The Supervisors agreed to not raise taxes for the upcoming fiscal year as they got closer to a final budget for the upcoming year. A couple of sticking points: Money for the school system and a proposed assistant commonwealth’s attorney. Here’s a video highlighting discussion on those points.

I’ve been lucky to live in several nice and interesting places in a life that started in Tampa, Florida, migrated to Floyd County at age 5, then to Farmville, Virignia, at 8, back to Floyd County at 13, on to Roanoke at 15, then to St. Louis, Missoui and Alton, Illinois, at 21, on to [...]

A revised video of Washington, DC, where Amy and I lived for 23 years.

More faces of music in Floyd County. Music, as noted in earlier stories, is a central part of life and culture around here and I’ve spent a major part of the last nine years since returning to the county trying to capture that culture in photos and in video shot on the streets, in entertainment [...]

Another video in a series focusing on music in Floyd. Music by Abe Goorskey and Scott Patrick, performing last year at the Thursday night Hotel Floyd concerts, a series of free events that showcases the music culture of the area.