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Martin passes annexation proposal
MARTIN - A second reading of the city of Martin’s proposed annexation was voted on and passed Tuesday evening, but only after a heated discussion. There was only one item on the agenda Tuesday night during Martin’s special called meeting, but the discussion surrounding the annexation of four roads out of Martin pushed the meeting to nearly three hours. Mayor Sam Howell says that a lot of the contention was from people who actually wouldn’...
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Prestonsburg High School Principal Jerry Butcher exits decontamination during last weeks mock disaster at Highlands Regional Medical Center.
HHS particpates in mock disaster
PRESTONSBURG - Highlands Health System recently participated in “Operation Omega Shield,” a coordinated drill with the Health Planning Coalition, preparing various health care facilities and organizations in surrounding counties for the threat of a chemical or biological disaster. Officials with Highlands Health Systems say that the drill consisted of a first responders’ team being called to the decontamination tent where local volunteers f...
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Blood drive has record turnout at BSCTC
PAINTSVILLE - The Mayo Campus of Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) hosted a blood drive with the Kentucky Blood Center on Tuesday April 29, 2013. College officials and the Kentucky Blood Center say that the blood drive was a vast success with numerous donations from students, staff, faculty and community members. According to officials, the blood drive brought out a record turnout of thirty-seven individuals whose donations ...
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Travis Lee Goble
DUI driver out of jail with fines, suspended license, after crashing into home
PRESTONSBURG - Two Prestonsburg residents are fortunate to be alive, after a drunk driver drove his pick-up truck through the front of their home. According to Prestonsburg Fire Chief Bobby Carpenter, fire and EMS crews were dispatched at 10:45 p.m. Monday, after reports that a vehicle had just wrecked and ran through the front of a house. Carpenter says that the driver, 22-year-old Travis Lee Goble, of Cow Creek, was still inside the veh...
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1st place awarded to T.J. McDonald and Bart Vaughn during the recent "Cast a Line for Autism" fishing tournament held at Paintsville Lake.
Highlands hosts fishing tournament to benefit Autism center
PAINTSVILLE – In continuation of Autism Awareness month, the Highlands Foundation held its 2nd Annual Cast a Line for Autism fishing tournament at Paintsville Lake, raising nearly $7,800. All proceeds from the tournament go directly to the Highlands Center for Autism, and will be used to help children with autism spectrum disorder receive treatment that will significantly change their lives. “The Cast a Line fishing tournament is a great sp...
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Angie Hurd recently graduated from the Floyd County Housing Authorities Family Self Sufficiency Program.
Hurd graduates from Family Self Sufficiency program
MARTIN - A local woman is moving on up, following her recent completion of a housing authority program designed to create fiscal self sufficiency. Angie Hurd is the most recent graduate from the Floyd County Housing Authority’s Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program. Hurd graduated from the program on March 22 of this year after meeting all of the programs objectives. “I really appreciate the opportunity to finish a goal that benefits my f...
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Annie Rosenberg-Sattich (far left) is shown with her parents, John and Jean Rosenberg.
Rosenberg-Sattich gratful for cancer’s life lesson
PRESTONSBURG - It has been nearly 20 years since Annie Rosenberg-Sattich lived in Prestonsburg and attended the local community college but it was those early years that provided her with the foundation – both personal and professional – that would serve her well as she experienced life’s challenges and successes. Annie became a resident of Prestonsburg when she was adopted as an infant by Jean and John Rosenberg, well-known community organ...
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For the Record
MARRIAGES LICENSES Desiree Lanse DShawn Riley of David to David Adam Skidmore of Hippo. Jenny Alexandria Hunter to Stanley Clay Hunter, both of Blue Ridge, Ga. Jeanetta Kay Turner to Samuel David Chaffins, both of David. CHARGES FILED Kenneth Caudill, 28, Martin – convicted felon in possession of afire arm. Hillary Elizabeth Cline, 22, Prestonsburg – theft by unlawful taking. Thomas Archuleta, 45, Richmond – operating a motor ...
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Pike jail escapee caught
PIKEVILLE — An escaped inmate was returned to custody Thursday, after two months on the lam, when a caller reported two men lurking around a Pike County school. Kentucky State Police received a call reporting two suspicious men had been seen at Jones Creek Elementary and had crossed the road, heading to the Pike County Landfill. Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officer Sgt. Keith Justice responded to the scene, along with fellow CVE Officer...
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<p>David Harris, of the Kentucky Geological Survey, tells members of the Kentucky Oil and Gas Association that oil drilling is more productive in northeastern Kentucky counties, while gas production would remain more lucrative in the Big Sandy region.</p>
New methods making Appalachian oil more lucrative
PRESTONSBURG — While not expected to spark an oil rush, recent advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have some energy producers seeing gold in them hill — black gold. Oil was all the talk during a meeting Wednesday night of the Kentucky Oil and Gas Association, at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. May Lodge was packed with over 150 people, mostly natural gas producers, who learned about the prospect for oil drilling in north...
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Fiscal court meetings took on a more adversarial look this week as the new seating arrangements were set in opposition. Despite the arrangement, proceedings remained civil.
Fiscal Court looks into gas leak, health insurance
PRESTONSBURG — The Floyd County Fiscal Court weighed paying for a gas line break which may cost the county $16,500 during Wednesday’s special session meeting. During the presentation of the regular claims list, magistrates questioned the court about a claim for $16,558. Magistrate District 1 Magistrate John Goble said the fee was the result of a gas break caused by one of their contractors striking a line. According to the court, there wa...
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PSC seeking input on power plant alternative
The state Public Service Commission will hold hearings next month on a plan by Kentucky Power to replace the bulk of generation at the Big Sandy Power Plant, which the utility says will bump electric bills 8 percent. The proposal is the first half of Kentucky Power’s plan to end all coal-fired electricity generation at the Lawrence County plant. Under the proposal, the utility would purchase a half interest in Ohio Power’s Mitchell plant, i...
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Martin risks $300K default to FEMA
MARTIN — The city council faces a difficult task in the coming months, as they try to find receipts and invoices for nearly $300,000 in FEMA projects from 2009. Nancy Price, with Kentucky Emergency Management, appeared at Tuesday’s meeting to reassure the city of Martin that it was not under the gun just yet, but that all of the receipts and matching invoices for work performed following the 2009 flood must be found, or the city will have t...
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County mulls steep cuts to erase $600K shortfall
PRESTONSBURG — County officials all wore pained expressions during a budget work session Wednesday, as they struggled with financial woes and a laundry list of tough decisions that will have to be made in an election year. Three hours later, county officials were no closer to a consensus on a budget that will have to include significant cuts or an increase in revenue to account for a predicted shortfall of $600,000. The county’s budget cu...
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<p>Sen. Mitch McConnell</p>
McConnell to unveil ‘Coal Jobs Protection Act’
PIKEVILLE — Eastern Kentucky will serve as the backdrop as U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell announces his “Coal Jobs Protection Act” next week. The Senate Minority Leader will make stops Monday in Pikeville and Hazard to unveil the bill. According to an announcement released by his office, the bill would roll back the Environmental Protection Agency’s “burdensome regulations that negatively impact Kentucky’s coal miners.” McConnell will begin ...
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