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Mountain Citizen wins Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, integrity and tenacity

BY AL CROSS A scrappy little newspaper that has fought for more than 30 years for clean water and open government in its Appalachian county is the winner of the 2025 Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, integrity and tenacity in rural journalism. The Mountain Citizen is a weekly paper serving the 11,000 people
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Al Cross, Ben Gish, Lisa Stayton, Martin County, Mountain Citizen, Roger Smith, rural journalisim, Tom and Pat Gish Award

November 19, 2025