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Thursday | TheTimesTribune.com

Touch-A-Truck

By Bobbie Poynter / Community Editor Nearly 60 kids ages infant to teen turned out Tuesday for Corbin Public Library's Touch-A-Truck Day held in the Vintage House parking lot - soon to be the library's new location.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Independent

Davis named chief regional district judge for region

A Boyd County judge has been re-appointed to a regional judicial post. - A Boyd County judge has been re-appointed to a regional judicial post.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Kentucky State Police

Post 09 Pikeville Welcome Five New Troopers

Kentucky State Police Post 09 would like to say welcome to five new Kentucky State Troopers, who graduated the Kentucky State Police Academy on Friday June 12, 2009.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Charleston Gazette

One solution to flooding in Kentucky: move town to higher ground

Wanda Salyer, manager at the Super Dollar Market in Martin, Ky., begins cleaning up after a flood in May 1984.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Buffalo News

Flood-prone Appalachian town seeks higher ground

In a May 8, 1984 file photo, Josephine Thompson, seated center, is joined on her porch by daughter Bernice Thompson, left, Michelle Clemmons and Vernie Akers, right, as floodwaters rise around her house in Martin, Ky., at the confluence of the Left and Right Beaver Creeks in Floyd County.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Floyd County Times

Flood aid begins flowing, but some still waiting

Muddy waters covered more than half of William Ward's home in Martin during the May flooding.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

TheTimesTribune.com

Bluegrass Festival benefits UNITE

Special to the Times-Tribune Spring means Bluegrass in Kentucky. Four of the country's hottest groups will headline this year's Sally Gap Bluegrass Festival, to be held June 5-7 in Whitley County.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

Independent

City may take over Ashland Cemetery

Ashland city officials are considering taking over the Ashland Cemetery. The 106-acre cemetery off Belmont Street operates as a nonprofit and is managed by a board of directors.

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

Floyd County Times

Turner asks Rogers to help save post offices

State Sen. Johnny Ray Turner recently sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers asking for assistance in keeping local post offices in Martin, Eastern and Langley open after the buildings were damaged by flooding earlier this month.

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Sat May 30, 2009

The Big Sandy News

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A murder investigation was opened last week after the remains of a man missing for 20 years were found in Magoffin County, while authorities continue their probe into the death of a Johnson County man whose remains were found in his burned automobile.

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Thu May 28, 2009

Floyd County Times

School to end June 11 for most

Supt. Henry Webb has issued a statement on the last day of school for students in Floyd County after receiving the final decision on the 2008-09 school calendar from the Kentucky Department of Education.

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Tue May 26, 2009

Floyd County Times

Efforts of Unite Service Corps highlighted

Members of UNITE Service Corps, a collaborative effort between Operation UNITE and AmeriCorps, gathered Thursday to celebrate the efforts of the last year among participants across seven counties.

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Mon May 18, 2009

Commonwealth Journal

Taylor & Martin announce June wedding

Garry and Janet Taylor of Crab Orchard would like to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Michelle Marie Taylor, to Joshua Paul Martin, son of Jill Martin of Willailla.

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WDRB-TV Louisville

No buildings yet moved in Martin, flooded again

The mayor of Martin says she doubts her small eastern Kentucky coal mining town can handle another bout of flooding.

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Sun May 17, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

Plan to move Martin bogs down

Five years ago, the federal government pledged $97 million to help this declining coal town move to higher ground to avoid its repeated flooding after heavy rains washed over the nearby banks of Beaver Creek.

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Fri May 15, 2009

The Courier-Journal

E. Ky. struggles as floodwaters recede

MARTIN, Ky. -- People lined the streets with their damaged belongings -- some having lost nearly everything as a weekend flood reduced appliances, couches and beds to mud-covered debris.

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Thu May 14, 2009

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Beshear views KY storm damage

MARTIN, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear is in eastern Kentucky, viewing damage from weekend storms that killed three and brought tornadoes and floods to the area.

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Wed May 13, 2009

Floyd County Times

Flooding highlights lack of progress in Martin

Martin Mayor Thomasine Robinson donned wading boots Tuesday afternoon during a stop at the Martin Community Center to talk with Red Cross workers.

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Tue May 12, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Beshear viewing storm damage in Ky.

Flood victims lined the streets with their damaged belongings - some losing nearly everything - after a weekend flood reduced appliances, couches and beds to mud-covered debris.

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Mon May 11, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

Cleanup continues, shots administered in E.Ky.

As cleanup efforts continued Monday across Pike and other Eastern Kentucky counties, schools were closed and tetanus shots were offered.

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