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Big Sandy Community and Technical College and City of Prestonsburg sign MOA for Sensory Friendly Playground
BY JENNIFER LITTLE PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Members of Big Sandy Community and Technical College, City of Prestonsburg officials, Floyd County Board of Education members, Kent Rose Foundation members and others were present last week for the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement at the Mountain Arts Center to establish a Sensory Playground on the college…
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Appy’s finalists announced
EKY dominates list of top talent BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — The Appalachian Arts and Entertainment Awards announced the top finalists for each award category on the Big Sandy Community and Technical College Facebook page Monday. Several artists and entertainers from eastern Kentucky and the surrounding area were selected as finalists by voters. The…
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Appalachian Quintessence: Traditional Appalachian Art by Terry Burchett opens Jan. 25 in Prestonsburg
PRESTONSBURG — Shovels, skillets and saws… oh my! Appalachian Quintessence: Traditional Appalachian Art by Terry Burchett is coming soon to The McCall Art Gallery on the campus of Big Sandy Community and Technical College. Burchett’s exhibit includes paintings on traditional canvases as well as many other objects. Burchett is a painter and sketch artist who…
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Big Sandy announces honor lists
PRESTONSBURG — Several Martin County students were included on the Big Sandy Community & Technical College’s present and dean’s lists for the 2022 fall semester. Dr. Telly Sellars, Big Sandy Community & Technical College (BSCTC) interim president / CEO, announced the lists last week. Martin County students Blake, Endicott, Allicen Beth Grayson, Brandon Tyler Jude,…
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Pikeville Medical Center announces new Appalachian Valley Autism Center Prestonsburg Campus
PRESTONSBURG — Pikeville Medical Center hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 19 to celebrate the grand opening of its new Appalachian Valley Autism Center location in Prestonsburg. Governor Andy Beshear, Congressman Hal Rogers and various state and local officials were among those in attendance to celebrate this milestone. “The Appalachian Valley Autism Center is a world-class…
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Martin County takes down Prestonsburg
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — All through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a Blackcat, as Christmas came early this year for Martin County. The Cardinals took down Prestonsburg 27-20 Friday night at Josh Francis Field and earned a home playoff game. The Cardinals found some motivation waiting in their locker…
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McCall Art Gallery to exhibit works of Heather Branch Owens and son
PRESTONSBURG — The McCall Art Gallery of Big Sandy Community & Technical College will exhibit “Chicken Nuggets,” the latest works of artist Heather Branch Owens and her 10-month-old son, Finnian. Heather Branch Owens is the owner and proprietor of The Mountain Muse in Prestonsburg, KY and her specialty is all things eclectic, strange and unusual.…
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Big Sandy Community & Technical College opens oral health training center
PRESTONSBURG — Big Sandy Community & Technical College celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art dental facility, the East Kentucky Oral Health Training Center, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. The center will be the new home for the college’s dental assisting/dental hygiene integrated program certificate, diploma and A.A.S. degree programs, and the community dental…
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Two Kentucky hospitals, in Lexington and Prestonsburg, each lose $2.4 million in very different lawsuits over ‘patient dumping’
Case tried by District Judge Claria Horn Two Kentucky hospitals have recently lost lawsuits that charged them with “patient dumping,” generally defined as discharging patients who are uninsured or unable to pay – or refusing to admit them in the first place, reports Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal. The judgments were virtually the…
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Hip-hop artist Lil Jesse and others coming to Big Sandy
PRESTONSBURG — Big Sandy Community & Technical College will host a concert Oct. 7 featuring hip-hop artist Lil Jesse at The Gearheart Auditorium, Prestonsburg Campus. Lil Jesse will perform with other cutting-edge artists to create a super energetic evening on campus. Lil Jesse, a native of Floyd County, has been coming up in the hip-hop…
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