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Inez searching for alleged agreement on creek dredging
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The City of Inez is seeking an alleged agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Martin County whereby the county purportedly received a grant to channel the creek in town for flood control. In exchange, the county allegedly agreed to keep the creek banks free of brush…
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Kermit raises water rate
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN KERMIT, W.Va. — Kermit is raising its water rate. Customers will pay about $7.70 more monthly. Mayor Charles Sparks and the Kermit Town Council conducted the second reading of the ordinance setting the new rate in a public hearing Monday at Town Hall. The minimum bill for 3,000 gallons of water…
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Kermit Council ready for Fall Festival
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN KERMIT, W.Va. — Council members hammered out details on the upcoming Kermit Fall Festival in a meeting Monday at Town Hall. Councilwoman Tammy Preece Hodge told members that events were in order for the Oct. 1 festival as she passed the clerk an envelope from Councilwoman Anna Mae Sartin Wellman containing…
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A sweet salute to first responders
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Cash Express reflected on 9/11 with a sweet salute. Workers delivered desserts last week to area first responders. Garry McNabb, Cash Express CEO, said there was nothing to celebrate in the extraordinary tragedy of 9/11, but there was one memory that he wants to hold on to – the…
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Pigeon Roost residents live in fear of next big rain
Timber harvesting operation creates flood threat BY LISA STAYTON, ROGER SMITH and RACHEL DOVE LAURA — Residents of Pigeon Roost Fork live in fear of the rain as entire hillsides are being clearcut of trees. During heavy rainfall, the creek rises above its banks, forcing the rushing water to spread out, bleeding onto residents’ land…
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Hardinville sewer fixed
Christine Maynard was glad Friday to see Martin County Sanitation repair the sewer lift station at Hardinville Road in Inez. The sanitation department had discharged raw sewer into Maynard’s yard and the stream behind her home since January while residents’ complaints went unanswered.
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County converting bus to mobile command center
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County will soon have its first 911 command center on wheels, thanks to a school bus donation by the Martin County Board of Education. The bus will deploy for select large-scale public events or emergencies, according to Martin County 911 director Nick Endicott. “This project originated when we went…
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Harvest Fest bringing fun to Martin County
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Harvest Fest is rapidly approaching – Sept. 16 and 17 – and will bring arts, crafts, food and fun to Martin County. The festival officially starts at 11 a.m. Sept. 16. “The Martin County High School JKG and journalism class is going to do the fifth annual speech…
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Group removes 640 tires from Tug River
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD-KERMIT — Friends of the Tug Fork River and volunteers pulled 640 tires from the Tug River within a 75-yard stretch that started at the Warfield boat dock Monday. Kermit and Warfield fire departments, city workers, Martin County Code Enforcement Officer Paul McCoy and his jail workers, and several citizens joined…
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