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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…
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Plans unveiled for inclusive playground in Martin County
Adult prom Saturday will help raise money for the project BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — The group behind bringing an inclusive playground in Martin County unveiled a 3D-rendered design last week that shows an exciting set of playground equipment that will be fun for all ages and abilities. Kelli Jo Kirk-Blair’s organization, the…
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Laid Back Country Picker’s “Go West” streaming everywhere February 2
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN FALLSBURG — The Laid Back Country Picker’s new album “Go West” will be streaming everywhere starting Feb. 2. That’s right. Laid Back’s music will be hitting the internet for the first time. Fans of the Fallsburg-based country-rawk icon have been waiting for this moment since the release of his self-titled debut…
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AI writing tools are the future; educators must adapt or their students will fall behind
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN Artificially intelligent writing tools like ChatGPT, based on the latest language models developed by OpenAI, are taking the world of writing by storm. Professionals and amateurs alike can generate pages of written content in seconds. And it’s really good. Scary good. I asked one such tool, Perplexity.ai to write a summary…
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