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Beshear announces funding package for eastern Kentucky
Martin County to receive funds for infrastructure and law enforcement BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — Martin County Sanitation and the Martin County Sheriff were recipients of funding announced Monday by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg. Beshear announced $8.5 million in awards for eastern Kentucky infrastructure, cleaner water,
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Downtown Strategies to host community input session
Consulting firm prepares economic strategy plan for Inez BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ – On March 22, Downtown Strategies will be hosting a community input session at the Martin County Fiscal Court from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to help determine goals for a downtown revitalization plan. Hired using AEP grant funds through One East
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Martin County Sheriff diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ, Ky. — Martin County Sheriff John Herman Kirk has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, as announced in a statement Sunday on Facebook. Kirk, who has been in considerable pain for some time, said he has been seeing a gastroenterologist and undergoing various tests in recent weeks. Although he had
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Martin County EDA gets up to speed
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Economic Development Authority met for a regular session Feb. 15. EDA director Carolea Mills led a large portion of the meeting, bringing the new board up to speed on the EDA’s finances. The EDA previously approved a two-year lease for the newly opened TEK Center
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School district to receive land valued at over $1 million from EDA, JUUL settlement, mobile preschool
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Board of Education met Monday for a special meeting. At the meeting, the board approved pending bills and business. The district will be receiving a parcel of land from the Economic Development Authority as well as a settlement from JUUL and other electronic cigarette companies. EDA
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Fiscal court talks infrastructure at February meeting
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ, Ky. — A new “In God We Trust” sign watched over the proceedings of Thursday’s meeting of the Martin County Fiscal Court. The court dealt with new hires and appointments along with financial business. The meeting concluded with Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty warning copper wire thieves that their crimes would
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Fred Sessions: LC Tourism hosts online acoustic concert series
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Lawrence County Tourism announced live on Facebook last week that the Fred M. Vinson Center in Louisa will be housing a live-streamed concert series called the Fred Sessions. Tourism director Wes Kingsmore went live with David and Theresa Prince, as well as Rachel Messer and Connor Dale.The first
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Sewer leak stinking up Inez
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The odor is overwhelming at the mouth of Saltwell Road along Route 645, residents say. As the complaints pile up, waste from a Martin County Sanitation District sewer lift station runs into Saltwell Creek, causing untold environmental damage. The lift station has been overflowing nonstop for weeks. Residents
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Mills accepted to BRECC Commitment Coalition
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Deputy Judge Carolea Mills has been selected to be a member of the National Association of Counties Commitment Coalition, part of the research foundation’s Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities (BRECC) initiative. The Coalition is a leadership network of 20 coal community leaders who aim to
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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
