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Voting continues this week in clerk’s office
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Clerk’s Office wraps up six days of excused absentee voting Wednesday and rolls out no-excuse absentee machine voting Thursday, Friday and Saturday. By the end of the day Tuesday, around 137 voters had cast excused absentee ballots in Martin County. Voting hours Wednesday are 8 a.m.-4…
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Warfield lowers tax rate
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — The Warfield City Commission voted Thursday to lower the property tax rate for fiscal year 2022-2023. The rate drops from 9.8 cents to 9.6 cents per $100 of assessed value on real, personal and tangible property, excluding motor vehicles and watercraft. Honoring military hero The commission will honor the…
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Election officers explain write-in voting process
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — With an unprecedented write-in election for the next Martin County Judge/Executive, members of the county’s board of elections want to educate voters on the write-in process before Nov. 8. Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles serves as chairperson, and Inez banker James Ayers is a commissioner of the county board…
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Voting underway in clerk’s office
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Voting in the General Election is underway in the Martin County Clerk’s Office. Excused absentee early voting runs from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Oct. 26-28 and Oct. 31-Nov. 2. Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles says voters who are elderly or disabled, work outside the county, attend school…
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Inez tax rate unchanged
City gifts rescue squad BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Inez City Commission voted unanimously in a special meeting Thursday to keep the property tax rate at 9.2 cents per $100 for FY 2022-2023. Mayor Ed Daniels conducted the second reading of the tax ordinance, and commissioners voted without discussion. The rate applies to…
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Kermit moves forward with water project, cleaning up dilapidated properties
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN KERMIT — The Kermit Town Council is moving forward with its water improvement project and cleaning up dilapidated properties. The council approved a $10,000 drawdown to The Thrasher Group of Scott Depot, W.Va., for the water project design in a meeting Oct. 13. The project includes a complete upgrade to the…
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Kiwanis Club selling tickets to ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ dinner show
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Support the work of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Martin County by purchasing tickets to “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” dinner performance Nov. 5. Mountain Movers Theatre Company’s “Sleepy Hollow” performance is on tap at 6:30 p.m. at the Garden Theater in Louisa. “This is a little fundraiser for…
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Voters will elect next judge/executive by write-in vote in historic Martin County election
Kirk to take helm of ‘robust pipeline of economic development projects’ BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Voters will elect the next Martin County Judge/Executive in a historic write-in election Nov. 8. The ballot became empty Oct. 14 when Judge/Executive Colby Kirk officially withdrew from the election and announced he was leaving his position.…
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Schools statewide perform poorly
Martin and surrounding districts get orange and yellow ratings BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN FRANKFORT — While the results are concerning, lawmakers and analysts are not surprised by the Kentucky Department of Education’s state assessment results released Tuesday. The state’s results are in line with results seen in other states. KDE Commissioner Jason E. Glass released…
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