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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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Louisa man hits cop car with ATV
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK — A Louisa man allegedly rammed his ATV into a cop car following a chase Friday on a dead-end road. Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy David Adams spotted Christopher W. Ratliff, 42, driving an ATV on Spence Branch in Tomahawk and attempted to make a traffic stop. When the officer activated…
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‘Tug River Kid’ Bill Fitch is a winner in cowboy action shooting club
81-year-old Martin County native hones new skills BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Martin County native Bill Fitch is known as “Tug River Kid” in the Ohio Valley Vigilantes cowboy action shooting club in Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he is a winner. “My entire family is very proud of all my dad’s achievements,”…
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Big Sandy Regional Airport runway saved
$5.8-million project achieves federal compliance BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN DEBORD — The Big Sandy Regional Airport will keep its 5,000-foot runway. Contractors are putting the finishing touches on a project that brought the runway safety areas (RSA) into compliance with current Federal Aviation Administration standards. Construction on the $5.8-million project began in July 2020, and…
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