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Countywide strategic plan moves from input to action
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County residents will have three more chances this spring to help shape a countywide strategic plan. Led by the University of Kentucky and Blueprint Kentucky, the effort that began is shifting from public input to action steps and final recommendations. Organizers will hold the remaining public sessions…
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Calling all residents to help map strategic plan for Martin County; meetings begin Jan. 20
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County residents will soon be asked a simple but consequential question: what should their community become. Blueprint Kentucky and the University of Kentucky are launching a new, multi-month strategic planning process to gather local ideas and turn them into a roadmap for county decisions in the years ahead. They are…
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BOE sets new meeting time, appoints new chairperson
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — The Martin County Board of Education will start meeting at a new time each month. The BOE voted Monday to establish the new regular meeting time as 5 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. on the second Monday of each month. The BOE also appointed District 1 BOE Member Mickey McCoy…
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Public meetings set for Kentucky Power rate increase, PSC invites comments
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Public Service Commission announced meetings at four locations and a virtual meeting to provide information to the public and allow residents to comment on Kentucky Power’s proposed 18.3% rate increase for residential customers. The PSC is also accepting written comments ahead of the public hearing on the case Nov. 28. According…
