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Mooney calls for communication strategy
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — In a move towards enhancing community preparedness, Madison Mooney of LiKEN Knowledge is spearheading an initiative to develop a communication strategy to address emergencies such as the recent countywide water outage in Martin County. She is asking the community to join the initiative in two upcoming sessions: Feb.…
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Martin County Water Crisis: Main line break, freezing temps lead to outages
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County residents have been grappling with water outages since Saturday, with the situation escalating due to freezing temperatures affecting the water supply. Outages began Saturday evening, followed by an emergency alert from the Martin County Water District at 4:25 p.m. The alert stated an 8-inch main line…
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Judge declares state of emergency as winter weather cripples Martin County Water District
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County has declared a state of emergency due to ongoing widespread water outages in the county. Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty declared the emergency Friday evening following days of frigid weather that ruptured a 14-inch main line near the water treatment plant on Turkey Creek, emptying the plant’s clear…
