To the Editor: As the director of the Wise County Salvation Army, I would like to sincerely thank all those who helped in any way to make the 2012 Christmas Red Kettle campaign the most successful...
No mention of coal in Obama speech was disappointing Last week, Vaughan-Bassett Furniture in Galax announced that they have purchased, and will re-open, the old Webb factory and also expand their current facility. Roughly 115 new jobs will be creat...
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Memories The Rufus Ayers house as it appeared in the 1890s. The house later became the home of the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park. Photo courtesy of Garnett Gilliam. To share photos or info...
Herron an Imboden stalwart To the Editor: The Christian faith played a very meaningful role in the daily life of most of the Imbodenites, young and old alike, in those days. It still does, for that matter, decades after the...
Jim Riggs a major influence To the Editor: We have all experienced that special someone who was part of our life and who was a major positive influence. That person in my life helped to shape me into the man I am today, and ...
Talent is teeming? Nosy neighbors want to know Are you a nosy neighbor? Do you want to know what’s going on up the road? The neighbor I’m talking about here is eastern Kentucky, and the road is the beloved U.S. 23 — the “Country Music Highway,...
It’s Happy Hour in Richmond One Virginia legislator wants the commonwealth to look into legalizing the sale of marijuana. Now hold on just a minute! This is an outrage! Our own politicians are trying to turn our fair commonw...
Balding men are a hair behind these days As our country goes to pot, I find myself more focused on personal matters, such as this item from ABC News: Scientists may soon find a cure for baldness. As it goes, researchers were surprised to...