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Grand jury returns indictments in Martin County
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County grand jury returned a slate of indictments involving nearly a dozen individuals in its April 3 session. Charges range from drug trafficking and wanton endangerment to receiving stolen property and terroristic threatening. Josh Scott, AKA Joshua Scott, 38, of Debord, faces charges of receiving stolen…
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Flash floods batter Martin County
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. — Storms quickly caused a crisis across Martin County as they did across Kentucky, the Midwest and the Midsouth over the weekend. Louisville, Frankfort and Owensboro saw catastrophic flooding, while there were 93 tornadoes in the affected areas of the country. In Martin County, from the head…
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Cable-cutting thieves strike in Beauty
Deputies say enough is enough “We can’t keep them in jail, but we can put them in jail.” —Chief Deputy Sheriff Chris Kidd BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN BEAUTY — Thieves hit Gordon Hollow in the early hours of Sunday morning, slicing through a main Optimum cable and an AT&T phone line between 3 and…
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Martin County makes noise at Spatola Classic
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN BATAVIA, Ohio — Martin County sent a crew of warriors to the Spatola Classic Battle for the Shield and walked away with more than bruises and mat burn. They left a mark Saturday at the Elite Athletics Sports Complex in Batavia, Ohio. Ashton Parker Maynard was a calm storm at…
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FEMA home buyout offers path to ‘higher ground’
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Deputy Judge/Executive Carolea Mills says the FEMA home buyout program can move residents out of the flood and onto higher ground. “This program’s whole mission is to get residents who have been flooded to higher ground,” Mills said. “It is for people who feel trapped—because no one…
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Rising from the flood: Calf Creek United Baptist rebuilds after devastation
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN “And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.” —Nehemiah 2:18 INEZ — Pastor Maurice Mills could only watch helplessly as the Tug River surged past its banks and destroyed his church in Inez this February. “This is backwater from the…
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Dinner tantrum ends in arrest for local man
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — Things got messy at Verlia’s Kitchen on Thursday. Authorities say Dallas Maynard, 72, of Pilgrim, turned the afternoon into chaos inside the popular eatery on KY-1714. Martin County Chief Deputy Sheriff Chris Kidd responded to an “altercation in progress” call that led him to Verlia’s, where things were…
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Tomahawk man faces felony meth charge
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin Circuit Court formally charged a Tomahawk man with a felony drug offense after deputies arrested him earlier this month at a local trailer park. Paul “Tommy” Mullins, 44, faces charges of first-degree possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), first offense, and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Prosecutors filed the…
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Martin County Tourism Commission to back Appalachian Artist Festival
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Every summer, a sliver of eastern Kentucky becomes a canvas. This year, on Saturday, Aug. 2, the Appalachian Artist Festival (AFF) will return to downtown Inez for its third annual run. This year, however, instead of operating under the City of Inez banner as it did in its…
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Space for rent in historic courthouse
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Tourism is now offering office space and rooms for rent to small businesses on the first floor of the Historic Martin County Courthouse, officials announced during a commission meeting March 17. The rental space is part of the Tourism Commission’s effort to breathe new life into…
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