.B. Walker’s Old Soul Radio Show first hit internet airwaves in June 2012 on Walker’s website wbwalker.com. The show officially became a podcast on iTunes April 5, 2013. In his 10 years on air,
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Sundy Best plays Burn Run
Sundy Best played a show at the Mountain Arts Center this past Saturday in support of Prestonsburg’s annual Burn Run fundraiser. The Burn Run raises funds for the Shriner’s Cincinnati Burn Unit and is a collaboration between the city, local businesses and the Brothers Keepers Motorcycle Club. The two-day event included vendors, inflatables and kids
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Noah Thompson to release cover of ‘Stay’
PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Louisa construction worker turned “American Idol” winner Noah Thompson will release his second single July 29. The recording, a country-fied cover of “Stay” by Rihanna, was inspired by the response Thompson received after singing the song on “American Idol.” “Everybody knows the story with Arthur signing me up for the
