The new work week starts as last week ended: Snow on the ground, schools closed, a massive clearing effort underway and more snow coming. A storm with snow and freezing rain is expected to...

February 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »

The forlorn-looking doe that peeked through the railing of our front porch Sunday afternoon looked like she was begging for food but a better bet would be that she was foraging for food....

February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »

The third major snowstorm of this winter of extremes knocked out power to more than 42,000 homes in businesses in Virginia with Patrick and Henry County hardest hit while owner scattered outages were...

February 6 2010 / 6 comments / Read More »

Floyd County said “thank you” to retiring girl’s varsity basketball coach Alan Cantrell at the last home game of the season Thursday night. It was a bittersweet moment for the coach with the best...

February 5 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Two of Mike Mitchell’s music students got the chance to play on stage with the legendary Wayne Henderson Wednesday as the Floyd County Store and Virginia’s Crooked Road took to the national stage...

February 4 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Musings

Oh my aching back »

Oh my aching back Walking like a hunchback. Messed my back up big time, starting on Thursday when I aggravated an old compressed vertebrae injury while installing a new microwave oven for...

February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
News

Cleanup begins, more snow coming »

Cleanup begins, more snow coming

The new work week starts as last week ended: Snow on the ground, schools closed, a massive...

February 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Please sir, may I come in? »

Please sir, may I come in?

The forlorn-looking doe that peeked through the railing of our front porch Sunday afternoon looked like she...

February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Mother Nature’s good news, bad news joke »

Mother Nature’s good news, bad news joke

Mother Nature is playing her “good news, bad news” joke on us over the next few days,...

February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Widespread power outages »

Widespread power outages

The third major snowstorm of this winter of extremes knocked out power to more than 42,000 homes...

February 6 2010 / 6 comments / Read More »

Bittersweet moment for Alan Cantrell, Floyd County »

Bittersweet moment for Alan Cantrell, Floyd County

Floyd County said “thank you” to retiring girl’s varsity basketball coach Alan Cantrell at the last home...

February 5 2010 / No comment / Read More »

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  1. Cleanup begins, more snow coming
  2. Please sir, may I come in?
  3. Oh my aching back
  4. Mother Nature’s good news, bad news joke
  5. If you think it’s bad here…
  6. Widespread power outages
  7. The winter of our discontent
  8. Bittersweet moment for Alan Cantrell, Floyd County
  9. A national honor and playing with the master
  10. And the beat goes on

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A national honor and playing with the master »

Two of Mike Mitchell’s music students got the chance to play on stage with the legendary Wayne Henderson Wednesday as the Floyd County Store and Virginia’s Crooked Road took to the national stage for special recognition by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Hannah and Laurel Brooke joined Henderson on stage at the Country Store at...

February 4 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
A national honor and playing with the master

Bad news for Floyd coffee lovers »

Floyd’s popular coffee shop, Cafe del Sol, closes for the entire month of February, starting Monday. A sign on the door of the establishment in the Winter Sun building on South Locust Street announces the closing, leaving caffeine-addicted Floyd Countians one less place to feed their habit or warm up on cold February mornings. The closing...

January 28 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »
Bad news for Floyd coffee lovers

Readin’, writin’, and rasslin’ »

Scenes from the Tuesday’s final home match for the Floyd County High School wrestling team this year. Story and more more photos in next week’s Floyd Press. ...

January 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Readin’, writin’, and rasslin’

A well-deserved butt kicking »

Hell froze over in Massachusetts Tuesday. Voters sent a Republican to Washington to represent the most liberal state in the union in the United States Senate. Defeated Democrats immediately launched their typical finger-pointing game — blaming the loss of seat held for so long by Sen. Ted Kennedy on everyone and everything except themselves. Most of the fingers...

January 20 2010 / 25 comments / Read More »
A well-deserved butt kicking

Liars, damn liars and Anthem Blue Cross »

Eleven months ago, my weight — which has grown steadily over the past few years — hit a knee-staggering 280 pounds. My doctor warned me that my blood sugar had reached the bottom threshold to signal a threat for diabetes. She recommended I deal with the problem immediately. I listened and went on a weight loss...

November 24 2009 / 10 comments / Read More »
Liars, damn liars and Anthem Blue Cross

FUBAR

Crime on the rise in Floyd County

Crime on the rise in Floyd County »

Crime is a booming business in Floyd County with increases in break-ins, thefts, assaults, domestic violence, bad checks and more. To make matters worse, the increase comes as Floyd County’s already-undermanned...

January 19 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »

AEP = Always Erratic Power »

AEP = Always Erratic Power

At least 3,300 Floyd Countians spent Christmas day without power because Appalachian Electric Power’s (AEP) ineffective management proved once again it can’t...

December 26 2009 / 29 comments / Read More »

Floyd violated its own snow removal ordinance »

Floyd violated its own snow removal ordinance

Floyd mayor-elect Will Griffin provides this copy of the town’s snow removal ordinance: TOWN OF FLOYD ORDINANCE SECTION15-21  DUTY OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS...

December 24 2009 / 6 comments / Read More »