 The COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccine are different, and it's safe to get both vaccines at the same time. So don't hesitate, vaccinate. The Pike County Health Department reminds you that the strongest defense is vaccination against flu and COVID. Floyd County is preparing for their annual spring cleanup week, which will begin April 11th and run through the 16th. We actually, what we do is you can take your trash, garbage, old tires, whatever's laying around your house to the Floyd County landfill and dump it for free. All you have to have is a driver's license or something that has a Floyd County address on it once you get to the landfill. This year's cleanup week is imperative as Floyd County was not able to host a cleanup week in 2021 due to COVID restrictions. With COVID, the last 12 to 18 months, it just seems like we have produced an excessive amount of garbage and trash. And it's, I hope that folks really take notice in what's going on and try to participate and let's get this stuff cleaned up because with the flooding and the excess trash right now, we need people to get out and help as much as possible. As the amount of trash produced and dumped continues to rise, Floyd County Fiscal Corps is in the process of creating an ordinance to crack down on illegal dumping. What we're going to try to do is kick off an initiative, hopefully June the 1st. We're passing some ordinances now that we're not all bark anymore. We got a little bite. We'll be able to do some, you know, actually go out and write citations and there'll be fines for folks that don't clean their yards up and have illegal dumps. So that'll be something we will have the ability to do on the spot, hopefully here in just a couple months. These connections in Martin, Kentucky will be accepting trash from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 11th through the 15th and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. April 16th. For more information, contact Floyd County Judge Executive Robbie Williams at 606-886-9193. For Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.